The shearers down on Bruny Island have something wonderful to look forward to at the end of a hard days work. Sitting pretty on a hilltop near the southern most tip of Australia, is the Shearers Quarters designed by John Wardle Architects, which has just received Tasmanian Architecture’s Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Architecture.
Located on a working sheep farm, the shearers quarters has been designed to sit lightly on the landscape. Double glazed windows ward off the chill of the icy temperatures sweeping off the ocean, ventilation louvers sweep cool air through the house during summer, and on site waste water treatment and solar panels make the home self sufficient.
Inside timber wall cladding and recycled materials have been used throughout, creating a soft and welcoming atmosphere – just what a shearer needs at the end of a shift.
Architects: John Wardle Architects
Photography by Trevor Mein
Great design and it looks fantastic too. I wouldn’t mind taking in that view either!
Looks fantastic. ‘Shear brilliance’.
Thanks for your comment Josh – Love the play on words!
You and me both Christina!
Great work! JW would have to be quite SHEEPISH if he didn’t win.
Thanks for the laugh Oliver! I should put out a challenge for a new title!
Puns in the comment thread? Sounds like sheep thrills to me…
Sheep thrills indeed!
No worries. Might have to stop at the New Zealand puns or else we might ens-ewe some violence.
Was trying to come up with something equally as witty but couldn’t – should I stop bleating?
I don’t think this pun thread wool catch on