Hidden Island Retreat | Mason & Wales Architects | ArchiPro

Hunkered into the hillside and seemingly floating over a pond, Hidden Island Retreat enjoys panoramic views of mountains, lakes and tarns, rocky alpine outcrops and tussock grasslands. Mason & Wales Architects has created a powerful composition of architectural form and materials to ensure this large home sits comfortably within one of the most beautiful landscapes in New Zealand. On an exposed site near Jack’s Point Village, just 20 minutes from Queenstown, this modern home has been designed to capture views in all directions, due to its location at the foot of The Remarkables mountain range, beside the shores of Lake Wakatipu and next to an 18-hole, par 72 championship golf course. In Queenstown’s district plan, the area is officially described as an ‘outstanding natural landscape’, which meant that the design and construction of this project required extra special consideration. At 800m² in size, Hidden Island Retreat is an especially large house, plus there is another 200m² of