Located in Waiheke Island, New Zealand, the Tent house is a small home designed by Chris Tate Architecture. Set in bush and bounded on three sides by roads and a wetland, the site was challenging. The tent-like structure of the house responds to those restrictions in a daring and dynamic way.
The site’s previous existence was a market garden with shelterbelts forming large outdoor rooms. Our client then planted part of the site with vineyards and fenced off paddocks for horses. He built a barn and a dressage arena.
In the context of Auckland’s rugged west coast ‘Motutara’ is the arterial route that connects the west of Auckland to the black sands of Muriwai beach. ‘Motu’ is to sever, ‘Tara’ meaning for peak, describes the action of the road of this name which effectively severs the peak or highland of Muriwai from the low lying coast.
The house fuses together a limited material palette of concrete, blue steel, and oiled cedar into a bold and incredibly dynamic space, allowing the owner (a professional writer) genuine flexibility to entertain, while acknowledging the need for the relative solitude of a working studio space.
Takapuna Beach House – Boatsheds was designed by Strachan Group Architects in association with Rachael Rush. Located in Takapuna, Auckland, this house is NZIA Auckland Award Winner – 2015 – Housing.
Designed by the esteemed New Zealand studio W2, this residence showcases a blend of elegance and architectural innovation. Combining two distinct forms, this four-bedroom home optimizes the property to ensure urban privacy while also embracing open plan living that highlights both space and uniqueness.
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.
