He thinks large scale, favours unfussy planting borne of a strong horticultural knowledge and gets a kick out of working with interesting architectural forms. He has built a practice,
Will’s commitment to quality architectural outcomes is personal as much as it is professional. His family home in
His other award-winning architectural enterprise, undertaken with his wife Julia, is the Bismarck House – named after an impressive palm on the site. Designed as a rental from the get-go by Andrew Burges Architects, it is a built manifesto in terms of the
Will, along with Bill Clifton of Robert Plumb Build, always likes to have an ambitious personal project on the horizon and
Closer to home a project in
A combination of low-maintenance grasses such as Chinese Silver Grass and New Zealand Flax, succulents and hardy trees settle the house into the landscape while the established Norfolk Island Pine, common to the area, frames the view. Fragrance comes courtesy of banks of gardenias.
“We have a great relationship with these clients and are working on another project with them. It is the best thing when trust has been established and it is all about the ideas and the collaboration. Like putting on an old pair of leather gloves – in the best possible way”.
This piece originally appeared in est Magazine Issue #42.
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