Modern House Design With Beach House Shades: Simple, Relaxed And Flexible
The GDay House is a commission for an Australian expatriate family, who requested a home that would support a relaxed attitude toward daily life and would help them reconnect with a warmweather lifestyle. Columnfree sliding doors at the Southeast corner of the house effectively double the size of the living area when open; indoor and outdoor spaces hold equal priority. Materials, form, and spatial relationships are intended to evoke the feel of a beach house: simple, casual and flexible. The dining table and woodburning fireplace can both be rotated to support a variety of arrangements depending on weather and number of guests. As avid hosts, the clients felt that the kitchen should anchor the primary living spaces at the upper floor. Combining the dining room and kitchen into a single long space allowed for a narrow floorplate and resulted in a generous sideyard area, used for outdoor cooking. A reflecting pond and fence at the scale of house connect this space with an open terra
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