2021 Gallery
Shortlist: New House under 200 square metres
Chris Connell Design for Cumulus House
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604db2f2b8f049.69158463-sm.jpg)
Fusing post-war modernism with traditional Australian fibro beach shack vernacular, Cumulus House is a restrained coastal retreat sited on a steep hillside. Both intensely private and outward looking, screened from the street by a minimal façade. Its northern orientation takes advantage of views to the ocean and forest valley.
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dac83ec2045.19966106-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dacfd5b7c89.18900397-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dad1aac4410.40760188-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dadec15bc90.38688835-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604db403320ac3.77238563-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dad7b02af21.81332306-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604db48c2beba8.49335428-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604daef469e9a8.20043031-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dae4e532b81.87347148-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dafa9169d78.76487512-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604dae79370c77.30921210-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604db508f2d0c0.35295675-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604daf7ccb6bc4.88778338-sm.jpg)
![Interior photograph of Cumulus House by Willem-Dirk du Toit](https://housesawards.com.au/asset/library/award/entry/2021/K419C72N1W7/image/K419C72N1W7-604db83d960a96.31760556-sm.jpg)