The Brisbane suburb of New Farm is a peninsula formed by the serpentine course of the Brisbane River winding downstream past the city towards Moreton Bay. Oxlade Drive House by James Russell Architect is positioned in this inner-city enclave, not far from the low-lying edges of the tidal river.
When the neighbourhood was inundated by floodwaters in January 2011, Oxlade Drive House was under construction and the tide threatened the raised courtyards of the ground floor. Good planning ensured these areas stayed dry but in a state of flood, the conceptual vision of an Asian long house – an elongated, timber structure elevated on stilts and resilient to flooding – was easily imagined.
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