Hanene Cliff-top
Shadows of pōhutukawa ripple on the liquid surface of a cliff-top pool, with its clean-lined geometry a contemporary insertion into the landscape.


Auckland, New Zealand
Architecture Sumich Chapin Architects
Interior Design Jen Pack
Photography Jeremy Toth & Thomas Cannings



The elongated pool stretches out in perfect alliance with the steel skeleton of the dining room, on and on to cantilever of the cliff into infinity. As seamlessly as it disappears into the ocean, the wet edge aligns with the French limestone paving so that the body of water is captured, suspended in space.













