Ready with the wow pieces.

Well the structure/basic form of the building is complete. Now come the wow pieces, these elements that set about transforming the building. This is the Murcutt/Lewin touch. Whilst the buildings form is clearly Murcutt inspired, now it will be the roof, the windows, the entry doors, the access to the private courtyard that will externally create the look and feel of the building. These are not trinkets adorning the building but actually considered elements that are then brought together for a specific function. It will be through the combination of these elements that give the house its feel.

What do I mean, well the Murcutt/Lewin aesthetic whilst has been crafted and honed over a career, there is a evolutionary process in understanding how materials can be used. It is clear that these elements if plagiarised would unlikely to be reflective of the original intent. The design process and the evolution of these pieces for the function that they where chosen to perform has been well considered. There is a palette of materials but from my interpretation there is a sureness revolving around material selection, its form and functional use that takes time to evolve. As a client of the process you need to be confident in the work being created, considered in the response or option to introduce reduced thickness of steel plate, application of paint, whilst such action may reduce cost, from my experience this all needs to occur early in the design process, an attempt to maintain a look and feel whilst seeking out saving as the building is underway from a use of material selected is detrimental to the visual look of the building.