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THE ELEMENTS:
The home focuses on accommodating a number of guests,
providing an experience of a ‘home-from- home’. As such
the client’s brief included leisure facilities such as a games
room, gym, tennis court and indoor swimming pool.
The internal nature provides the opportunity for the pool
to be used all year around, but the large sliding glazing can
open up directly to the gardens in fairer weather.
Throughout the project a light tile floor finish is used both
The project consists of three wings comprising of the
entrance/dining spaces, living and leisure at ground floor.
These wings divide the site into zoned landscape areas with
each space having multi-aspect outlooks. In particular, the
pool overlooks the morning leisure garden and suntrap
courtyard with glazing used extensively to blur the threshold
between inside and outside.
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internally and externally to exaggerate this further. This finish
seamlessly continues into the pool, the water reflecting the
bright surfaces surrounding it.
The design also focuses on sustainability, incorporating a
ground-source heat pump to primarily heat the house and
the pool, with solar panels providing an additional source.