The challenge working with this 1920s Californian Bungalow was how to create a family home that is both light and serene, and robust and hardwearing. By choosing a limited palette of pale, raw materials ensured minimal distractions, while the grand double height voids, internal atrium garden and textured furniture and art, were all carefully selected to lift the interior and create volume.
The minimal palette of materials highlights the sculptural interior, with the focus now on form, texture and light. Opening up the once dark and cramped interior, the double height voids provide transparency from ground to first floor via a sculptural white ribbon stair. Establishing the white theme throughout the house helped to focus on the landscape and sky beyond, while the new garden atrium is viewable from all spaces in the house, drawing the eye up and out to create a home that is uplifting and healthy.
