![Mornington Peninsula house indoor outdoor views](/getattachment/c5105e2f-0387-4423-90fe-4b70b90627b3/70788.jpg.aspx?width=600&height=450)
This project is a new home on a steep site overlooking Mornington Peninsula, designed to maximise views and have the capacity to host extended family without feeling overly large.
![Mornington Peninsula house views](/getattachment/7aaa4d0c-e8f8-4fc9-8dc2-60907e716e95/16225_Shortlist_CARTERWILLIAMSON_WoodcroftCommunityCentre_000037.jpg.aspx?width=600&height=400)
To achieve this, the architects decided on a connected plan, rather than a single open plan. The result is a series of distinct, flexible indoor and outdoor living spaces that are still visually connected when closed, but can be opened and connected when needed.
![Mornington Peninsula house light](/getattachment/3e0b7c07-18c1-47b4-8496-780f6fcfc532/70770.jpg.aspx)
From the street, the house presents a humble single storey volume clad in dark, standing seam metal. Inside, living spaces are organised around a service core that houses the kitchen, storage, laundry and guest bathroom. Elsewhere in the home, a controlled entryway leads into a larger, timber-lined double height circulation space which cuts through the house and acts as a connecting space between levels, bridging interior and exterior spaces, connecting terraced split levels and opening to views of the peninsula and bay beyond.
![Mornington Peninsula house exterior](/getattachment/f985ae3e-3e9b-4246-82f4-9b4c0b611b9e/70795.jpg.aspx)
Key products/suppliers
- Cladding: Silvertop Ash
- Colorbond standing seam cladding and roofing
- Timber floors: Blackbutt
- Tiles: Mutina and Anchor Ceramics (custom splashback tiles)