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    PINJARRA HILLS HOUSE BY SULLIVAN SKINNER

    Jul 31, 2022 4 minutes
    Words by Cameron Bruhn
    Photography by David Chatfield

    rench fashion icon Coco Chanel famously advised the dresser to pause with intention when stepping out: “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.” Her quip can equally be applied to architectural undertakings, strongly aligning with the modernist mantra “Less is More” popularized by German-born architect Mies van der Rohe and his iconoclastic mid-twentieth-century circle. Contemporary residential architecture has been shaped by this exhortation and the elegant, clean lines of modernism continue to be pursued by designers across the world. This precision and efficiency across composition, materiality and detailing

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