The Mooloomba House
The distinctive belvedere of the Mooloomba House, designed by Andresen O'Gorman Architects in 1995 on the idyllic North Stradbroke Island, has a nest-like affect, providing a peaceful area to enjoy the ocean and night sky view.
Brit Andresen is a Norwegian born Australian architect who established Andresen O’Gorman Architects with her husband Peter O’Gorman in the 1980s. She has held a series of academic appointments at universities in Australia and Europe and was the first female recipient of the RAIA Gold Medal, awarded in 2002. Andresen and her husband designed the Mooloomba house as their family holiday house.
The house has been likened to a sixteenth century Japanese tea house and certainly there is an unadorned purity and simplicity achieved through deep thought and architectural understanding. But where the real strength lies is in its humanity, its ability to tune into the fundamentals of experience and to, in turn, delight.
Karen McCartney, 70/80/90 Iconic Australian Houses: three decades of domestic architecture
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