Jolly’s Lookout Residence, Mt Nebo Home, Australian House, Architecture Images
Jolly’s Lookout Residence in Mt Nebo
Queensland Rural Real Estate Development, Australia – design by dion seminara architecture
16 Feb 2019
Jolly’s Lookout Residence
Architects: dion seminara architecture
Location: Mt Nebo, Australia
Jolly’s Lookout Residence
This Mt Nebo new home design is essentially a concrete structure with large concrete columns with buttress-like shapes.

These buttresses, along with the tower and large concrete wall at the entry, give the home a castle-like resemblance. Set high on the hill the house looks over the property as if it is a castle looking over its territory.

The external materials of the home are book-leaf stone to the front face of the house, off-form concrete in its natural state, aluminium and timber framed windows with expansive glazing and a mixture of gravel covered concrete roofs and copper sheet roofs (which will age gracefully like Customs House in Brisbane City).
The client was a wealthy bachelor that wanted to create a dream home for his future family to enjoy.

dion seminara architecture was engaged to design a prestige contemporary acreage home that also incorporated Asian architectural styles.

From the entry, the house has a fortress wall. To the north and east, the house has glass walls, predominantly. External Venetians protect from the harsh sunlight in the morning, and large eaves overhangs ensure the...