When two parts create more than a whole
The design for this home came with a brief to ‘entertain 30 guests but sleep none’. The owners, whose professional life is deeply immersed in Auckland hospitality, wanted a respite – a place where they could immediately relax and switch off.
The couple work with architects on their restaurant projects and were clear on what they liked and enjoyed, but refrained from overlaying the design process with their preconceptions. “They were very generous to us,” says George Gregory, principal at Cheshire Architects and design lead on the project.
