The Waterfront Retreat in Newport, NSW Residential Building, Australian Residence, Architecture Images
The Waterfront Retreat in Newport, NSW
Large Modern Real Estate Project in New South Wales, Australia ? design by Koichi Takada Architects
29 Oct 2018
The Waterfront Retreat
Location: Newport, New South Wales, Australia
Architecture: Koichi Takada Architects
The Waterfront Retreat
The Waterfront Retreat is the epitome of an Australian dream home, adorned with a private beach, garden and open-plan living.

Responding the clients? brief – a house offering sanctuary and entertainment, the Waterfront Retreat is designed to allow nature to lead, offering maximum seclusion and connection to its surrounds and outlook.
Located on a steeply sloping waterfront block, facing the vast expanse of Sydney?s Pittwater, a terraced, four level building progressively stepping towards the water & with the sites terrain.

A series of floating platforms are presented as a sequence of cantilevered concrete slabs that float above a recessed stacked-stone podium. To maximise the sense of levitation, the slabs are tapered to a finer point toward the water, with the living and dining area designed to appear as a floating box.

To fully experience the sites glorious changing light throughout the day and seasons, large floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, floor-to-ceiling glazing, skylights and oversized cantilevered balconies are used to connect the owners with the surrounding outl...