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Above: Layer upon layer – the stacked bluestone
in the entry foyer was built with rubber spacers
between each slender stone slab. The doubleheight foyer – with glass stairs and glass elevator
– bisects the home. The first floor circulation
corridor overlooks the dramatic entry.

Facing page: Entry into the living area is via a
circulation corridor beside the kitchen. Timber
ceilings contrast the cool of the bluestone, adding
warmth to the design. The breakfast area and
indoor-outdoor kitchen at the end of the room can
be separated off with bifold doors.

with Art Deco features, and while this
house is not in that distinctive style it does
have a flavour of that architecture.
“We referenced the Art Deco aesthetic
through appropriate material accents –
marble, walnut and stacked bluestone, are
all used in Art Deco design. And the round
skylights are also reminiscent of the style,
as is the bookcase that conceals the entry
in the living area,” says Saunders.
The blue-grey local stone, used in a
modern interpretation of classic stone
facades, first appears on the side of the

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home, and continues around the corner
as a feature wall in the entry foyer. It is
then repeated in the living spaces, on the
outdoor kitchen’s access to the back yard,
and on the linking rear structure. Having
the stone on both the foyer wall and the
corresponding internal wall in the living
area creates the illusion that the wall is
constructed in solid bluestone.
Designed in an irregular format, the
hand-stacked, book-ended slender stone
slabs are separated by tiny rubber buffers.
The house is well set up for the young