Edgard pirrotta architects autobiography

Fashion designer Joe Saba has listed his longtime Lorne holiday house.

Set in the hills above the Victorian coastal resort, Joe Saba and his wife, Marita built the house in 1984.

Joe spent $7100 in 1969 to buy the slightly larger holding.

It was to a design by architect Edgard Pirrotta after the coastal property was ravaged by the Ash Wednesday fires.

Lorne has been a magnet for him since his early days growing up in Geelong and Ballarat, but nowadays with 13-year-old twin sons, Jack and Will the family are finding they are not using it enough.

The two-level, four-bedroom house at 4a Trade Winds Avenue  features floor-to-ceiling glass opening to a timber deck.

The organic, warm merbau timber-rich style of the home, along with its rounded lines, was constructed by Warwick Yates, a former player with Saba's beloved Geelong Football Club.

The 4,593 square metre block has been scheduled for Novemb