All hands on deck – ideas for a fresh air lifestyle
Don't just look out on unused lawn space – erect a deck! Here are some examples of how a not-so-humble outdoor platform can add character as well as broad functionality to your home
Introducing a deck to your home has many advantages, from creating an outdoor room to achieving a gateway to your garden to informing the architecture of the home itself. These projects provide inspiration for just what is possible – change is good.
1. Framed and fabulous
Melonie Bayl-Smith, BIJL Architecture
Here steel multipane pivot doors, by Award Architectural Aluminium, pivot outwards – giving this deck area a light, framed formality – black steel and warm wood make for an appealing pairing.
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2. Busy outdoors
Buildology
This rear deck is covered by operable louvres – together deck and 'roof' direct the eye to the lush rear garden while having the air of a room extending from the living spaces.
3. Raised expectations
Plant Architect
The home renovation added a large sliding door as well as a swinging door off the back – to accommodate these doors, the designers created a raised deck directly off the house.
4. Come right through
Landmark Homes Taupo
Decks don't have to be out the front or out the back or running along the side – sometimes, as here, the deck can meander boldly right through the footprint of the home itself – evoking a sense of spaciousness, bringing natural light deep into the design and creating interesting internal outlooks.
5. Less add-on, more centrepiece
Mint Landscape Design
By the time you include a pergola with heating built in and a full formal dining setting your outdoor space has been given high functioning, highly frequented status – but it all began with that Blackbutt timber deck!
6. Fresh air's great for a hangover
mcmahon and nerlich
A sheltered deck is a year-round deck and in this case the house itself lends a hand – for this renovation, the deck was an integral consideration when it came to introducing the rear extension.
7. Lifestyle plus
Carter Williamson Architects
Decks often support outdoor living spaces but this example is next level – living, dining, cooking, privacy from the neighbours, pool viewing station and even a skylight on top – this deck supports an entire al fresco lifestyle
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