2015-06-29 Attachment 1 to Item 4 General Committee Agenda - Noosa Design Principles

                      designs for living
“ THE IDEA THAT GOOD ARCHITECTURE IS IN PART A RESPONSE TO
LANDSCAPE IS PARTICULARLY EVIDENT IN A REGION SUCH AS NOOSA
              WHERE THE LANDSCAPE IS REVERED.

 When describing architecture and the built environment, the ‘Noosa Style’ is one that puts
great emphasis on ‘place’, the integration of built form to the natural environment …Placed




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  in the natural environment of Noosa, these structures are inadvertently ‘thinned’ at their
              outer edges to create an effective shelter much like a tree canopy.
                                    Dragi Majstorovic


The rich architectural vein left behind         responses were equally respectful of, and
by local architects such as Gabriel Poole,      gained inspiration, from the surrounding
John Mainwaring and Lindsay and Kerry           natural environment.
Clare demonstrates varied responses to
                                                Today this legacy continues to inspire
the unique regional and climatic variables
                                                generations of architects striving to explore
found on the Sunshine Coast and Noosa
                                                new adaptations of what is loosely dubbed
in particular. In common however, their
                                                the ‘Noosa Style’.




                                                                                                Marcus Beach House by Bark Design