Trends New Zealand NZ New Home Trends Vol. 30/10 | Page 32

Top: A wall with a fireplace provides a partial divide between the living areas and dining and kitchen spaces. Coffers for lighting break up the long ceiling plane and reflect the skills of the owner who is a commercial builder and built the home himself. Above: This large insertion runs from indoors to outdoors – it houses the pool bathroom and changing space. Right: The cabinet volume closest to the kitchen contains a walk-in pantry. 30 Concrete floors run right through the house; and glass-reinforced concrete, already seen in the home’s cladding and front fence, is continued indoors with the kitchen benchtop. There are other material connections, as well. The brass on the antique mirror in the wooden frame at the front of the house is repeated as pendants above the island. A larger version provides a focal point in the atrium. “The interiors are also intricately interconnected – for example, the glass kitchen splashback looks straight across the atrium into the playroom behind the garage,” says Rossetti. search | save | share at trendsideas.com