Mod Luxury Farmhouse with Emphasis on Entertaining: House in Blair Atholl

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House in Blair Atholl by Nico van der Meulen Architects is a luxury farmhouse located between Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa, in a secluded golf game estate. Free from loftier purlieus walls and electric fencing, the expansiveness of this double-story habitation with unrestricted views of the countryside makes a powerful impression. The brief called for a contemporary, practical dwelling house that makes provision for outdoor living with an emphasis on entertaining. Due to the form-follow-function arroyo of the design, this mod family domicile is spacious and uncluttered from unnecessary decorative elements.

The pattern concept is undoubtedly a potent one and whilst Werner van der Meulen was restricted past the estate rules which included making use of pitched roofs and specific natural materials, information technology was in fact these very parameters which led to the concept of a contemporary farmhouse. Once inside y'all appreciate how effortlessly the open program spaces menstruation into each other with the living room, dining room, kitchen, and lanai all in close proximity to each other. The frameless folding doors create an invisible threshold betwixt the inside and the outside and when completely open, the lanai becomes an extension of the kitchen and family/dining and vice versa. The two en-suite children's bedrooms are positioned on the western wing with their ain private balconies. One thousand Foursquare Lifestyle Pattern ensured that a mood of warmth and comfort filtered through into the interior spaces, and that the finishes remained truthful to the architecture of the home, thus emphasizing the modern clean lines and natural materials used throughout this house. [Data provided via eastward-mail by Nico van der Meulen Architects]

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