Belle

MODERN HABITAT

The inquisitive owner of this contemporary beach shack on the Central Coast of New South Wales set about researching its origins soon after purchasing it in 2015. When he tracked down David Boyle – the architect who had drawn it up in 2006 – the two met and discovered that the house had only been partly realised as intended.

They struck up a friendship and when designers Arent&Pyke commenced working on phase two of the interiors scheme, David was re-engaged to design a pergola, cladding materials and –

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