2025 Southern Architecture Awards Winner
Kaka Pod
This sixty-square-metre double-height holiday house is a cavernous space, generated by a triangular plan and curved corners. One voluminous space of four levels within the pod trip down the site, traversing existing site services and boundary setbacks to nestle the pod amid trees and the bush-clad site. Positioned opposite an existing house which shares the same architectural DNA, complementary sheathing and subtle colour ensure that they are diffused into the native planting. Ladder access, roof light and joinery are skilfully detailed in a modest palate of materials, deferring to the power of the single space with alcoves. This is a beguiling retreat for a holiday adventure.
- Practice
- Rafe Maclean Architects
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Southern
