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Rural Retreat in Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Australian Real Estate, New South Wales Building – design by Utz-Sanby Architects
24 Feb 2019
Kangaroo Valley Rural Retreat
Design: Utz-Sanby Architects
Location: Kangaroo Valley, NSW, Australia
The Kangaroo Valley Rural Retreat sits on the crown of a hill overlooking the Valleys beyond the Kangaroo River and is surrounded by state forest. The house has been designed as a series of pavilions that interconnect to form a protected entrance courtyard on the southern side and open up to the dramatic views across the surrounding landscape to the north.

The house is designed to be low-maintenance and robust and uses passive environmental controls, such as solar boosted hydronic heating in the floor, cross ventilation assisted by ceiling fans, an abundance of natural light, LED lighting throughout, as well as 150 000 litres of water storage and photo voltaic panels capable of generating 5 kilowatt hours of electricity.
The siting of the house allows each room to capture views and aspect and is linked around the centrally-positioned open-plan living room, with open fire, high ceilings and views across the pool to the valley beyond.

The brief was for a rural retreat to accommodate and entertain large numbers of guests as well as be a comfortable home for two people. Hence it was decided to separate the guest bedrooms from the master bedroom, study and w...