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A new outdoor deck addition, which meets the local council’s requirements for site coverage, was built in the rear garden.

Interior ceiling beams continue externally to give sense of extended living spaces inside to outside. Timber battens to cement sheet add texture to the exterior light weight walls

The wood screen continues at the back of the house. The spacing on the slats was very carefully thought out so as to disguise the sheen of the waterproofing membrane beneath it.

The cedar privacy screen that wraps the deck will patina to a natural silver color over time.

Ipe wood decking and a built-in bench were combined with a vertical cedar slat screen, which "obscures the neighboring houses at the precise height of their rooflines, while allowing sunlight to filter through," says Wittman. A custom-designed, live-edge table has Lucite legs.

The new brick-and-wood pavilion faces north for optimal sun exposure.

“The height of the new extension has been kept low, while still keeping all interior spaces on one level,” says the firm. “This approach led us to establish the project’s design identity in detail and materiality rather than in a ‘grand architectural gesture.’"

A small deck and a custom concrete planter complete the seating area off of the main bedroom.

Garden terrace