[2] A continuous line of pine trees were planted to block the view towards the farmlands while a pathway is made to allow residents to get to the lake which is 100m south from the house.

University of Queenslands Dr John MacArthur has stated that “the silhouette is similar to that of the black swans that occupy the lake.

Its position becomes a threshold between the new exotic northern front yard landscape, and the indigenous southern backyard flowing to the lake.

The long, strip windows frame the views over the lake, and stretch the length of the exterior wall, which contains the major room.

The Lake Connewarre house is an attempt to create dialogue with nature[3] in a poetic way and has site has strongly influenced the dwelling.

The house has an architectural expression of a long but flat, one-storey massing which reflects the largeness and calmness of the lake and the flatland behind.