Gordon McKellar is the chief operating officer of a large investment manager in Australia. Separate to his career in investments, Gordon has over the years developed a deep interest in architecture. In more recent times, and in particular through his association with Edition Office, this interest has evolved into the field of phenomenology and the impact space, material, light and shadow has on the human senses. He acquired his property in the Byron Bay Hinterland in 2014 and, following a period of subtropical rainforest regeneration works, engaged Edition Office to design and oversee the construction of Federal House.