Designed for a wealthy high-profile business family with two young sons this villa needed to respond to the busy street it is located on. The programming idea came up with a sequence of entry which uses several devices to separate the occupants from the noise beyond. The entry court is buffered from the main street by a large five carpark space garage and tall landscaped trees. The courtyard contains minimalist Japanese garden help to instil a feeling of calm as you approach the Villa. The hope is by the time you enter the entry hall you have left the rest of the world behind. The plan of the villa maximizes the expansive greenery of the back yard while reducing the noise such that the rear yard is extremely quiet and peaceful. The garden landscape also contains a pool and entertaining lounge seating and dining areas well serve regular get-together parties held by the family listed in the design brief. The villa consists of a self-function master suite plus two large four bedrooms with a family room/ bar cinema, formal living and dining rooms, and office plus associated secondary spaces. The house is finished in rendered masonry walls with light plaster and paint tones and black metal accents.

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The beauty of this property is the views created by the landscape all around the garden. 85% of trees have existed and new trees shrubs and climbers have been used to bled existing landscape towards narrow side boundaries. A key issue was trying to decide where to locate parking and entry. There was early opposition from the local review board which led to a split solution where regular occupants parking is taken from the quiet sub street with guests entering from busy main street that gradually getting quite during nighttime. The garage can be reached by a service corridor intergraded with deep storage cupboard space. The house is designed as a garden pavilion for nature and outdoor loving family who enjoy life to the fullest with their family and friends.

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The owners of the villa are Italians who proud of their heritage and are obsessed with the colour blue.  Therefore their heritage and likings echo the interior design concept, by tying together the indoor and outdoor spaces with classical modern minimalism with contrast to the landscape. In its minimalist form, the white building sits in a natural landscape garden, the pool, framed by landscaped long rear garden views, its white, blue hue creating a stark contrast to the natural azure and green colours beyond. The same typography features in the living space all-white stone material palette that surrounds it contrasts the richness of deep colour blue pallet of velvet upholstered bespoke furniture.

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This substantial house on the quieter side of sunshine coast hills isn’t a bolt hole - instead, it’s a retreat garden for year-round to this busy family. as such, it needed a cocooning, rejuvenating space - and one that brought a sense of connection with the natural world beyond its walls. Specially created pieces, such as backlit onyx walls and the marble hanging fireplace in the living room, add to the home’s one-off feel, while playful art - John Bray's silver dollar bills, for instance - adorns the walls. This isn’t about filling a space with stuff, it’s about ensuring every piece enhances what’s already there, both inside and out. The result? an airy, practical, gorgeous home that - like its inhabitants - has space to breathe.

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