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This is the first house that I’ve ever seen that truly blurs the line between indoor and outdoor. Sweeping grass clippings from the kitchen floor would be a new experience, but one I’d welcome. I’m sure Jac and her family love living there.
Beautiful collaboration between the owners and architect. I love how Johns design is sympathetic to the traditional villa lean to. Creating beautiful and functional spaces, without going the typical route of grafting an ultra modern design to the traditional. Retaining the original style wire gate is delightful. Elegant and interesting use of materials. Congratulations to all involved. After looking at Johns projects on his website, I’m a huge fan!
Wonderful blend of the pre-existing and the new and how they complement each other and how the new brings the indoor and Outdoors together. Great collaboration and use of color and texture and I noticed the solar panels on a new addition. Well done guys very well done. Bravo!
Now that was a beautifully done architectural build. My favorite was the quaint courtyard that was right off the kitchen. And all the different levels. I love that aspect of any home
Looks very light, as angels flying in there. But I've seen this idea of living Steps at lowering space at some 70s80s design huge houses - it was awesome there too.
The shrubbery under the main house makes it look almost like a large tree house and the new addition is quite fitting for that tropical vibe. Another great project, and the slogan for this house should be "why go outside when you can have outside inside" 😊
In a weird ways this is how most asians in the tropics live! Out door flows into external living area like kitchen and living spaces with garden. The Vietnamese would love this house
Oh dear! This is in Australia and all I can think of is spiders coming to sit down beside you as you read your book in the garden room Aaaggghhh!!!!! I went to Australia and toured various places for a month many years ago and found it the most beautiful country but I encountered far too many spiders and flies I would never dare go back, not to mention we were sprayed with organophosphates before we left the aeroplane and it made me really ill! Lovely house though for those without my phobias. Namaste 🙏
Im amazed by all the houses on the channel but it makes me wonder, aren't there Jurassic bugs in Australia? I mean everything is so open to the outdoors.
Ha, yes, my daughter is obsessed with catching those bugs, the garden is mainly natives so we have all types!! She's also allergic to mosquitos so as soon as dusk is approaching we slide the mesh screens closed to keep the bugs out. During the day we get lots of butterflies passing through which is lovely!
That area of grass is fairly isolated in terms of water flow so we only have to deal with what falls on it alone from the sky and a fair bit of drainage just under the grass surface along the door edge 👌
We had intense floods earlier in the year with record rainfall, the spoon drain installed below the grass where it meets the concrete did a good job and we didn't get any water in the home, feel very grateful as some of our lower lying neighbours were not so fortunate.
does anyone knows where I can watch such an architectural videos/documentaries that show 'real life' example? as in there are stuffs in every corner of the room, foods on the dining tables, kids running in the house, someone works at their workspace, etc. I really appreciate this kind video, it's great and nice to watch, but why havent i found videos i've mentioned before?
Nice extension. My only issue is it feels too enclosed to me. The large window that’s built into the angled ceiling between the main property and annex is stunning and I would have featured something like that in the kitchen area, along with the ability to close it off from the sun. Simple skylights wound almost suffice.
Beautiful! Q: what’s the price tag for the full reno? Also, this home is suited for a particular weather. It definitely wouldn’t work in Minnesota where I live.
Snakes , spiders , mosquitoes , insects etc. the list goes on . But then this house doesn't have that much of a ' garden ' space anyway . It's mostly concrete with a few pockets of green . South and South East Asian garden houses actually deserve that gardening tag .
Everything looks good except for the fact that the house is up in the air 😮This kind of design makes me feel somewhat insecure because the wooden pillars do not seem to be strong enough to hold it perfectly well enough. Maybe it is just my personal preference though. I don’t feel safe 😢 Thanks for sharing! It makes me feel better that I am alive and have things to talk to. Wish I can have my own home someday!
this reads like an ad for a certain brand of products. At that point I switched off and I don't understand why they don't have to admit to a paid promotion. Grr!
The design is quite quirky. The elegance of the original home's roofline seems to be lost and it has been extruded out way too far. I think there should always be a distraction between old and new.
Worth checking out the plan & diagram on my website. The extension is very seperate to the original house which remains almost untouched. The verandah remains as a breezeway dividing the new and old. Like most of my work, it’s designed to be experienced from within rather than a drone 🙏
There’s really not many bugs here! The house is fully screened, they just slide out of the way to make large openings when you want to connect to the garden 🙏
