Four Pillars Gin Distillery by Breathe

◣ Four Pillars has opened a new $7 million, carbon-neutral facility in Healesville, Victoria, designed by Breathe. The new venue seats 300 guests across bar and event spaces. The project is entirely carbon-neutral in operation, with no gas used in the new development, and a fully electric commercial kitchen.

The extension references the existing building in its robust and simple form and pitch, except that it is shrouded in copper detailing – a nod to the giant German-manufactured gin stills that are the pulse of the Healesville operation.

“Copper stood out as the obvious material choice: it represents the iconic Four Pillars copper-coloured logo but also because the malleability of the raw material allowed us to create bold forms with a practical purpose,” said Breathe associate and head of interiors Bettina Robinson.

More than 1.6 kilometres of fine copper tubing snakes around the building. The tubing acts as a heat exchange by cooling down wastewater from the stills to an appropriate temperature for reusing in the distilling process.

Photography — Anson Smart

Breathe Architecture — breathe.com.au