By Earthwork Landscape Architects
This large lifestyle property is nestled against the Kaikoura ranges. The landscape design is kept minimal to the front of the house with a large sweeping lawn and serpentine local stone walls drawing the eye to the bush and mountains beyond.
A sheltered courtyard has been designed to the side of the house with a more intimate scale, including in-built seating walls to frame the space and a large outdoor fire.
Earthwork Landscape Architects is a practice based in Christchurch, New Zealand with a strong commitment to its client’s needs and the landscape, a clear philosophy and a history of top quality project delivery. The practice grew out of a rural location where it expanded its expertise in site planning and public design to a broad range of professional engagement. These original strengths in logical, well planned design and a commitment to the natural environment have been retained in our work.
The company now employs seven people, works throughout the South Island of New Zealand and overseas, across commercial, public and private projects. The practice has identified its core skills and these form the backbone of the multidisciplinary work that is now typically carried out. These core skills are site planning, landscape identity, communication and project delivery.