This house located in suburban Broome, Western Australia. It demonstrates principles of environmental sustainability with a conventional brief and budget for State Housing in this climate.

A number of strategies were adopted which sought to reconcile the vernacular Broome tropical house with the modernist villa.

1. The house is lifted off the ground by one level and large water storage tanks. Ground level contains car parking and large water storage tanks.
2. The accommodation above is accessed by a long ramp from the front of the site.
3. The plan is simple and compact, minimizing façade surface and circulation. The plan is located centrally on the site to maximize setbacks.

4. The interior is entirely openable to maximize cross ventilation. The pitched roof is ventilated centrally to assist this natural cooling.
5. A shade screen is wrapped around the facades creating privacy and solar protection for the facades and windows. This also forms a decorative second skin to the building, and is like a conventional West Australian pergola used vertically.