Vision Magazine
Despite your complaints about the higgledypiggledy of the old you have knitted it together
very convincingly.
Materials play quite a big part in the way that the
house feels so cohesive. Glass helps open up areas
and make them more legible and that is evident
throughout, especially in the gallery space.
The early photographs show an indoor pool. What
happened to that?
Extensive demolition to the rear resulted in
significant floor area and building mass reduction,
and exposed the swimming pool to the outdoors.
A carefully considered layout has made the
renovated home live and feel much better than the
impractical, oversized original. It also returned a lot
of the backyard to garden.
Daylight is considered by many art galleries as
an enemy to the exhibits and yet glass permits a
great deal of daylight into this house. How did you
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