Mount Hotham House

Mount Hotham, in Victoria’s high country, is a long way from Rome. Although the mountainous terrain doesn’t feature Roman relics, it does lay claim to a house designed by one of Italy’s leading architects and industrial designers, Giovanni D’Ambrosio. “I’ve never experienced such wide open places before. From here, you don’t see any other buildings,” says D’Ambrosio, who was invited by Australian developers the Ray Group to design a landmark house in the snowfields.