59 foton på grönt vardagsrum, med plywoodgolv och betonggolv

Shannon McGrath
Inspiration för mellanstora moderna allrum med öppen planlösning, med betonggolv och vita väggar

The double-height living room features aligning twin tall openings on opposite sides. On one side, these openings house structural glass electric 'guillotine' windows by Vitrocsa, which provide views of and easy access to the rear garden. Photographer: Rachael Smith

Inredning av ett modernt litet allrum med öppen planlösning, med vita väggar, betonggolv och en väggmonterad TV

Photography: Tejas Shah
Idéer för ett eklektiskt vardagsrum, med vita väggar och betonggolv

concrete slab floor with underfloor heating This is the house of one of our preferred builders Zenya Adderly from Henarise who we have been working with for over 13 years. Always a great compliment when w builder choose you to design their house because they have many architects they can go to.

Idéer för stora funkis allrum med öppen planlösning, med gröna väggar, betonggolv, en bred öppen spis, en spiselkrans i tegelsten och grått golv

Exempel på ett mellanstort modernt vardagsrum, med betonggolv och grått golv

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Foto på ett stort funkis allrum med öppen planlösning, med ett finrum, vita väggar och betonggolv

An existing 1960’s property was completely modernised. The new zinc-clad bay windows have been orientated to optimise daylight and views across the stunning countryside whilst maintaining privacy. A beautiful polished concrete floor unites the entire ground floor.

Idéer för ett mycket stort modernt allrum med öppen planlösning, med vita väggar, betonggolv, en hängande öppen spis, en spiselkrans i gips och grått golv

Cristobal Palma
Bild på ett mycket stort funkis allrum med öppen planlösning, med betonggolv och vitt golv

Exotisk inredning av ett vardagsrum, med ett finrum, grå väggar och betonggolv

Michael Nicholson
Exempel på ett mellanstort modernt allrum med öppen planlösning, med vita väggar, betonggolv och en inbyggd mediavägg

YOUR EXTRAORDINARY HOME. Live a life as individual as you are. Your life isn’t off the shelf, so why should your home be. That’s why you can change the size, colours and materials of nearly every design. And we’re here to help you style your home, your way. We always tailor the process to your demands and wishes.

From the very first site visit the vision has been to capture the magnificent view and find ways to frame, surprise and combine it with movement through the building. This has been achieved in a Picturesque way by tantalising and choreographing the viewer’s experience. The public-facing facade is muted with simple rendered panels, large overhanging roofs and a single point of entry, taking inspiration from Katsura Palace in Kyoto, Japan. Upon entering the cavernous and womb-like space the eye is drawn to a framed view of the Indian Ocean while the stair draws one down into the main house. Below, the panoramic vista opens up, book-ended by granitic cliffs, capped with lush tropical forests. At the lower living level, the boundary between interior and veranda blur and the infinity pool seemingly flows into the ocean. Behind the stair, half a level up, the private sleeping quarters are concealed from view. Upstairs at entrance level, is a guest bedroom with en-suite bathroom, laundry, storage room and double garage. In addition, the family play-room on this level enjoys superb views in all directions towards the ocean and back into the house via an internal window. In contrast, the annex is on one level, though it retains all the charm and rigour of its bigger sibling. Internally, the colour and material scheme is minimalist with painted concrete and render forming the backdrop to the occasional, understated touches of steel, timber panelling and terrazzo. Externally, the facade starts as a rusticated rougher render base, becoming refined as it ascends the building. The composition of aluminium windows gives an overall impression of elegance, proportion and beauty. Both internally and externally, the structure is exposed and celebrated.

Offener Wohnbereich mit verglaster Fassade und Alulamellen
Idéer för mellanstora funkis allrum med öppen planlösning, med ett bibliotek, vita väggar, betonggolv, en dubbelsidig öppen spis, en spiselkrans i gips och grått golv

The Narrabeen House is located on the edge of Narrabeen Lagoon and is fortunate to have outlook across water to an untouched island dense with casuarinas. By contrast, the street context is unremarkable without the slightest hint of the lagoon beyond the houses lining the street and manages to give the impression of being deep in suburbia. The house is new and replaces a former 1970s cream brick house that functioned poorly and like many other houses from the time, did little to engage with the unique environmental qualities of the lagoon. In starting this project, we clearly wanted to re-dress the connection with the lagoon and island, but also found ourselves drawn to the suburban qualities of the street and this dramatic contrast between the front and back of the property. This led us to think about the project within the framework of the ‘suburban ideal’ - a framework that would allow the house to address the street as any other suburban house would, while inwardly pursuing the ideals of oasis and retreat where the water experience could be used to maximum impact - in effect, amplifying the current contrast between street and lagoon. From the street, the house’s composition is built around the entrance, driveway and garage like any typical suburban house however the impact of these domestic elements is diffused by melding them into a singular architectural expression and form. The broad facade combined with the floating skirt detail give the house a horizontal proportion and even though the dark timber cladding gives the building a ‘stealth’ like appearance, it still withholds the drama of the lagoon beyond. This sets up two key planning strategies. Firstly, a central courtyard is introduced as the principal organising element for the planning with all of the house’s key public spaces - living room, dining room, kitchen, study and pool - grouped around the courtyard to connect these spaces visually, and physically when the courtyard walls are opened up. The arrangement promotes a socially inclusive dynamic as well as extending the spatial opportunities of the house. The courtyard also has a significant environmental role bringing sun, light and air into the centre of the house. Secondly, the planning is composed to deliberately isolate the occupant from the suburban surrounds to heighten the sense of oasis and privateness. This process begins at the street bringing visitors through a succession of exterior spaces that gradually compress and remove the street context through a composition of fences, full height screens and thresholds. The entry sequence eventually terminates at a solid doorway where the sense of intrigue peaks. Rather than entering into a hallway, one arrives in the courtyard where the full extent of the private domain, the lagoon and island are revealed and any sense of the outside world removed. The house also has an unusual sectional arrangement driven partly by the requirement to elevate the interior 1.2m above ground level to safeguard against flooding but also by the desire to have open plan spaces with dual aspect - north for sun and south for the view. Whilst this introduces issues with the scale relationship of the house to its neighbours, it enables a more interesting multi- level relationship between interior and exterior living spaces to occur. This combination of sectional interplay with the layout of spaces in relation to the courtyard is what enables the layering of spaces to occur - it is possible to view the courtyard, living room, lagoon side deck, lagoon and island as backdrop in just one vista from the study. Flood raising 1200mm helps by introducing level changes that step and advantage the deeper views Porosity radically increases experience of exterior framed views, elevated The vistas from the key living areas and courtyard are composed to heighten the sense of connection with the lagoon and place the island as the key visual terminating feature. The materiality further develops the notion of oasis with a simple calming palette of warm natural materials that have a beneficial environmental effect while connecting the house with the natural environment of the lagoon and island.

Foto Patric Johansson, Stylist Myrica Bergqvist
Exempel på ett minimalistiskt vardagsrum, med betonggolv och grått golv

Marina Mathews
Inspiration för mellanstora moderna allrum med öppen planlösning, med vita väggar, betonggolv, en öppen vedspis, en spiselkrans i metall och en väggmonterad TV