Modern House: Gissing House by Harry Seidler - Water Street, Wahroonga NSW 2076
{"Image ImageDescription": "Built for a family of five, the Gissing House is surrounded by mature gardens with high trees.The house is orientated to the sun, facing north with the living area opening onto a paved terrace around a swimming pool. The gentle ground slope was used to create a lower ground floor (with dining, kitchen and family room) and above it, a bedroom level. The three levels are connected by centrally placed half-flights of stairs. At the meeting of the levels, the section of the house is \u2018open\u2019 to create a void, which spatially connects the different parts and creates changing vistas from one area to another as one moves through the house.Recurring circular elements contrast with the rectangular outline of the plan and its screen wall projections. Construction is of hollow concrete block piers vertically reinforced, evenly spaced three metres apart, supporting concrete floors and roof.- Harry SeidlerSee inside at www.modernhouse.co", "Image DateTime": "2012-09-07T08:11:32+10:00", "Image Artist": "Modern House Estate Agents", "Image Copyright": "\u00a9 Harry Seidler & Associates, Architect: Harry Seidler, Photographer: Max Dupain"}