| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (10 min.) ; 48856489 bytes |
| Series |
Dream Build ; Series 1, Episode 8 |
| Summary |
Imagine a home that is shiny, sparkling, a bit sexy and good enough to take on your arm to the Logies, that's the Smith House - a 'trophy home'.Designed by the controversial 'wonder-kid' architect Cassandra Fahey, the Smith House is the result of a very practical brief from its sport-loving owners, Darren and Serana Smith. Darren and Serana asked for a four bedroom home with large living spaces, cinema and a garage for three cars. They also suggested shyly that they wanted a 'trophy home'. In choosing Cassandra, renowned for her 'Pamela Anderson' home designed for Sam Newman, they were on a path towards an unorthodox design.You enter the house through a huge 'golden book style' doorway into a mirrored hall. There is a glass mural of a well-endowed Ian Thorpe, a living room with a golden soft-furnished ceiling, and an 'Aladdin's Cave' for 'Alice in Wonderland' in the children's bedrooms.This is a house with many playful elements designed by an adventurous and quirky architect for clients who were willing to take the risk. The result is a home like no other in Australia.PRODUCTION DETAILS:DREAM BUILD is produced by ABC TV. (11 x 8mins) Executive Producers: Margot Phillipson, Richard Huddleston. ABC Head of Entertainment: Jennifer Collins |
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Broadcast 2012-09-09 at 20:20:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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House furnishings -- Private collections.
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Housing -- Design and construction.
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Interior architecture -- Themes, motives.
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Textile crafts.
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Victoria -- Melbourne.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Fahey, Cassandra, contributor
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Smith, Darren, contributor
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Smith, Serana, contributor
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