{"id":590887,"date":"2026-08-12T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590887\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:26:12","slug":"flooded-gums-by-marker-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/590887\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooded Gums by Marker Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When extended family lives and holidays on the one property, it\u2019s handy if there is a tucked-away spot that can be used by the couple with a young baby, the aged relatives who like to rise early, or the young adults who want to be up late. This small dwelling on a large property north-west of Newcastle offers just that and, in doing so, allows for a different appreciation of a landscape that is less accessible from the main house.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">Flooded Gums sits on what was previously a degraded part of the farming property, once used as a horse dressage area. Locating the cabin here reduced the ecological impact of the work and offered a vantage point, from within a large bushy plain, for viewing the surrounding landscape \u2013 a site bounded by the Hunter and Williams rivers. As the name of the building suggests, it is in an area prone to flooding, and so required a design that would withstand a 100-year event and still remain connected to the main house with a safe, elevated exit. Flood protection became the design driver: Marker Architecture sited the dwelling on stilts and a formed-earth and gabion embankment, connecting back to the main house via a timber bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flooded Gums is a cabin on a farming property in Millers Forest, connected to the main house via a timber bridge.\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e673e9c235b0f969480ec9e3585d766c.jpg\" height=\"697\" width=\"465\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The program is designed to accommodate different modes of use. Entry is via the centre of the building into small lobby, which also provides access to the bathroom. On either side of the lobby, accessed via slider or hinged doors, are a bedroom and a combined living room\/kitchen. This simple but clever arrangement allows for both rooms to be used for sleeping without disturbing the other, or for the whole building to be taken over by one family group.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">The clients wanted this building to be \u201caround for generations\u201d but also to sit humbly within the landscape, akin to a simple farm shed. The rectangular form, skillion roof and natural materials have been chosen to serve this brief. Thermally treated timber, which has a condensed structure that resists termite, fire and water damage, has been used for the external cladding and decking. Allowed to slowly silver in the weather, the timber\u2019s organic patterning has been balanced by the expressed grid of the recycled hardwood structure. This thinking has followed to the internal design, with the organic figuration of spotted gum ply lining contained within a geometric grid of expressed studs and hardwood joinery.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spotted gum ply and hardwood surfaces create a rich and tactile interior.\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1ddcdc64bcca293d89808f132ccc736b.jpg\" height=\"697\" width=\"465\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\">While this small dwelling will always be an outrigger to the main house, its siting, height and thermal properties mean that it is a place that the clients are increasingly choosing to spend time in, as it offers them a comfortable place from which to view the everchanging surrounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When extended family lives and holidays on the one property, it\u2019s handy if there is a tucked-away spot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-590887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}