Dan Wilson

Cooroy House

Gubbi Gubbi Country / Cooroy, Queensland

A modest, off-grid home, taking cues from the surrounding timber & tin cottages of the area. The lightweight, single-storey structure is raised above the ground on a single platform, imposing minimal disruption to the site.

Type

Residential / New

Size

155m2 int. / 80m2 ext.

Price/sqm

$2,550

Year

2019–2023

Collaborators

Henry Bennett

Build

Frog House / David Anderson

Photographer

Yaseera Moosa

Matso’s Sunshine Coast Brewery

Gubbi Gubbi Country / Eumundi, Queensland

The restoration of an existing 1920’s pub as well as a new brewery, bar, restaurant, and landscape. The new works, built from a mixture of new and salvaged demolition material from the site, reference the scale and form of the existing pub while also providing a new connection between the street-front and back garden. Project completed whilst at Knight Wilson.

Type

Commercial

Size

1,000m2

Price/sqm

$5,850

Year

2021-2023

Collaborators

Five Mile Radius, TOA, Kelly Nortje

Landscape Designer

Place Design Group

Builder

Hutchinson Builders

Photographer

Yaseera Moosa

Tweed Heads Warehouse

Yugambeh Language Region / Tweed Heads, New South Wales

An office and warehouse fit out built almost entirely from local reclaimed materials. New works were constructed from pine stud seconds, recycled hardwood, deadstock plywood, Laminex packing sheets, recycled fire pipe, and factory offcuts of Ampelite. Curtains were made from Full Circle Fibres cotton. Uptex acoustic sheets made by Upparel from compressed textile waste.

Type

Commercial / Interior

Size

127m2

Price/sqm

$400

Year

2024

Collaborators

Five Mile Radius

Carpenter/Joiner

Five Mile Radius

Photographer

Yaseera Moosa

Kanooka House

Yugambeh Language Region / Bogangar, NSW

A new home for a young family of four, referencing the existing brick and fibro architecture of the neighbourhood. The scheme is designed to maximise the small suburban site, orienting living spaces to the north-facing lawn and garden, helping to create a private, sunny courtyard visible from almost every room in the house.

Type

Residential / New

Size

193m2 int. / 57m2 ext.

Price/sqm

$4,950

Year

2022-2024

Collaborators

Knight Office, Kelly Nortje

Landscape Designer

TOCO

Builder

Berecon

Photographer

Yaseera Moosa

Kind Curations

Yugambeh Language Region / Tugun, Queensland

A small retail fitout acting as a flexible space for the store to adapt and change in as it grows. The modular plywood joinery can be easily moved, stacked and reused in its next life.

Type

Interior

Size

43m2

Price/sqm

$1,000

Year

2017, 2019

Collaborators

Chloe Naughton

Joiner

Calen Bee (Stage 1), Open Projects Group (Stage 2)

Photographer

Andy Macpherson