Trendsideas

Thoughtful plant selection, mass planting and material harmony are essential when designing with New Zealand natives – this landscape project is both ecologically grounded and architecturally refined

'All the world's a stage', wrote Shakespeare and this interior design takes heed with colour, form and materiality emerging as distinct characters with black ceiling above

Rooms are shuffled, spaces reallocated and a lift extended to set the scene for an interior that brings space and light while marrying to the industrial tone of its penthouse setting

These three-storey townhouses, all served with lifts, are designed for the upmarket marketplace – merging clean lines outside with layered texture and materiality inside, for an air of enduring refinement

For this two-tone kitchen, complementary black Laminex Burnished Wood cabinetry and Dulux Vivid White polyurethane cabinets are grounded by warm wood flooring

Bring nature inside ran the owner's brief and this appealing combination of lush green wall and timber steps more than fits the agenda

Part of the brief for this interior makeover was to maximise space – an expandable wood dining table ideally fitted the less-can-be-more agenda

This sculpture-rich outdoor living design doesn't go waste when the sun goes down – strategic lighting highlights features and gently illuminates the wider space

Situated by a meandering river, this nature-infused outdoor entertaining pavilion features a Tasmanian oak ceiling, schist feature wall and marble island

Here, the renovating architect's intent was to celebrate the juxtaposition between the home's contemporary, clean-lined architectural forms and the mountainside's powerful organic presence 

For this coastal kitchen, warm oak cabinetry combines with a veined stone island benchtop and splashback – both wood and stone echo the home's exterior and are in keeping with the seaside location

A biophilic approach to this bathroom gives it a sophisticated coastal vibe – ridged subway tiles evoke the sandy shore, accessories hint at soft sea creature forms