Collection · Halvard Meis · 2021
Cormorant House
A long, low sea-facing house that turns its back on the road.
The house
Meis spent two winters on the headland before drawing anything. The result is a house that reads as a single low bar from the approach and opens completely on the seaward side, where a forty-metre run of glazing gives onto the water without a visible frame at eye level.
The structure is a steel portal wrapped in charred larch, sitting on a board-formed concrete plinth that steps with the ground rather than cutting into it. Every internal fitting is white oak, made by the same joiner who worked on the architect’s own house.
It has never been on the open market.
What makes it
- Forty metres of uninterrupted sea-facing glazing
- Charred larch rainscreen over a steel portal frame
- Board-formed concrete plinth, cast in situ
- White oak joinery throughout, made to drawing
Photographs
Specification
What isin it
Interior
- Underfloor heating throughout
- Concealed linear lighting
- White oak floors
- Wood-burning stove
Exterior
- Dune grass planting scheme
- Flagstone approach path
- Covered carport for two
- Outdoor shower
Services
- Ground-source heat pump
- MVHR
- Rainwater harvesting
- Hard-wired networking
Where it is
Cascara Point
A working headland that never quite became a resort, and is better for it.
