Ashburton House / Phooey Architects

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Text description provided by the architects. The form of the new house is an extruded L shape, two storeys tall. The inside of the L is lined with windows that face a linear park & its canopy of trees to the south-east of the site. "The new house was designed around one long view," says Peter, & it is as simple as that. All the rooms take advantage of it ... The house is planned around views from the inside, yet the aesthetic focus is mainly on the exterior. The metal-clad upper storey, with its jutting, angled planes, is not mere sculptural play, however.