Mollymook Beach House is a modern shack located in Mollymook Beach, Australia, redesigned in 2020 by Patrick Jost.

Description
After seeing how we?d refurbished and renewed their friend?s beach shack home at Burrill Lake, on NSW?s South Coast, our clients engaged us to work some similar magic on their ?unusual? home at nearby Mollymook Beach. While the house was set on a flat 680sq m block just one road back from the beach, the existing dwelling had some challenges. Inside, the house was dark, with a compromised, multi?levelled floorplan featuring one and a half bedrooms and no real connection to the generous backyard. Weird would be a polite way of describing the layout. The late 1970s house had also been given an ill?thought?out internal makeover in the 1990s which was beginning to look tired and dated. Our clients’ brief was simple. Give them a house that functioned better for their active family and looked great as well! The design was inspired by the mid?century vernacular of not only the original part of the house but nearby beach houses as well, with their distinctive skillion roofs and simple but robust materials. The existing envelope was reduced to one square, central structure on the ground floor, which now contains the updated kitchen and living area. We then built out in three directions to create a more cohesive and connected interior. At the rear, a rectangular addition now houses a north?facing dining space and master suite. The...