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and bathing in a lovely evening light. The
upper level houses a bedroom wing that
revels in filtered morning light, and the top
floor study, finally, soaks in 360-degree
views. A cinema room, gym, wine room,
utility and service area make up the struc-
ture's subterranean spaces.
"The experience of moving around the
main house is likened to the experience
of walking up the hill to the crest of the
rock prior to the construction of the house,"
the practice notes. "Each room and use
within the house is strategically located
according to key views from and towards
the site, solar orientation, natural contours
of the land, location of the surrounding
trees and the creation of a picturesque
walk to and through the site."
In using the guest house to mark the
entrance of the site, the architects
employed a detail influenced by "the
tradition of small gateway buildings used
as a key part of the composition of large
houses by architects such as Luytens and
Schinkel." Situated at the lowest point of
the site, this structure shares accesses
to the infinity pool with the main house,
of the landscape.
Rising from a series of landscaped levels,
the project is comprised of a six-bed-
room house and a two-bedroom guest-
house, connected by an outdoor terrace.
Constructed primarily of concrete, with
some timber cladding, the house fans
out in stepped levels meant to mirror the
experience of navigating mountainous
terrain. Organized at the crest of the rock,
the fluid, light-filled living, kitchen, and
dining spaces are the focal points of the
main residence and also act as points of
entry onto terraces overlooking the lake
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