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DESIGN PROJECTS | Lester Bennett / Deborah Berke

The sunken garden ‘living room’ surrounded by trees and with an eco roof seems to rise up out of the garden to ensure the view from the main house is uninterrupted

If you go down to the woods
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Lester Bennett

and allowed the sweeping lawn to be seamlessly connected to
by building a close relationship with his clients he is able the garden house via the planted, green “eco roof ”.
The 400 sq ft structure houses a sitting room, gym, sauna,
to provide a unique design solution to suit their home, taste
shower and relaxation area, wrapped around a central
and lifestyle.
With a brief to transform a previously unused area of a external hot tub. Adjacent to the hot tub are a rill and natural
pond both sympathetically built in to the landscaped garden.
Muted organic colours bring cohesion with the outside
has created a luxurious and integrated garden living room.
Nestled amid lush green trees, the house was sunk into the space and a continuous stargazing roof across the breadth of
garden so that it appears to rise up from underneath the tree the building adds playful light during the day and panoramic
line. This preserved the woodland views from the main house views of the night sky. B

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On top of the world
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Deborah Berke

ocated on Manhattan’s famed Park
Avenue, 432 Park Avenue is set to
become the tallest residential building in
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