Where the Light Lives - "Sundance"
This is the kind of home you feel before you even step inside.
Where the morning sun dances across Mintaro slate paved floors, filtered through trees that have stood quietly for decades. Where winter mornings are warmed by the scent of woodsmoke curling from the slow-burning hearth. Where in stillness; mist drifts across the lake and birdsong replace the rush of the outside world.
A Newell Platten design with a client brief that called for mid-century modern, crafted in 1960 with a deep understanding of nature's rhythm, this home was built to breathe, welcoming light, capturing breezes, and nestling into the contours of the land as though it had always been there. It's one of South Australia's first solar passive homes, but you won't need to know the science to feel how effortlessly it holds the seasons. In 2012, a respectful and refined renovation by protege of Newell Platten, expanded and elevated the home while honouring its mid-century soul. The result is a seamless fu
