Revealing Elegance

摘要

It often happens that the way people enter a space has everything to do with the way they experience it and come to regard its overall design. This was much on my mind as we concluded our work on the Long Beach Island project I've discussed in my last few "Details." By orchestrating access and movement toward the backyard/pool area, we developed a string of transitions that lend a sense of surprise and delight to those entering a beautifully designed and constructed space that literally seems like a world apart. As discussed in previous columns, the backyard features a swimming pool set up as a reflecting pond that augments rather than distracts from the architecture of the house and its environs. Indeed, we intentionally designed the exterior spaces to mirror and extend the feelings conjured by the home's interior, with its handmade tile, beautiful wood veneers, lovely windows, eclectic furnishings, elegant artworks and a range of other personal touches too numerous to list.