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Top: Ligne Roset recently released outdoor versions of some of its best-loved seating designs
Vlaze’s Adapt freestanding kitchen units, made from steel and vitreous enamel, can be used indoors or out.
While many architects and designers include landscaping as part of their tender package, there aren’t many practices that have a landscape gardener or architect on the team. One exception is Bath’s Woodhouse and Law, a partnership between interior designer John Law and garden designer Nick Woodhouse. “We often work across a project in phases, ensuring minimal disruption and spreading the cost for the client over an agreed length of time,” says Woodhouse. “This means the garden may be approached after the interior phase sometimes, or vice versa.” Clients want to create fully functioning ‘rooms’ and really express themselves. “Traditionally, they have shown more of their personality in their home than in the garden. However, this is being turned on its head,” says Woodhouse. “Clients are increasingly
coming to us in search of outdoor spaces that take on similar functions to those once relegated to the house.” He’s noticed the rise of relaxed, lounge-style seating instead of a dining set: “It’s more informal and communal. It can offer greater flexibility too, working equally as well for putting your feet up with a coffee and book as when entertaining.” Having both disciplines under one roof makes sense in terms of creating spaces that have great coherence between inside and out. One Woodhouse and Law project used copper finishes inside that were echoed in the garden’s planters and lighting, while another saw the same limestone flooring used in both the house and the garden, seamlessly linking the two.
Woodhouse says illuimination has also seen changes for the better. “Solar lighting
has improved significantly in both performance and aesthetics; its inclusion can instantly remove what can become expensive and disruptive cabling,” he says. “Outdoor lamps and lanterns are becoming real features in themselves, with emerging products offering the ease of recharging via a USB port or mains charger. We will often mix these finds with traditional materials such as limestone paving or bronze lighting to create spaces that seamlessly combine the contemporary with the traditional. This really helps to give the garden a timeless feel, giving it much greater longevity.”
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