Trends New Zealand Volume 34 No 1 | Page 38

Previous pages: The more public wing contains the kitchen, living and dining areas, and has pool and mountain views. The kitchen’s back wall deliberately blocks a view of a neighbouring house, while the clerestory windows still bring natural light into this side of the space. Motorised recessed drapes and blinds shade the room when required. This page: Two large glass doors pocket back into the facade to open up the kitchen completely to the outdoors. In keeping with the rest of the interior, materials here have been kept subtle. The textured tiling on the splashback references the shadows formed by the trellis and lichen itself. search | save | share at wing, with the pool sitting between them – an arrangement that separates the public from the private areas of the home. The private bedroom wing extends along the ridge, while the public wing with kitchen, dining and living areas sits at a right angle to this, turning its back on a neighbouring property. Both wings are fully glazed on the pool side of the house, giving uninterrupted views across the landscape to mountains in the distance. One of the more overt design references to the lichen can also be found on this side