A 32-hectare vineyard in Victoria's Yarra Valley
View Hill House sits in the midst of a 32-hectare vineyard in Victoria's Yarra Valley.
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By Ellie Stathaki
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A striking silhouette against the skyline

Sited atop a shallow hill, it offers magnificent views across the vines and creates a striking silhouette against the skyline.

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The design to its most elemental forms

Architects Denton Corker Marshall pared back the design to its most elemental forms.

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The box embedded in the ground is clad in ribs of rusted Corten steel.

The main body of the house is fashioned from two long metal tubes or 'boxes'. The box embedded in the ground is clad in ribs of rusted Corten steel.

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An expansive living space

The central section of the lower box is given over to an expansive living space.

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A distinct absence of curves

Furniture and fittings are low key, with a distinct absence of curves.

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Monotone materials as in the solid balustrades

...and a reliance of large swathes of simple, monotone materials as in the solid balustrades.

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Board features in the stairwell

Stained strand board features in the stairwell.

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The lower box and cantilevered some nine metres over the entrance.

The black-clad 'box' housing the master suite is set at precisely 90 degrees from the lower box and cantilevered some nine metres over the entrance.

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The 'boxes' create panoramic vistas of the rolling hills

The glazed ends of the 'boxes' create panoramic vistas of the rolling hills.

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the minimal dwelling frames the landscape

From the outside, the minimal dwelling frames the landscape.

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Dolmen-like symbol on the far horizon.

The house forms a compass, naturally, but also a stark, almost dolmen-like symbol on the far horizon.

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Ellie Stathaki

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture Editor at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018) and Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020).

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