A dated outdoor area received an elegant makeover. Now with a striking shelter, sculptural fence and outdoor speakers it’s the ultimate entertaining space A party cabana and sculptural pool fence to envy on summer days Project: Party cabana and pool Architects: Rogan Nash Location: Cox’s Bay, Auckland Brief: To
A Northland pool designed to be taken in day-long doses Pool fencing requirements often make you wonder if it’s worth even bothering with a pool, given that the need to make a body of water safe will also render it unsightly. But, given the right
As summer strikes, we’ve uncovered four stylish ways of taking to the waters, with pool designs that make outdoor living easy
Fearon Hay transforms a petite Auckland back yard into a summery paradise A small Auckland backyard becomes a tropical paradise Poorly designed pools can feel as if they’ve severed a back yard in two, a lose-lose situation that results in an unpleasant sense of constriction
A pool and pavilion by Pattersons on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula is a getaway all its own It is a modern pool in the grounds of a historic house. The location is Annandale, a sheep and cattle station on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula with which regular readers
Xanthe White has won a clutch of landscape design awards and written two books, but she’s about to tackle a rather more personal project: her own garden. Xanthe, what makes a good garden now? It’s about relationships with the landscape and the person. The designer
He has become the most famous garden designer in the world, yet he still opens his own property to the public a few days a week in summer and is happy to show people around it personally At home with the world’s most famous garden
A large boulder discovered during excavation of a Port Hills site became a central feature of this home designed by architect Ken Powrie for his family.
The 2022 Home of the Year is Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects, a home of heft and craft near Lake Hayes in Arrowtown.
