ture firm, Gunni & Trentino to collaborate with them on
the interior design scheme. The result is rooms of shimmering whiteness, not the white of the proverbial gallery
box but the whiteness of sand in abundant sunlight.
The living room features sweeping expanses of goldenhued wooden paneling, echoed in the sheathing of the
curved wall which guides the visitor from the exterior of
the house to the center, reaching the main door frame.
The wood paneling here is very plain, almost Scandinavian in aspect. Sans moldings, it reaches from floor
to ceiling as it would in a public building such as a museum, office or bank. This is not to say that its use here
is institutional or sterile, only that it denotes those spaces which are emphatically public, such as entry hall, livHYLAND