This led hipwell to design the new structure, built in 1963 with bushfires carefully in mind, with non-combustible materials and an alignment which encouraged the fires to pass over the structure rather than attack and destroy it the new house.
This led hipwell to design his new house, built in 1963, with bushfires carefully in mind. He used non-combustible materials and an alignment which encouraged the fires to pass over the structure rather than attack and destroy the new house.