Our
client, a young property developer, had purchased a
site in Hampstead and was constructing a new build contemporary
house with a largely glass and timber clad exterior.
The house is South facing therefore the North facing
rear garden space, which spans the width of the house,
is shallow and dark and overlooked by other buildings
and large mature trees.
The challenge was to create a garden
which disguised the small size of the space, met planning
requirements, complemented the cutting edge interiors
of the house and primarily looked good from the inside
and at the same time, was low maintenance. The
likely purchaser of the house was a City banker who
would probably only ever see the garden late at night,
so it had to be dazzlingly beautiful at night.
"This
is a modern garden for a very modern house.." |
