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Biophilic design principles underpin this triangular courtyard home, including maximising natural light and natural connections with long glass-walled corridors

This kitchen offers a hub where family and friends gather, meals are prepared and homework is wrestled with – essentially, a great place to linger 

Designer pendants with the look of floating petals hovering over the dining table adding to the overall wow-factor in this kitchen/dining space 

Looking like a giant Tiffany Princess-cut diamond, this home boasts faceted clerestory windows that float the roof above – optimising mountain views

Herringbone tiles on the floor of this bathroom also find their way into a recessed panel in the shower zone – texture and a sense of artisanship result

Aged Iron tapware adds a moody touch to this already moody bathroom space – the water falls into a glass vessel atop a marble benchtop

The skylight or clerestory window in this living pavilion is all about capturing the sun from its most effective direction – hence the one-way orientation

This sink has an implied lineage, looking like it is carved out of its white leathered granite benchtop – in reality, it's just finished in the same stone

Surprising, contemporary pieces are celebrated at the MIlan Salone del Mobile Milano furniture fair, including Under Construction – by Pedro Franco

Ostrich hide, in vinyl, flanks the side walls of this double vanity and is also featured on the cabinetry insets here, and in the dressing room

Parent-children connections in terms of cooking, flow and conviviality were to the fore in this all-points-considered kitchen designed for a Greek/Australian family

This bathroom offers a grownup retreat while being considered for children in the future – atmospheric fish scale mosaics make a splash