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Glass walls on the living areas provide spa pool users with a view through the home to the lake and scenery while sail shades keep things cool

Making for pleasing architectural companions, this kitchen pavilion's cedar deck reaches out to the meditation pavilion further down the garden

Grey tones, wood tones, and connecting tones – for this renovation, kitchen meets dining table meets living area furniture in a relaxed fashion

Large sliding doors peel away and this home's silvered vertical cedar board cladding continues inside within the main breezeway and on the kitchen cabinetry

Part of an eye-popping artistic master suite, this highly contemporary glass desk is a perfect match for the, wait for it, glass mezzanine floor

An adult or child could have a quick snooze on this cosy window seat by the kitchen – the seat extends the kitchen's material palette, visually elongating the space

Not sure how that powder-coated outdoor furniture is going to stand up over the coming winter? Here, the homeowners went for a solid alternative

The minimalist bathroom style with stylised geometry and simplified colour palette makes for the perfect sanctuary – a pared back vanity is a great start

For this penthouse ensuite, the existing enclosed shower had been hard to access – now a curved wall divides the room, achieving the ideal wheelchair turn circle

This thoughtfully detailed kitchen is a master class in working with a shoestring budget to create a look that reflects champagne tastes 

While modern and symmetrical in terms of design, this bathroom also uses tone and texture to evoke a bold, seductive ambience

This sculptural hillside home encourages occupants to look up as well as out thanks to an inverted pyramid roof which allows for clerestory windows that capture the iconic mountain rising above