Fisherman’s Walk by Megowan

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Jan 18

Fisherman’s Walk by Megowan

A Coastal House Designed to Be Enough

Can an architectural home be achieved on a tight budget? At Fisherman’s Walk in Barwon Heads, this coastal family house was shaped by restraint, where clarity, efficiency and first principles guided every decision.

Set within Barwon Heads, along Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, Fisherman’s Walk is a budget-conscious coastal family home that embodies a Goldilocks approach to living, neither too big nor too small, but carefully considered to feel just right. Designed by Megowan, the house draws on the quiet spirit of mid-century beach shacks, where proportion, form, and structure combine to create a sense of timelessness rather than trend. A long linear plan stretches east–west, opening living spaces to the north to maximise sunlight, garden connection, and passive comfort. The material palette balances economy with warmth, using recycled brick for texture and permanence, and Tasmanian oak to soften the interiors. Rather than relying on bold gestures, the architecture is shaped through simplicity and restraint, resulting in a home that feels grounded, resolved, and enduring.

‘For an architectural home, the budget on this was very tight, but that meant we had no choice but to keep it simple. We didn't get a lot of moves, we couldn't go formally crazy or structurally complex. Very efficient space planning, very efficient structural planning, these are just first principles. And that simplicity is the architecture.’

— Christopher Megowan, Director, Megowan

Architecture by Megowan, built by Wettenhall Constructions, styling by CMR Studio, landscape design by Pete Wilson Landscape Architecture and permaculture by Ben Shaw Permaculture.

Produced by Simple Dwelling, filmed, edited and photographed by Anthony Richardson, words by Anthony Richardson.

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