5.3New South Wales, Australia
5.3.1 Four Horizons House and Lodges, New South Wales, Australia
The Project
Lindsay Johnston began practising as an architect in Ireland and moved to Australia during the 1980s recession, which left little work for architects. He taught at the universities of Newcastle (Australia) and Sydney as well as practising.
The Four Horizons House, so called because it has a view to the Barrington Tops (‘four horizons away’), is where the architect and his family lived for 10 years. There are also three tourist lodges, which use variations of the strategies employed on the main house.
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