Famous architect’s ‘dancing home’ for sale

West Head House in Clareville has been featured in numerous magazines and Peter and his wife Phoebe, who works alongside him, raised their three children in the home.

Built in 1992 the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home just 300m beach from Clareville Beach sold to Vincent Sweeney in 2013 for $1.5m. It is now coming back onto the market after Easter via LJ Hooker Palm Beach with an expressions of interest campaign and guidance of $6.9m.

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Peter Robinson, of LJ Hooker Palm Beach, said West Head House, on Hudson Pde, has been cited consistently for its thoughtful and innovative use of resources and its deep respect of the landscape.

“This is a large residence which still dances lightly on the landscape … capturing the broad expansion of Pittwater to the north while nestled in an extraordinary canopy of towering gum trees,” he said.

The timber and steel house has separate pavilions for living, sleeping and self-contained guest accommodation and broad decks connecting the interiors. The house is oriented to the north, protected from the west and south and very private.

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Each piece of timber has been hand-selected, and every board is fitted and hand-finished by a master craftsman.

Peter, 70, was a pioneer in sustainability and his architectural firm has won 47 awards in Australia alone. In 2015 he was the recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal and one of his best-known public designs is the Sydney Olympic Archery Park.

According to PropTrack, the median house price in Clareville on Sydney’s Northern Beaches is $4.45m. That’s up 2.4 per cent over the past 12 months.

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