Positioned on a corner plot, Faye House is shaped by its relationship with the garden and the surrounding streetscape. The generous setbacks allowed the design to place a lush private garden at the centre of the home, with the kitchen, dining and living areas opening directly onto it through full-height sliding glass panels. This creates a continuous connection between interior and exterior, filling the spaces with natural light and greenery.
The architecture is defined by a refined horizontality and a restrained material palette, where travertine cladding, warm neutral tones and natural finishes give the house a calm, timeless character. A curved travertine wall wraps around the garden and pool, creating privacy from the street while allowing light and views to filter through. As daylight changes, the wall casts shifting shadows across the interiors, adding depth to the spaces while contributing to a comfortable indoor environment.
A notable spatial gesture defines the core of the house: a continuous vertical void runs through the heart of the home, beginning as a skylight on the rooftop and cascading down through all levels. This central light well illuminates the main staircase, elevator lobby, and internal corridors, ensuring that natural light reaches even the deepest zones of the residence. The void culminates in a large opening on the ground floor, directly within the open-plan living space, creating a dramatic visual and luminous connection across all floors.
This vertical cut not only enhances daylight access but also reinforces a sense of visual continuity between the family living areas on the first floor and the social zones below. It allows moments of interaction and transparency between levels, enriching the daily experience of the home’s inhabitants through subtle spatial dialogues.
The rooftop, strategically opened to the north, offers panoramic views of the city. Landscaped with desert planting and integrated built-in seating, this elevated terrace becomes a contemplative outdoor living space, balancing the house's more private, enclosed ground-level condition. Despite the house’s southeast orientation, the upper roofline is carved to unlock long vistas while preserving privacy.
Faye House is an exercise in elegance through restraint. It avoids monumentality in favor of nuance—light over mass, enclosure balanced by openness. The house is grounded in its garden, yet lifted by the light that filters through its architectural core. Every element, from material to massing, has been carefully considered to create a home of warmth, intimacy, and understated sophistication within a dense urban context.
