Lake Jindabyne House

We are excited to be commissioned by our repeat clients on this project, currently working towards planning submission.

Lake Jindabyne House will be a retreat of circa 700sqm or more, designed as a place for our clients to escape their city lives. Set above the shoreline of Lake Jindabyne, the home captures the drama of the Snowy Mountains alongside the calm of the water below, with direct lake frontage and easy descent to the water's edge. It is a site for all seasons, skiing in winter, lake relaxation and water sports through summer, built to be enjoyed year-round.

The architecture will hold a strong connection to the land, framing the landscape at every turn. Expansive glazing opens onto sweeping water views, sheltered terraces extend living outdoors year-round, and generous communal spaces bring people together. Landscaping is integral to the design process, driving many of the decisions behind the architecture itself, the two considered together, with the building conceived as part of an environmentally responsive whole.

A material palette of stone and timber is chosen to blend harmoniously with its surroundings, settling the home into the landscape rather than standing apart from it. The site falls within a designated bushfire-prone area, with material selection and detailing responding to these requirements from the outset. The era of the build will be difficult to place, a quality born of this same respect for its setting, rather than any single architectural style or moment in time.

Inside, the home will balance warmth with restraint. Careful detailing creates an atmosphere of calm throughout, with large living spaces suited to easy entertaining and smaller, quieter rooms offering a place to retreat from it.

Built to house friends and family, and in time, their children's families too, Lake Jindabyne House is envisioned as a legacy, a home to be passed down and enjoyed for generations. It will ultimately be about belonging, settling into the lake and mountains beyond it, becoming part of the landscape rather than standing apart from it, and carrying the rhythm of a family's time together, season after season.