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Auckland’s Cliff House a Nature-Lover’s Dream

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Imagine coming downstairs to this amazing sight every morning!

In its vast museum-like space, Cliff House by Fearon Hay Architects is an ode to the joy of each day’s fresh promise.

With limitless vistas over New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf and the volcanic island of Rangitoto, the clifftop house itself is simply a slim sliver of a glass case interposed on the scene.

The entire house can be opened up like a huge, high-ceilinged pavilion space.

The entire bottom of the glazing can be slid back to experience the sweet and fresh night air.

While the view over Auckland’s glorious Hauraki Gulf is inspirational, the house has a matter-of-fact air.

An efficient and brisk lap pool keeps its inhabitants fit and tough.

Sliding glass walls can be drawn to enclose its magnificent open-air bath room.

The studied precision of this bathroom fixture perfectly expresses the supremely elemental bathing space.

Landscaping is similarly rudimentary and unfussy.

Backlit kitchen cupboards behind full height frosted glass doors are so serene that you’d not imagine that there even is a kitchen there.

Cooking on this black marble island in this open plan space with its cool stone floor would have the feeling of a very posh barbecue.

With its raw and natural open-air design, this is a very civilized house for living closely with – and truly experiencing – nature.