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A Serenely Refined Residence in New South Wales

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Smart Design Studio’s Lamble Residence on the South coast of New South Wales catches dawn’s early light over the South Pacific.

Every room opens up to the outdoors.

Interestingly, the public spaces are split between floors.

The kitchen and dining is on the ground floor and opens out onto a garden in front of Gerringong beach.

While upstairs, the laid-back living room makes the most of its exciting panoramic views of the South Pacific ocean.

Sublimely open, the master bedroom also captures the endless sea vista from the side of the upper floor.

Up here, large slabs of stone mark out a generous rooftop terrace that is the epitome of calm and cool design.

Behind the bedroom, an elegant and understated grey and white bathroom continues the unhurried recurring large stone slabs.

The unusual arrangement with the living room upstairs, kitchen downstairs ran afoul of local planning provisions, which go so far as to dictate the configuration of rooms within a site.

Eventually the council approved the plan. So downstairs, the garage, laundry and downstairs bathrooms are at the back of the site, with the kitchen and dining room and children’s rooms in front.

From the street, the house resembles an ark, clad in untreated cedar which will weather to a soft grey.

The translucent door panel is beautifully played against the soft greys of the stone entry, while a wide door in untreated cedar pivots on a central hinge.

Translucence and soft greys blend for a calming effect on the street-facing side of the house, baffling any traffic noises.

It is a quiet and refined house, and one with a serene and lasting beauty.