By Bull O'Sullivan Architecture
Rolling green hills, old oak trees and the smell of apricots and honey. A cow bellows into the wind... Clusters of volcanic rocks are strewn across the sweeping green landscape.
The most famous of the rocks is known as 'Lovers Leap'. A ragged arrangement of earth, rock and foliage, looking out over an ancient Pa site. An elegant home sits gently on the landscape next to this beloved spot, like a soft caress. The space in between allows for the gazing out into.
This is where two lovers; and retired farmers, decided to pay homage to their land. Amongst the stirrings of their family farm, with views to the historic homestead and looking out at the rocky outcrops and pastures they know as home.
The BOS Practice is driven by the pursuit of quality - a belief that our surroundings directly influence the quality of our lives, whether in the workplace, at home or the public spaces and structures in between. It is not just buildings but urban design that affects our wellbeing. We are concerned with the physical context of a project, sensitive to the culture and climate of their place. We have applied the same priorities from housing to education to furniture.
The BOS philosophy and values that inspire every project are the same regardless of scale or size. This explains why no detail is too small in its importance for the BOS Practice and why the same amount of care and attention will be lavished on the design of a door handle, a tap, or a piece of furniture.
These, after all, are the elements of the environment that we physically touch every day of our lies. The BOS Practice believes the quality of a project is not necessarily related to how much it costs, but rather how wisely the resources of time and money are spent. The setting of standards is more about an attitude of mind in defining goals and honouring commitments. In that sense the most important things have not changed - in particular the philosophy of quality and optimism at the most personal of levels.