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Why not make your place your own? For this character kitchen, a feature wood pigeon laser-cut metal panel on the island creates a breakfast welcome 

For this renovation, the original concrete façade has been stretched away from the building – landscaping creeps into the void, for an organic feel

The feature pendant in this penthouse kitchen has its work cut out catching the eye when the adjacent rangehood is a sculpture on high

This garden was formed around a home designed as a sculpture in its own right – the planting palette even complements the interior colours 

The owner desired to come home to a get-away-from-it-all bathroom space: “I want the hanging gardens of Babylon to stare at me when I’m soaking.” 

Downsizing doesn't mean a crimped lifestyle – here a new low-upkeep home on a modest site achieves generous living spaces, a garden outlook and feeling of seclusion

Style dovetails functional in this easy-upkeep bathroom with a pleasing tactile palette – zones of use mean up to three children can use the space at once 

This central kitchen celebrates a classic, enduring aesthetic – complete with walnut cabinetry, marble countertops, and steel-framed doors & windows

Appealing to both the 'artist kid and the science kid' was part of designer Scott Parker's thinking when creating the colourful new science and technology centre at MOTAT

This contemporary, clean-lined vanity is enhanced by a back lit mirror, an Elysian Mixer, from ABI Interiors, and a Projections 40 Basin, from Plumbline

This indoor outdoor connection is perfect for summer – plus, come winter clerestory windows pick up low-slanting rays for extra warmth

Soft corners predominate in this bathroom with vanity, window, mirror and Hamilton corner, wall-faced bath all celebrating shapely curves