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    LONG ROAD HOUSE BY JAMES RUSSELL ARCHITECT

    Sep 26, 2021 4 minutes
    Words by Andrew Leach

    Long Road House, a new residence designed by James Russell Architect, makes a clear and compelling case for how to live well in the countryside of South-East Queensland. The three-bedroom house, together with a utility shed and a shipping container converted into a small sleep-out, occupies the south-west corner of a seven-acre lifestyle block. Located just a short drive from the bustling Mount Tamborine village – itself an hour, give or take, from Brisbane and the owners’ main home – the house has been carefully designed in order to keep at bay the peri-urban hinterland development with which the property is surrounded.

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