And that is exactly what the practice has done, on an unpromising site in a Brussels suburb. It’s not so easy to tell where the S House begins, surrounded as it is by lush landscaping, its sinuous form tucked into the side of a hill. Following the lines of ancient trees and newer native planting, the approach to the property belies its presence, but the driveway soon swings out to reveal the scope of the house, natural pool, and garden. An entranceway opens onto a planted sedum roof, looking towards the same rolling verdure that inspired the first landscape painters of the Low Countries.
The visceral contrast between the copious planting and stark, raw concrete of the building is the main material dialogue set up by the design. Entering a cool, subdued corridor with its monotone grey palette, the senses are calmed and retuned to appreciate the subtle textures in the shuttered concrete surface and oozy, exposed mortar: its cool, mineral scent; the slight and beautiful variations in tone. Thus calmed, the floor plan swings out again, revealing the first of the convivial open spaces within what is ultimately a family home.
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Guiding Light - Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery
For some of us, family inheritances I tend to be burdensome, taking up space, emotionally and physically, in both our minds and attics. For the London-based designer and architect Joe Armitage, however, a family heirloom has taken him somewhere lighter and brighter, across generations and continents, and into the path of Le Corbusier. This is the story of a lamp designed by Edward Armitage in India 72 years ago, which has today been expanded into a collection of lights by his grandson Joe.
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