Located in Adelaide Hills, Australia, Skye House overlooks a wooded ravine to the east and views of the city and ocean to the west. Local design studio Williams Burton Leopardi has optimized the house's design to extend its views outward. By removing the existing balcony and adding a new east terrace, the house opens up to its surroundings with minimal impact on the overall footprint.

Functional clarity drove the programme, and central to this was a reimagined kitchen, achieved by removing internal walls to open it up to the other living areas. This purposeful intervention embodies the design’s ‘life on display’ narrative, enabling unobstructed views through to both the city and gully via fully reglazed eastern and western facades. 

The couple were adamant they didn’t want a white kitchen, and one of them initially showed Leopardi and the team an image of a favourite artwork, Hilda Welcomed by Stanley Spencer, which served as inspiration for the interior colour palette. The resulting scheme features joinery in smoky pale green and walls finished in velvety grey, the combination of which is warm and enveloping.Timber floorboards complement these earthy tones and the original ceiling beams add a tactile element. Their clean lines reiterate the horizontality of the design in an affectionate nod to Frank Sinatra’s ‘Angles are attitude’ style mantra, imbuing the interior with a sense of formal confidence.