Playing off a colourful wider interior, this kitchen brings a serene balance – marble elements prevail against a background of dark joinery – a contrasting walk-in green pantry also features

A lakeside home inspired by gabled boathouses creates a seamless connection with its scenic surroundings, features include Metalcraft tray cladding, natural stone, and solar power

This nautically themed bathroom in a heritage home reflects the tones and craftsmanship potentially associated with, say, a captain's quarter's – an ornately finished benchtop, gold tapware and Portuguese patterned tiles all come to the shipboard party

Pairing rich timber joinery with soft natural stone, this clean, crisp kitchen responds to the architecture of the wider home in visual terms as well as its immediate environment – the generous island provides for gatherings, dining, and food preparation

Striking in black and white cladding, this tree house-vibe home creates character and connections from its spa-like top level master suite down to indoor-outdoor lifestyle living on the mid level and descending to quiet spaces at ground floor

This apartment kitchen's colour palette flowed from the owner's prompt of a resin cheese knife in a soft, marshmallow pink tone – more broadly, precision joinery and strategic choices lead a clean, layered design

This modern pavilion home makes the most of its water outlooks – features include layered floor plates, stone and cedar cladding; steel slider doors, an infinity pool and sheltered rear garden

A curvaceous black birch plywood kitchen responds to the flow of the wider interior – visually arresting with its full functionality visually downplayed, hidden pantry included, the coastal kitchen caters to one or to many