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Seamless indoor-outdoor living - in a new home by Giorgi Exclusive Homes

Modern family home. In architecture, a negative can be turned to a positive at a stroke -- what starts as a need to screen out a neighbour may end in a winning addition to the residence. The profile of this long, linear two-storey home was influenced by its neighbours on both sides. Architect Mark Rietveld was asked to design the house on a strip of land running east to west. To avoid blocking sun for the southern neighbour, the house is lower on that side, with a curved roof rising to open the residence to its northern aspect the other way, says Rietveld. "However, on this sunny side of the home, there's another two-storey house nearby. With close neighbours on both sides, we opted to create our own internal landscape for the house. "To achieve this, an indoor-outdoor room runs almost the length of the residence on the northern side -- this looks out to a lush garden environment with pool and spa," says Rietveld. "We defined the outdoor setting with a brick portico frame that encourages the entire area to be read as an open-air room, an extension of the indoor environment. "This portico also functions to screen the next-door neighbour from view." Rietveld says long sightlines were made possible by creating two small garages at either end of the property, rather than one large one. In terms of the layout, an entryway leads to a double-height living space. This in turn flows into the entertainment area that includes indoor and outdoor kitchens, living and dining areas. Behind the kitchens is a run of rooms right down the other side of the home. At the front, a guest bedroom and upstairs master suite and parents nook all look out to a mature oak tree. A family room, further bedrooms and a shared bathroom complete the upper level. Read the full article at http://my.trendsideas.com/#/search/43295 Video: http://my.trendsideas.com/#/search/43...