Архитектор Фрэнк Диксоны 1960-аад онд санаачилж, 18 жилийн турш бүтээн байгуулсан Фэйрхэвен эрэг дээрх өвөрмөц харшийг буулгаж, орчин үеийн хийцлэлтэйгээр дахин барьжээ.
Анхны байгууламжийг 1965 онд газар авснаар эхлүүлж, 1972 оноос барилгын ажлыг өрнүүлэн 1978 онд бүрэн дуусгаж байв. Калифорнийн Chemosphere харшаас санаа авсан энэхүү барилга нь 1983 оны ойн түймэрт өртөж байсан ч Фрэнк Диксон сэргээн засварласан түүхтэй. Улмаар 2005 онд 1.2 сая долларын өртгөөр шинэ эзэддээ зарагдаж, 2006 оноос амралтын зориулалтаар ашиглагдаж эхэлсэн юм.
Далайн эрэг орчмын байгалийн нөлөөлөл болон модон хийцийн элэгдлээс шалтгаалан 2012 онд барилгыг буулгах шийдвэр гарчээ. Тухайн үед Фрэнк Диксон барилгыг соёлын өвд бүртгүүлэх хүсэлт гаргасан боловч Викторийн өвийн зөвлөлөөс татгалзсан хариу өгсөн байна. Үүний дараа 2013 оны нэгдүгээр сард анхны барилгыг буулгаж, Франко Фиорентинигийн зураг төслөөр шинэ харшийг барьж эхэлжээ.
Шинэ барилгыг ган болон шилэн хийц, тааз хүрсэн цонхнууд ашиглан 2014 оны хоёрдугаар сард ашиглалтад оруулсан байна. Барилга нь өмнөх загварын адил 70 см зузаан суурь дээр тогтох багана дээр байрлах бөгөөд 23 метрийн урттай хөвөгч гүүрээр дамжин нэвтрэх боломжтой. Одоогийн байдлаар уг үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө нь амралтын зориулалтаар ашиглагдсаар байна.
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This man spent 18 years building his dream home, the luxury and legendary Pole House, and it’s one of the most incredible properties in all of Australia.
The unusual property quickly earned the nickname the Pole House.
It is the vision of Frank Dixon, who imagined a home suspended above Fairhaven Beach, with the land secured in 1965.
What followed was an 18-year journey to get this incredible house built, and it became one of Australia’s most famous property landmarks.
How was the dream home designed?
Architectural engineer Dixon suffered a surfing accident, and during a six-week recovery period, he dreamt up the idea of a suspended house.
By 1965, Dixon and his wife, Aileen, bought the land for the house, and work on the house began in 1972.
The Chemosphere, a modernist house in Los Angeles, California, was the source of inspiration for Dixon’s house.
By 1978, the vision that first came to Dixon in 1960 was complete.
However, there were some trials and tribulations for the Australian.
The most notable of these was in 1983, when the Ash Wednesday bushfires partially destroyed it.
Luckily, Dixon was able to rebuild the rear of the house, which had been heavily damaged.
Exposure to the elements caused the house to become fragile
With a house perched above the land and exposed to the elements, it was never going to be easy to look after the house.
This exposure made the house fragile, with its wooden construction ill-suited to its location by the sea.
Dixon sold the house in 2005 to new owners Kathi and Ray Adams, for a staggering $1.2 million.
In 2006, the Pole House became a holiday home for the first time.
However, by 2012 it needed a lot of repairs.
In 2012, Kathi Adams announced that the house would be demolished and replaced.
Yet Dixon, not happy about this, submitted an application to the Victorian Heritage Council to have the building included on its register.
He wanted his original home to be accepted as heritage and to prevent its demolition.
However, this was refused.
A new Pole House now resides in the area
With the petition rejected, the original house was demolished in January 2013.
Following this, a new build designed by Franco Fiorentini was built, incorporating a lot of changes over the original.
Glass and steel were used in its construction, as were floor-to-ceiling windows, to thoroughly refresh the design.
By 2014, the work was complete, and the house was unveiled that February.
It still sits atop a pole, which is supported by a 70 cm-thick slab.
A 23-metre floating walkway allows access to the Pole House.
The house is still open as a holiday property.
It certainly retains the spirit of Dixon’s original from the 1960s.
