Residential ArchitectureHousesGlade House, Modern Home with Raking Ceilings and Exposed Rafters

Glade House, Modern Home with Raking Ceilings and Exposed Rafters

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (6)

Glade House is located in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Renovation project was conceived and completed by Strachan Group Architects.

Description by Strachan: The Glade House project is a renovation of a late 1950’s residential dwelling in a bush glade setting in suburban Remuera. The house is modernist in style, typical of the period with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters. Fundamental to the re-design was the notion of providing “graduated connections” to the surrounding glade, physical and visual.

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (4)

Spaces are divided by a “blade” element that alters the entrance’s appearance by extending the original chimney breast and pulls together the two floors as well as creating a stairwell that accommodates two fireplaces – one exterior, one interior. The new entry has been lowered and the structure floated over a pool of water to give a sense of lightness that reflects light into the inner recesses of the lower level through an aperture that once was the study window.

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (3)

Alterations to the upper private wing look to better utilise existing space; a reconfigured Master bedroom/new ensuite, new bathroom and additional bedroom. The new garage extrudes from the existing gable form and is wrapped in a mixture of clear acrylic sheet/over-slatting and stained shadowclad ply. A new ramp connection to the rear entry is covered by an “attached’ series of angle frames with open slats fixed to allow secure passage whilst maintaining light and openness.

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (2)

Kitchen, Dining and Living spaces featured insertions of new interior units and new or upgraded exterior joinery units to enhance connections to extended deck spaces and outdoor fire area. The lower floor area now incorporates guest accommodation and additional bar space that provides a facility for guests to cater for themselves with connections off this space to a deck/patio area and landscaped gardens. Photography Patrick Reynolds. Visit Strachan Group Architects.

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (1)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (7)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (10)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (11)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (8)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (13)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (14)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (12)

Glade House - modern home with low-pitched gabled roof, raking ceilings and exposed rafters (5)

Subscribe to our newsletter

Corten Extension for Family Home in Warsash / Adam Knibb Architects

Adam Knibb Architects were approached to design a contemporary house extension in Warsash. The clients lead a very active lifestyle based near the waterfront, and looked for an inventive solution to their needs, opening up the interiors and bringing the family together.

Corner Pocket House by Edward Ogosta Architecture

The Corner Pocket House is a complete transformation of a cramped 1950’s bungalow into a modest contemporary dwelling with newly invigorated common spaces. Our clients carefully considered the needs of their five-person family, and requested a high-quality, single-story home of moderate area,

House BRAS, Antwerp / DDM Architectuur

House BRAS is located on a lush green site abutting a pond in the middle of an old allotment in the suburbs of Antwerp. The house is designed to blend into its surrounding natural landscape.

Woods Bagot Has Designed a New Contemporary Workspace for ADCO in Melbourne

Woods Bagot has designed a new workplace for ADCO in Melbourne, delivering a contemporary workspace environment for one of Australia’s leading construction companies. Situated in South Melbourne, the key driver for the project was to provide ADCO a point of difference, ...

Oaks Residence by Maryann Thompson Architects

The Oaks Residence remains mysterious and de-objectified, and the landscape takes on the reading as the primary object of the project. The interior of the house develops along an unfolding spatial sequence that constantly orients and reorients the viewer to the site as one moves through the project, knitting the site and the house together.

Recommended Stories