The Nannup Holiday House, by Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects, strikes a careful balance between allowing its owners to get in touch with nature, while preventing nature from taking over completely. Raised on stilts to help avoid hazards which include local wild pigs, venomous snakes, and floods, the home also features sustainable technology such as solar panels and grey water recycling.

Completed in 2013 and as its name suggests located in rural Nannup, Western Australia, the single-story dwelling sports an unusual zig-zag design that is accessed via steel grate ramps.

It was largely prefabricated and some recycled materials were used in the build, including Jarrah (a common eucalyptus tree), Western Australian blackbutt hardwood, and timber offcuts. The use of these materials helps ensure the rugged home finds its place within the local surroundings.

The interior of the Nannup Holiday House comprises a living room and dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, a study, an outdoor living area, and laundry facilities. Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects also embarked upon a practical approach to protecting the local environment.

Vehicle access runs along the site edge, which would require annual clearing for a firebreak anyway, therefore minimizing unnecessary damage to the local surroundings. Additionally, the materials used to build the access path were quarried on-site and replanted with local plant species.

Green technology installed in the home include a rainwater catchment system, which is installed on the roof, and a grey water recycling system for garden use. Domestic water is heated with a roof-based solar hot water unit that has a backup to offer instant hot water, while solar panels are also installed on the roof and are sufficient to meet all electricity needs.

Source: Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects via Arch Daily

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Valerie Payton, who is organising a campaign against its construction, said: The i360 will be profoundly out of keeping with the rest of the seafront. It will be a huge, wide and monstrously tall steel structure that will be omnipresent and visible from wherever you look in the city and beyond.

The i360, designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield, the husband and wife team behind the London Eye wheel on the capitals South Bank, has lain on the drawing board for the past eight years.

But although it received planning permission in 2006 it stalled after being unable to attract the required investment from private lenders.

After a number of potential investors pulled out following the global financial crisis of 2007-9, Marks Barfield Architects were left with 6m of their own money in the project, along with a 4m grant from Coast 2 Capital local enterprise partnership.

Then last month, Green and Conservative Party councillors in Brighton joined forces to vote through a loan application of 36.2m from the Public Works Loan Board to allow construction to begin.

Repayment of the loan would rely on the tower generating enough revenue from visitors.

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To cap it all the security on the loan from Brighton is the tower itself, so if it fails for any reason the city will have to repay the loan. It will be a huge white elephant, with interest payable on it.

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