views of Poole Harbour and Simon was keen to make the most of the fantastic location with his new design proposal. Working with Phil Easton and project designer Rianna Holliss of Western Design Architects, he was determined to build something with architectural merit which would also be ideally suited to his lifestyle. “Having designed two other properties further up the road, we knew the outlook from upstairs was going to be incredible – with panoramic views over Poole Harbour, Sandbanks and to the Purbecks,” explains Rianna, who also lives in Poole and says she thoroughly enjoyed working on the design. “Simon was quite open with his brief and flipping the layout to place open plan living


accommodation upstairs with bedrooms on the ground floor made sense – especially as he was keen to have a large and impressive entertaining space.”


The upside-down house was therefore designed with four ensuite bedrooms, a garage, dressing room and utility on the ground floor, and an open plan kitchen/living/dining area upstairs. “We started sketching our design ideas, then quickly moved on to using SketchUp, a 3D computer modelling software package. As it’s quite a geometric design, SketchUp is really good for mass modelling – allowing us to create blocks and forms – with a large amount of glazing at the rear of the property


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