Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 31 No 6 New Zealand | Page 103

Garden pavilion
Designed for passionate foodies, this pared-back kitchen is
both supremely functional and at one with the outdoors

Indoor-outdoor living is a prerequisite
for most modern kitchens, but the designer
of this renovation project took the concept
one step further.
Architect Erik Rudolfsson’s extension
to the 1940s house created a contemporary
garden pavilion, where glass walls peel
back to open up the entire kitchen and
living area to the outdoors.
To ensure the kitchen would be
flooded with natural light, Rudolfsson
also introduced polycarbonate glazing to
the roof, and lined the ceiling beneath this

with white-painted timber slats. The slats
continue on the ou G6