Editorial
I imagine, like me, many of you have been feeling the need to be amongst nature. Being confined during a pandemic is bound to increase our dreams of escape. In this issue, our six homes are all in regional and coastal locations. They inhabit very different landscapes, from the dry and rugged to the densely fecund. Ben Daly of Palace Electric turned his hands (literally) to the transformation of a shearing shed south-west of Christchurch in New Zealand into a home, reusing as much of the structure as possible and preserving remnants of its past. On the banks of the River Derwent in Otago Bay, Tasmania, Topology Studio has designed a more robust home in order to capture and store heat whilst withstanding the cold and blustery north westerlies. South of Sydney, at…