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Floor Plan of Summertown House by Troppo Architects and Fabrikate

Michael and Teegan prepare lunch with their daughter, Perse, in the kitchen of their contemporary farmhouse in Australia’s Piccadilly Valley.

Breeze block walls separate the various living spaces, all of which are brightly illuminated.

The floors are polished concrete, a money-saving move that allowed for splurges like the floor-to-ceiling windows from Chicago Tempered Glass set in Tubelite frames.

The 82-foot-long pool gets quite a lot of use by Jeff and Millie, and especially by the kids, who are both on the local swim team.

Mori’s addition is constructed of steel, concrete, glass, and bluestone veneer. She decided to preserve the ceiling height of the main house (11’6”) and lined the roof with Voltaic solar panels.

“The home is angled slightly off of the street and features a simple architectural language of vertical plywood siding and brick combined with an oversize roof,” Kinney says.

The home’s existing portico was turned into a foyer, complete with 10-foot ceilings.

The most challenging aspect of the project was extending the outdoor living space, which required 16 caissons for support.

“An in-ground saltwater pool, aboveground hot tub, outdoor fireplace, and the pool house all take in the same breathtaking views,” says the listing agent.

The three pavilions ascend upward from the street.

After positioning a glass wall, Alessandro arranged the interiors. The stair, built with oak sourced in nearby Kingston, leads to a balcony over the kitchen.

By moving the door to the bathroom, the architects could place a custom headboard against that wall, so the view can be seen from the bed. Custom storage underscores the windows.

While the majority of the interior products feature neutral colors, the Fox's decorated the rooms with many textured and colorful pieces of furniture such as these yellow Vladimir Kagan chairs.