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.
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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.
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