I saw an article on this house by Dan Sparks and Margo Reardon in the paper. Their house won the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) 2008 Regional Architecture Awards. They are both architects, and the house is on the Sunshine Coast, Qld.
Some pictures here in an ABC article. Here's another article from the Weekender.
I love that they used a concrete water tank as a plunge pool. They also have water tanks under their house with glass port holes that you can see down into them. They are lit up at night and throw reflections up into the house. Lovely idea. But why does the water move in the tank?
It gave me an idea of using a concrete water tank as a cellar. I wonder how well that would work, whether it could keep out the damp well enough and how much it would cost for excavation. Or if it would be more affordable if we put other tanks under the house too. Could they act as a heat sink?
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