Therapeutic escape

Although small, the garden was a delightful place, and the design team didn't want to lose its cottage-like charm, with flowers, vegetables, orchids and other epiphytes and ferns, as well as a frangipani tree already established in the courtyard which created dappled shade in summer and plenty of light in winter.

“The original backyard gave us clues to where we went with the design,” says Will Marcus, Principle Designer at Argo Architects. “As a heritage workers cottage, which was well over 100 years old, the home had only a small backyard filled with a mixture of bricks from all eras, as well as paving stones. The effect was so lovely that we decided