The homeowner's passion for architecture was expressed in a very unique brief taking inspiration from Richard Neutra’s Palm Spring villas, Central Otago’s rustic materiality, a touch of Orient through the articulation of pavilions of various heights, and ensuring the landscape is always present and visible from any room. An emphasis has been placed on the use of a durable low maintenance material palette that complements the natural colours of the surrounding bracken covered hillsides and mountains beyond.