In Wiltshire, Ken Shuttleworth, partner at the Foster design offices, has built a country house for himself and his family. Erected on a plan view made up of arcs, the house presents a closed and well-fortified front when approached from the drive. From the garden, by contrast, the house opens out in a grandiose gesture with a sweeping glass wall measuring 36 metres. In the words of the architect, the room onto the garden seems 'to explode into the open landscape'.