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“It sounds terribly pretentious, but I think it’s the use of

teak on the ceilings, the wood throughout, the rough stone walls and the terrazzo

floors – it has a very soft but sculptural feel. You have to match that with correctly

proportioned furniture, which I think is mostly what interiors are about.

Furniture is subjective, so, really, it’s just about getting the space planning

right – thinking about the suitability of pieces, their orientation and how you

can create zones, especially in an open-plan layout like this.

“Lighting, for me, is more crucial. You can have the most fantastic

piece of architecture with amazing interiors but if you don’t light it right it

can look crap, which goes without saying. We do a lot of lighting design at

work but, for someone who is very interested in it, the lighting here is all integrated,

so there are limitations to what we can do. Having said that, it kind of works.

I tend to switch all the overhead lights off because I like it dark and moody

and Monica tends to switch them all on again.”

Previously, we were struck by the Klein House by Peter Womersley which is the most amazing mid-century masterpiece.