If it is possible for year-round living at Waihi Beach to become more enviable, it has, with this modernist masterpiece, skilfully designed by Pattersons for an aesthete who intends to move themselves, and their art collection, in permanently. A diametrically opposed framework creates loggias and covered decks, and encases vast windows that take in mountain views to the west and ocean to the east. The home is future-proofed for accessibility with a lift from the garage to the two upper levels.

A large front door, clad in cedar to disappear into the front facade, opens to a dramatic concrete staircase leading to the ‘guest’ level with two ensuite bedrooms, one with a private deck to the west and a study and family room opening to the covered eastern deck that steps out to the 20-metre swimming pool. Up another set of stairs (these ones floating timber with glass balustrades), the open-plan living, dining and kitchen zone opens to more eastern outdoor living with the main suite to the west. An external staircase takes you directly from one deck to the other. Inside, cedar walls, ceilings and doors, and recycled native timber floors, create a beautiful home – crafted in timber, that lets the views do the talking.