RACV Cape Schanck Resort rests amongst the Mornington Peninsula’s rugged landscape in Victoria, Australia. The project includes a 120-room hotel, gym, day spa, restaurants, golf club and golf course, within a brief that called for an architectural landmark to accommodate a diverse range of existing and new user groups while delivering social, economic and environmental benefits to the region. The architects have drawn from both the topography and the corrosive nature of the coastline to inform the sculptural geometry and material selection. Sitting sensitively within the dune system, the development was carefully managed to preserve the habitat of the local lizard population. From afar, the building presents as a monolith, a landform eroded from the coast over time. The cellular grid of the curvaceous weathering steel-clad upper levels, reminiscent of pockmarked sea cliffs, is secondary to the building’s anchor, a robust, hand-built, locally sourced stone plinth, symbolic of the project’s focus on craftsmanship.