Top: Stairs from the entrance lobby lead to the
L-shaped living and entertainment level. The
shorter arm of the L – seen to the left here –
contains the bar and a living area. The material
palette here includes concrete and stone also used
on the exterior, combined with natural granite tiles
and dark oak for joinery and wall cladding.
Above: The dining room and kitchen are in the
longer arm of the L. The thick walls on either side
of the kitchen are pocket walls, allowing the full-
height glass doors running along the side to slide
back and be completely concealed in the wall.
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On the street side, the house presents
a deliberately blank facade, concealing
the indoor and outdoor living areas from
public view.
“At the same time we dropped the
garage level by two metres, which reduced
the steepness of the driveway, so as to
allow easier access for the owners’ sports
cars,” says Rhoda.
“The garage doors are made of dark
aluminium and this same material is used
to clad the whole wall at this level, so the
doors effectively disappear from sight.”
The steepness of the site also allowed
the architects to split the house into three
floors – the basement garage level, the
living areas and the bedroom wing, which
forms the top floor on the long arm of the L.
The entrance cube and bedroom level
are constructed of raw shuttered concrete,
which is softened by the use of a natural
stone cladding for the wall between them
that shields the living areas.
A white, geometrically shaped screen
installed on the upper level adds pat-
terned textures to the exterior. Like much