Residential Private

House of Views

Nyali, Mombasa · 2025

Category: Residential Private
Location: Nyali, Mombasa
Year: 2025
Status: Concept Proposal
Area: 1,780m2
Client: Private
Service: Architectural Design

A concept residence in Lavington designed around a double-height living and dining volume at its centre, fully glazed on the garden face. The dining area sits under a circular timber ceiling feature with multiple smoked glass pendant lights; the grey stone feature wall rises from ground to the full height of the void. Outside, the building is three storeys of white render over a grey split-face stone base, with full-height corner glazing and a vertical timber screen at the mid level. Inside, the same split-face stone and grey tones carry through from the exterior into the bedrooms and bathrooms.

The Brief

Design a 1,100 m² family residence in Lavington with a double-height living and dining zone as the social heart, with large glazed openings throughout and a consistent material palette of grey stone, dark timber and white render carried from exterior to interior.

Our Approach

The double-height volume is the organising element of the plan — it is visible from all upper-floor rooms that face it and draws natural light deep into the plan. The circular timber ceiling feature in the dining zone defines the scale of the space without enclosing it. Split-face grey stone runs from the boundary walls on the exterior through the feature wall inside the house, ensuring the material language is coherent across the perimeter. Bedrooms and bathrooms continue the grey palette with warm timber joinery, so the interior reads as a single colour field modulated by texture rather than colour change.

House of Views — walk-in dressing room corridor with dark charcoal wardrobe doors and view through glass pivot door to bedroom, Lavington, concept render

House of Views — bathroom with warm stone tile walls and floor, black fixtures, ribbed timber vanity unit and glazed shower enclosure — Bathroom — warm stone tile, black fixtures and ribbed timber vanity

House of Views — master bedroom with grey upholstered bed, dark timber door panel, full-height glazing to the garden and swivel reading chair — Master bedroom — grey bed, timber panel and garden glazing

House of Views — master bedroom alternate angle showing split-face grey stone feature wall and large dark abstract artwork — Master bedroom — split-face stone wall and abstract artwork

House of Views — second bedroom with full-height sliding doors to a terrace with stone boundary wall and tropical planting beyond — Second bedroom — sliding doors and tropical planting beyond

House of Views — double-height dining volume from above showing round timber ceiling feature, smoked glass pendants and red woven-back chairs — Dining volume from above — timber ceiling, pendants and red chairs

House of Views — dining room with timber table, red woven chairs, smoked glass pendants and double-height glazing to the garden — Dining room — timber table, red chairs and garden glazing

House of Views — living room with large grey sectional sofa, round timber coffee table, stone feature wall and full-height garden glazing — Living room — grey sofa, stone wall and garden glazing

House of Views — upper-level view looking down over the curved balcony railing into the open-plan living area and garden beyond — Upper-level view — curved balcony and open-plan living below

House of Views — exterior render showing three-storey white render facade with grey stone base, corner glazing and palm tree, Lavington — Exterior — white render, stone base and corner glazing

House of Views — exterior render showing stepped white massing with full-height corner glazing, vertical timber screen and bougainvillea planting — Exterior — stepped white massing and vertical timber screen

House of Views — front exterior render showing white render over grey stone base, timber screen panels and gate, with city in the background — Front exterior — white render, stone base and gate entrance

House of Views — street corner exterior render showing the full building with palm tree, grey stone boundary walls and black fence, Lavington, concept render — Street corner — stone boundary walls and full building facade

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