After a $55 million rebuild, the luxurious keep Southern Ocean Lodge is again following its devastation within the 2019 bushfires on Kangaroo Island. Now reopened in a 2.0 model, Kangaroo Island-born and unique lodge architect Max Pritchard and his workforce have overseen the construct totally from scratch with an much more sustainable design.
Southern Ocean Lodge is Australia’s first true luxurious lodge
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The brand new construct by Max Pritchard Gunner Architects presents 23 visitor suites – every with ocean and clifftop views – and a brand new four-bedroom Ocean Pavilion that stands alone on a clifftop. Moreover, there are three therapy rooms, a gymnasium, a sauna, and cold and hot plunge swimming pools. South Australian-made design is championed within the lodge, with Jam Manufacturing facility glass-blown lighting by Ross Gardam and customized furnishings by Khai Liew, together with Australian manufacturers equivalent to Meek (bathware) and Artedomus (tiles) and bespoke tableware by Malcolm Greenwood and Grit Ceramics chosen for the lodge.
Southern Ocean Lodge’s pool space
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A handcrafted limestone wall by native stonemason Scott Wilson options alongide a hand-picked Gyrofocus hearth, with pure timbers and chemical-free paints, and modern EcoSmart fireplaces utilized in suites. Utilizing solely regional produce and suppliers all through the lodge, the lodge helps its native financial system whereas creating the last word luxurious keep for company – all-day eating, an open bar, 5 signature Kangaroo Island experiences, and airport transfers are all-inclusive.
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Ocean Pavilion’s rest room
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Kangaroo Island is broadly generally known as ‘Australia’s Galapagos’ because of its range on land and within the sea. With greater than one-third of the island designated as protected wilderness, safeguarding the panorama was of the utmost precedence to the Baillie Lodges founders James and Hayley and architect Pritchard. Contemplating the lodge’s distant context and future in an ever-changing local weather, they constructed the brand new lodge on the identical footprint because the earlier one, this time with modern, sustainable options.
Outstanding Suite’s lounge
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Passive design ideas permit the constructing to retailer pure warmth and encourage flow-through air flow, whereas a hybrid photo voltaic and battery infrastructure permits the lodge to run off-grid in its distant location, finally decreasing carbon emissions and power consumption. As well as, they’ve elevated rainwater harvesting and created boardwalks across the property to allow company to go away flora undisturbed. To counter any future bushfires, they’ve additionally planted 45,000 biodiverse fire-retardant succulents and native junipers throughout 200 acres of the property.
Southern Ocean Lodge’s restaurant
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Southern Ocean Lodge’s cellar
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Located amongst its valuable pure setting, the newly reopened Southern Ocean Lodge champions its distant location and units new benchmarks in sustainable luxurious hospitality worldwide, straight from its quiet and untamed nook of the world.
Southern Ocean Lodge’s Nice Room
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