Celebrity landscape designer Made Wijaya describes a recent garden project for the Sassoon House as an exercise in modernity.

Perched next to a cliff near Uluwatu, the project undertaken by his company - PT. Wijaya Tribwana International - involved the holiday home for the Sassoon family with business interests in Indonesia.

Crisp, modern design for Bali seaside bungalow Click on thumbnail to view

Uluwatu refers to an arid plateau famous for the Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts Bali, which incidentally was also landscaped by Made Wijaya, an Australian designer who has been based in Bali for the past 30-odd years.

"The brief was for a complete make-over of a fairly formulaic, tropical modern bungalow, so that it had more of a garden home flavour, but was still 'edgy and modern'," explains Made, in an e-mail reply to StarProperty.my.

"For this, we enlisted the talents of Indonesian sculptor and industrial designer Pintor Sirait to help with the design of the new doors and artwork for the walls and railings.

The land, spanning approximately 1,000sq m, is within an upmarket, gated development, popular among investors on Bali's southern peninsula.

"A Singapore-based Australian ID was called in," explains the designer, "to do a complete overhaul of the interior and a Jakarta-based architect, Uira of UmahBali for the space planning and finishes.

Incidentally, Made points out that Uira worked on the highly successful Metis restaurant in the Seminyak locale in Bali.

And what was Made's role in the project?

"Landscape designer but helped with total make-over of house exterior," he explains, as the photographs of the project attest.