Inside An Architects Own Home Designed As a Tranquil Escape in the Treetops (House Tour) 

We hope you enjoyed the incredible tour of William Smart's inspiring home above his workplace, crafted by Smart Design Studio! The four vaults, with their captivating play of light and texture, create a mesmerising atmosphere throughout the home. This project is also featured in our latest hardcover book series, Habitats: City, Coast, and Forest, where we explore remarkable spaces like Stokes 14 that harmonise with their natural surroundings, see here for more: thelocalproject.com.au/product/habitats-city-coast-forest/

One of my favorite properties on RU-vid!! This is modern done RIGHT ✅️

This is the third video I have seen on this building and I could cheerfully watch another 33 - it is such a wonderful design and gorgeous contrast of light and materials. It was especially good to here William Smart speaking about the process of design and construction. Thanks so much.

Beautifully and truly modern. The brickwork is fantastic and I can only assume how much effort this was

Such a wonderful and surreal space. Very inspiring.

Wow! What a beautiful space! I can feel the energies flow through. Imagine walking there every day! Bliss!!!

Kudos for bringing in the bricklayer during the design process. I’m sure that everyone involved learned something in the process.

Amazing project. One of the very best I've seen here, and I've loved many of them.

Creative, out-of-the-box thinking. Really cool!

Timeless 🤍

This is an art. So poetic. Probably the place is far from practical. But it doesn’t need to be. The arch, brick works and the perfect placements of glass windows worked all harmoniously. So beautiful

Absolutely stunning. What an inspiring design!

I love the color of the brick

This is beautiful. Simply stunning. I’m not sure how practical or comfortable it would be able to live in the space though (although I would love to find out!)

INGENIOUS.

Just wow! That space and that man’s attitude were sublime. Bravo.👏

A stunning work of genius which demonstrates what is possible with vision, hard work and dedication to a higher purpose. Congratulations from Boston.

Your vision is really remarkable. Outstanding indeed! 💯

congratulations, looks fantastic..futuristic as well but also stunning at that

Oh i know that house, great that you feature it 😊

This house is breathtakingly beautiful. Its delicate curves and natural yet calm atmosphere are wonderful. The architect did a great job.

Very cool!

Thank you for the excellent presentation of the house and the project of the architect William Smart. Very subtle and creative use of four vaults, an unusual feeling of continuous space in the interior and also harmony with nature and infrastructure in the exterior. I really liked the decision to glaze part of the vault - I am sure it was thought out in order to have more daylight in the room and air. Excellent! Greetings from Prague. 🥰

My immediate thought on this design was the world famous Sydney Opera House….. The imagination of designers astounds me…. What a fabulous home….watching from the UK…..👍

This building is the art. The internals are chattels by comparison.

Beautiful sculptural structure. I can't imagine it's efficient whatsoever.

Lovely, the vaults are evocotive of the Sidney Opera House, my most adored building of all time.

What a stunning home you've created. Congratulations!❤

Truly modern work. The brickwork is so sick. Which company made this stunning bricks?⁉

Those parabolic vaults with the sloping walls create a disturbing, oppressive cave like effect......all that effort for a space that in the end feels very claustrophobic.....

stunning

I don't know if the word blurred was the best way to describe a transition space. Sounded like it was an unresolved byproduct of the overall space lol. The interconnecting vaulted walls/ceilings really softened the natural light brilliantly.

😍😍😍

Can you imagine the cost of the curved bricks ? And even the brick laying itself. OMG it doesn’t look like much but would have cost a fortune.

another winner guys. Thank you.

gorgeous -- anybody know a good video tour of his indigo slam project?

Superb!

🙌🏽✨🙌🏽

Not my flavor but it sure is well done 😊

cool

Background music should've been softer and less loud

First!

And why Stokes 14 as a name?

This circular shape must be very difficult to manage acoustically. Very pretty, but probably not the most practical.

Someone is obsessed with wafer biscuits

would be a bit much living ontop of your office.

Sorry, but no way would this fit me. Too enclosed, dark, and I just don't have "tunnel vision" .. which it is 😂

Super sexy design but a bit cold and sparse as a “home”

This is such a snobby thing to say, but Architect's, with an apostrophe. It’s not the end of the world, lmao, but like.. be professional? You've made this typo so many times. Maybe it's different in Australia, man, idk, I'm just some guy.

Whoever did the audio mix on this ruined it. The music is too loud relative to the owner's narration. Also the music is terrible. Also why is there a "shop" button throughout??? Love your stuff but you ruined a great home with bad audio mix.

So many aspects of this design seem unsafe, did you ever imagine having small pets or children in the space?