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The first thing that strikes the visitor to this four-bedroom Sydney house is the sky how much there is of it, even when you're very much indoors. Indeed, its architect, Virginia Kerridge, was.keen to take advantage of this spectacular natural feature in her recent design for the three-storey home.
Clinging to the side of a hilt at Castlecrag on the city's north shore, the house overlooks serenely beautiful Middle Harbour. When the owners - a couple with two teenagers and two younger children - bought the steeply sloping site, they decided to demolish the original 1960s orange-brick house. In its place, Virginia has created a tiered home that drops down the hillside in steps, like a series of rice paddies descending into a valley.
Entry is through huge sliding-glass doors at living-room level. From there, you make your way downstairs through two levels of sleeping quarters, bathrooms, a home theatre, informal TV room, gym, sauna and, eventually, out to a back garden. Yet, even while heading towards the water, the feeling is one of reaching heavenwards.
"The way the roof lifts gives an awareness of the sky and an openness to the house," Virginia explains. "The mood outdoors really affects the mood of the house - on stormy days it has a completely different feel."
Flooded with light, the entrance level comprises formal living and dining areas, a spacious, ultra-sleek kitchen and an informal dining space. More sliding glass doors open to the first of three decks (one for each storey) and take in the stunning blue-based view. Timber and wood-effect finishes prevail, although the architect has also experimented with off-form concrete on features such as the fireplace and three the decks, giving a seamless feel."
'I chose materials to blend with nature, ones that would weather with time," says Virginia. "The hard-wood floors indoors are the same as Downstairs, the boundaries are also blurred, with a master bedroom adjoining a huge outdoor area, an ensuite with a view (a second internal window allows for chatting between the bedroom and bathroom, or it can be drawn closed), a child's bedroom with its own courtyard, and another that's fringed by leafy trees and foliage.
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