Trends New Zealand Volume 33 No 5 | Page 28

Perfect fit This renovation creates a master ensuite, main bathroom and other rooms in a sympathetic aesthetic and all within a modest footprint search | save | share at No architect-client relationship is more demanding than when the two are one and the same person. No surprises then that this master suite renovation – part of a wider rethink of architect Glen Cornwell’s own 1920s villa – had to achieve so much. “Our brief called for a master ensuite, a main bathroom for the children, and a separate guest toilet,” says Cornwell. “A laundry with storage, and a walk-in ward- robe for the master bedroom were also required.” And these rooms had to fit snugly into