GROTTO
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GROTTO is devoted to crafting spaces that balance beauty, structure, and function, adding a timeless and poetic touch to our surroundings. Our approach is rooted in traditional values and punctuated by contemporary thought — we are as inspired by the simplicity of a line as we are by the complexity of nature. Our approach highlights practical simplicity, shaping environmentally-responsive spaces.
25/03/2026
PLAY — early design work for a cabin in the south west.
Architecture is a serious act but it most always begins with the instinct of play.
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LONG CABIN — A cabin shaped by forest.
Form and construction are one: locally sourced cedar logs interlock as structure, anchored to existing granite, with precise openings cut to hold forest, water, and horizon.
05/03/2026
LONG CABIN ロングキャビン — A home shaped by forest.
Our proposal for the Not A Hotel international competition is formed and structured by landscape.
On Yakushima Island, slow-growing cedar rises from granite-rich soil, producing dense structural timber. The architecture grows from this condition: a raw log-cabin structure, cut with expansive openings that frame forest, mountain, and ocean.
Set within an existing clearing, the building stretches across the terrain, resting lightly on granite boulders to draw a single line between mountain and ocean.
Existing ponds and streams are repaired, restoring local biodiversity and forming a cultivated Japanese garden. A vast northern opening holds this scene like a Muromachi-era suiboku-ga landscape scroll — garden in the foreground, mountains stacked in depth beyond.
Rather than competing with the setting, the house becomes a bridge through it: forest to the north, ocean to the south. Timber, stone, water, and weather choreograph the atmosphere — heavy rain overhead, flowing stream below, and a natural pool drawn into the onsen, nestled beside the site’s existing granite boulder.
Not A Hotel International Competition
Yakushima Island, Japan.
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1/14 LEURA Street
Cottesloe, WA
6009
