Banks Peninsula House

A sketch of hillside quietude, this Banks Peninsula holiday home expresses the clients’ passion for land and sea. Effortless in effect but not in complexity, each element of the design plays a vital role. In the kitchen a delicate yin-yang balance is achieved, with white finger tiles and V-groove cabinetry punctuated by black sockets and pull handles. Deliberately minimal furnishings are robust enough to withstand children, dogs and sand while curated objects and sculptural statements lift the home from bach to beauty. Up-lights in the characteristic trusses wash the ceiling with a gentle glow at night, to complete this picture of intimacy and ease.