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Why wouldn't you make the back of your new home a wall of glass when this inviting pool is captured in the picture? 

A doll's house view of this reinvented kitchen space shows just how open to its environment it is, with black bifold doors bringing the outside in

Being a penthouse, moving the plumbing into the porcelain panel walls wasn't an option – instead a mirror-clad false wall disguises its presence

For this renovation, the back of the house was re-imagined into one volume that stretched the width of the site – mirror-sided skylights add to the sense of space 

A moody Silestone splashback works in well with this dark toned kitchen which can be largely concealed behind bifold, retracting cabinetry doors

A solid-look vanity helps anchor this reinvented bathroom which in many ways is all about lightness, space and out-of-shot greenery

This home's solid front door and sculptural entry garden already have visitors expecting the best when that door swings open

A renovation marries sympathetic new architecture to a Modernist home – in the dining area helped by a period-look pendant 

Black steel sliders bring indoor-outdoor flow for this architect's own home – they also perfectly frame the verdant backyard outlook

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Can a public theatre still be inclusive – accommodating the highbrow and the masses? The new Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA takes the stage and says 'yes'