The Isla

THOSE Architects were excited to reimagine the 1970s-built Abel Tasman Motel at Bateman’s Bay on the NSW south coast. In their day, motels like the Abel Tasman were just pitstops, but the ambition with Isla was to create a destination, worthy of its beachside address. Caption Caption Interventions lean into the 70s vibe using a warm palette of colours (ochre, ivory and kelp green) and materials - oak feature walls and terrazzo bathroom trims. The brick facade is painted warm white with panels of ochre and new concrete breeze blocks along ground-floor walkways both reducing the horizontal bulk of the building to a more vertical villa scale. Rooms are dressed with oak-panelled bedhead walls and linen curtains with joinery and... More