Casey Brown Architects, or more specifically – Aussie architects Caroline Casey and Robert Brown – created this minimalist, two-story copper clad tower as an off-grid retreat for one of their clients. The location of the structure, a remote mountain sheep station, necessitated it being prefabricated off-site, transported to the location and erected. The small footprint house is called both “Permanent Camping” and the “Mudgee Tower.”

The sides of the camp open up to reveal tremendous views of the surrounding landscape, and when closed, protect the building from the elements, brush fires and interlopers. Water is collected on the roof and stored in a large water tank. The heavily insulated interior of the camp features a sleeping loft, kitchen and stove. Interior wood work is created from of recycled ironbark.

A short film on the Mudgee Tower will be shown October 19th thru 23rd at the Architecture + Design Film Festival at the Tribeca Cinemas in NYC.