DKO Architecture Founder and Principal Koos de Keijzer, alongside Clemence Harvey de Keijzer, open the doors to their off-grid country home in central Victoria. Perched high in the Cobaw Ranges in Pastoria, the house is a carefully considered architectural retreat, designed to respond to climate, landscape and the daily rhythms of rural living.

Founded over 25 years ago, DKO Architecture is renowned for its refined residential and hospitality projects worldwide—an ethos clearly reflected in this home’s enduring material palette of Castlemaine stone, granite and travertine. Designed to last decades, the house integrates sustainable architecture principles, including solar power, rainwater harvesting and passive design strategies.

In this film, Koos shares with est living how light, materiality, art and landscape shape a home defined by longevity, calm and connection to place — a quiet sanctuary where contemporary Australian architecture meets elemental living.