Wavertree House is a steel-framed, zincalume-clad, three-storey residence designed for the wet-dry tropics.
Its passive cooling characteristics are drawn from the design principles of the Burnett designed houses of the late 1930s in Darwin.
These emphasise high reflectivity, natural airflow, breeze orientation in order to achieve passive cooling. It is solar powered and off-grid, and designed to prevent ember attack from wildfires, termite attack and to resist earth tremor shock.
The house is located on an 80 hectare Land for Wildlife private reserve of native riparian, swamp and open savannah woodland.
