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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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Open Door Policy
HomesAndrew McDonald

Open Door Policy

Australia

Shaun Lockyer Architects has designed this kitchen space a casual space for family breakfast, lunch and dinner – a kitchen calculated to be multifunctional and versatile in the truest sense.


Laid out to facilitate this functional versatility the other key virtue of the kitchen plan is to seamlessly connect the indoors and outdoors – an open-door-policy being an almost year-round possibility in subtropical Queensland with its humid Summers and mild and sunny cooler months.

The length of the extension containing the kitchen space is oriented towards the north, with fully openable expanses of glazed doors and louvres opening to the backyard and pool area and capturing an abundance of natural light and prevailing breezes.

Read the full article in the Kitchen and Bathroom special issue of Habitus magazine, on sale now!

Shaun Lockyer Architects
lockyerarchitects.com.au

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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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