Swan Lake
This property pays homage to the geological location with its man-made lake and ambitious sculpted berms, a miniature representation of the distant mountains.


Queenstown, New Zealand
Architecture Patterson Associates
Interior Design Virginia Fisher
Photography Simon Devitt



With the crunch of gravel, two groups of silver birch, gathered in gridline formation, are simple, vertical elements within the courtyard. In winter they become snow-draped figures and in summer their leaves throw a shadowy dance onto the rust-toned cladding.








