Knights Rest

SAXON HALL architecture

Location: Bruny Island, Tasmania

Status: Completed

Knights Rest is an off-grid washroom and retreat facility on Bruny Island, created as part of upgrades to The Bruny Island Long Weekend off-grid site. Designed as a warm beacon in the Tasmanian bushland, it draws walkers toward it through the landscape — and went on to win the People’s Choice award at the 2022 Tasmanian Architecture Awards.

"Have worked on a number of interesting projects with Saxon, most recently as an owner builder for a wilderness toilet that ended up winning the people’s choice architecture award. As a relatively inexperienced owner builder, I asked a lot of Saxon throughout the process. The number of sketches and texts back and forth as I learned to build must have been in the hundreds!" - ★★★★★