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K HOUSE BY RENATO D’ETTORRE ARCHITECTS

When we think of coastal living, we tend to focus on pleasant images of blue skies and calm seas. The reality of building a home on the continental edge of Australia presents a number of very real and very challenging conditions. Renato D’Ettorre Architects worked closely with its client to design an exhilarating house on the Illawarra coast in southern New South Wales that embraces the best aspects of living by the ocean while also acting as a solid refuge against the winds and storms.

Renato says that every project “starts with the client” and, in the case of K House in

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