When Outcrop House was judged overall winner of the 2008 Australian Timber Design Awards, architect Peter Stutchbury modestly described the work as “one of restraint” – an enclave offering comfort, ease, place and dreaming, and promoting contemplation.
Timber is used throughout the structure and the cladding systems are designed to provide cost effective outcomes using standard off-the-shelf locally sourced materials and components
Cottage Point House is located in an isolated settlement within Ku-ring-gai National Park on the waterfront of Coal and Candle Creek. The site is oriented east over the shallow bay, facing the weathered horizontal sandstone escarpments.