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The double-height lounge in late afternoon sun. The outer wall rises and curves over to become the ceiling, lined in warm walnut-toned boards with curved timber ribs. Along its foot a long window band in oak frames looks out over a sunlit valley, with a continuous window seat in charcoal cushions. On the left, the inside face of the coursed gritstone gable, a walnut stair going down, and tall glazing into the garden with an olive tree. A long low charcoal sofa, a heavy walnut coffee table on a wool rug, two cognac leather armchairs and a bronze floor lamp. Close to the drawings. Off brief: the ribs sit about four times further apart than the 1.5 m centres drawn.

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Lounge

82 m², double height, at the south-west corner: the curved walnut ceiling and ribs, a window seat to the valley and the stone gable.

The card

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Lounge

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The notes

rendered

The lounge is about 11 by 7.5 m and double height, at the south-west corner of the house.

The outer wall is the inside of the shell: it rises almost vertically, then curves over to become the ceiling. It is lined in walnut-toned boards, with the curved glulam ribs exposed every 1.5 m.

Along the bottom of that wall runs the ground floor window band, with its sill at knee height forming a continuous window seat in charcoal wool. The end wall is the inside face of the gritstone gable. The inner wall is tall oak-framed glazing into the garden. The walnut feature stair goes down from one corner to the lower ground.

Smoked oak floor, a long low sofa in charcoal wool facing the view, cognac leather armchairs, a heavy walnut table and an undyed wool rug, with bronze lamps.

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The double-height lounge in late afternoon sun. The outer wall rises and curves over to become the ceiling, lined in warm walnut-toned boards with curved timber ribs. Along its foot a long window band in oak frames looks out over a sunlit valley, with a continuous window seat in charcoal cushions. On the left, the inside face of the coursed gritstone gable, a walnut stair going down, and tall glazing into the garden with an olive tree. A long low charcoal sofa, a heavy walnut coffee table on a wool rug, two cognac leather armchairs and a bronze floor lamp. Close to the drawings. Off brief: the ribs sit about four times further apart than the 1.5 m centres drawn.
01 · The double-height lounge in late afternoon sun