House could be regarded as the beginning of Stutchbury's architectural motif. He describes it as his ''calling card'', which led to the design of the Bay House in Watsons Bay, ''one of his most important buildings''. ''This is one of the first houses I'd done by myself,'' Stutchbury says. ''It was an adventure. An experiment. It was a romantic building. I was thinking about sustainability, in terms of emotionally, physically and spiritually.'' ''Most houses provide comfort. This house challenges that. Spiritually, it remains still. But emotionally, nothing is ever still - if the light changes, so do your emotions. It takes you out of your skin at times.'' Stutchbury describes the building as an ''innocent'', one that doesn't have a heavy footprint. ''Like the forest it sits with, it sits comfortably within the landscape.'' So harmoniously in fact, that to deconstruct it and talk about design rationale feels an injustice. The carefully considered siting, orientation, design and materials ensure this house is about experiences and emotions, about heart and soul. Better to enjoy the ''building's knowledge'' as Stutchbury calls it. ''Buildings develop knowledge. This house has seen a lot of nice, and tough, knowledge, it's been 'fed' well.'' Does this create enduring architecture? ''Enduring is being able to surpass the day-to-day demands placed on it that might change it. The building hasn't changed by nature, but aged with wisdom.'' 11 comments so far Ooops forget to put up gutters... looks nice, but not so green? Commenter churl Location Date and