An Ode to Materiality – View House
By Artedomus
Taking its name from the breathtaking views of Hobart that informed the architecture, View House was designed by Archier Director Chris Haddad as an enduring home for his parents. View House employs a rich colour palette, forming a home of dynamic and contrasting forms.
Situated on a suburban block surrounded by bushland, View House is a two-storey home with an imposing street façade, crafted using black brick. “It’s a very steep site and we had to excavate a lot of stone,” Chris notes. “It’s all about bunkering down and embedding yourself in the hillside.” Buried deep into the Hobart landscape, a courtyard space was introduced to bring light down within the house. During construction, one rock could not be moved; the courtyard was turned into a fern garden with the immovable rock on display to represent the land below the surface, acting as a visual connection to the nearby mountain.
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Artedomus is Australia’s leading supplier of unique, high quality stone, tiles, architectural surfaces, bathware and furniture for commercial and residential architectural projects.
Founded in 1985 as Domus Ceramics, the company was built to import exclusive Italian floor and wall finishes to Australia with a focus on sourcing unique products that have a simple and natural intrinsic beauty; shunning short-term fashion and trends. As a result with this philosophy and outstanding product offering; Domus soon became a source of reference and inspiration for leading architects and designers.
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We have been searching for, and sourcing, unique stones, tiles, architectural surfaces and products from around the world and introducing them to Australia for over 35 years. Some of the most beautiful and widely recognised marbles, limestones and sandstones in the design market today including Isernia, Bedonia and Elba have been favoured by leading architects and designers for their depth of colour, unique markings and distinctive natural qualities, all originally identified by Artedomus. With passion and expert understanding, we appreciate the power a unique natural product has to transform any design project into a singular work of art.
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With showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, Artedomus continues to bring beautiful, unique interior and exterior finishes to the Australian market. We are also the exclusive supplier of the innovative INAX range of mosaics and architectural ceramics from Japan, the iconic Agape Italy bathware range, the Mangiarotti designed Agapecasa furniture range and Le Corbusier LCS Ceramics.
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