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How to combine celebrating the wider landscape while creating a sense of intimacy over connected outdoor living spaces and a pool – this project achieves both while also focussing on longevity and low upkeep

This renovation adds storage along with window seating to optimise space – wooden easy-grab drawers are accompanied by an open display/book nook, all tucked under comfy cushions

Whether you're after a study that doubles as a guest bedroom or a bedroom that requires more room to hang out in, this foldaway bed with faux cupboard front might well be the answer

It's not just the natural light and views, the shapes you choose for your windows play a part in the look of your interiors and also your framed outlooks – here, refined vertical windows look out to an outdoor lounge

This volume, clad in oak, has trellis-like sliding doors in Freijó muxarabi that can be fully opened or closed depending on the occasion and create an everyday dynamic that changes the appearance of the social area

Garden and house at rear, welcoming pool in foreground – but there's a vital all-but-invisible child safety divide in between, in the form of glass fencing – admitting through views but not stray children

These climbing frames will be hidden by greenery in the near future but meantime they come to the natural, organic party – attractive in their own right they could give the growing plantings a run for their money

A centre-of-attention villa kitchen featuring solid beech doors, custom brass accents and last but by no means least glorious swathes of rich Picasso Calacatta marble that remind the owner of her travels through Europe

This ensuite/master bedroom features a full-height picture window framing a secluded grove of native kanuka, a bespoke fluted Corian vanity, slumped fern glass, matte charcoal tiles, and custom blackened green joinery

This indoor-outdoor home on a modest site features a linear side garden and reflection pond approach, glulam timber porticos, CLT slabs, exposed concrete, and a rooftop spa

An ornate claw-foot Victoria Albert bathtub, from Sea of White, is right at home in this ornate bathroom where in most other bathing spaces it might well be the stand-apart feature – with great design, context is key

For this lakeside/mountain-view home, cladding choices reflect durability and good looks – seen together, the charred larch timber and grey clay brickwork emanate strength, contrast and earthy tones