Sorrento Beach House is a modern holiday home located in Port Phillip Bay, Australia, designed in 2019 by Pandolfini Architects.

Description
Nestled amongst holiday homes on the edge of Port Phillip Bay, the Sorrento Beach House has been conceived with a nostalgia for the simple forms and materials of holiday homes of the past. Composed of five separate pavilions arranged around a central outdoor living space, the house eschews the competition for water views and focuses inwards, placing the theatre of holiday life center stage.
Designed for a young family with historic ties to the area, a series of private and communal spaces have been created which can be adapted as the family grows. The distributed plan and use of external shutters allow for strong visual connections between the spaces or autonomy as the need arises. The single-level pavilions present an instantly recognizable silhouette, with their dispersal across the site allowing for extensive landscaping ensuring the house sits comfortably in its coastal setting. A reductive palette of weathered timber, bagged brickwork and corrugated roofing reinforces the simple gable roof forms while finely detailed glass bridges link the pavilions, accentuating the sense of transition and creating a strong connection with the outdoors.
The design of the landscape was instrumental in the project?s conception and while the primary focus of the house is the central communal garden, the plan creates a ser...