Arruba Bach is a studio retreat designed by Bossley Architects in Awhitu Peninsula, New Zealand. Description by Bossley Architects: A relatively mundane set of requirements has been transformed into an exciting and vibrant treehouse. A one room space serves as bedroom, workroom and rumpus area, with a separate small bedroom in the concrete masonry tower. […]
Central Otago House is a traditional mountain refuge designed by New Zealand studio Sumich Chaplin Architects. Description by Sumich Chaplin Architects: This mountain house is situated in a stunning and remote location, facing up to the Southern Alps and Mt Aspiring. Due to the sensitive zoning and location of the land, a large area of
Forest House was completed this year by NZ-based Fearon Hay Architects. Set at the foot of the Waitakere Ranges, the Forest House is a collection of timber clad, gabled structures. They slip past each other, opening spaces for courtyards, cooking and fire. Exterior shells of native timber boards and shingle roof are founded over cast in situ
Designed by Andrew Simpson of WireDog Architecture, the Island Bay House is set on a sloping quarter-acre lot in New Zealand. The house belongs Simpson and His fiancee, Krysty Peebles
Designed and built by ARKit, this beautiful prefab project occupies a minimal footprint, but offers maximum flexibility for a young family. The brief for this project was to create a long desired holiday house for a growing family of five and their dog. Description by ARKit: Located near a small coastal inlet on a flat, sandy
Motutara House was designed by Auckland-based TOA Architects. Description by TOA: 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
Architect: Herbst Architects Project: K Valley House Location: Kauaeranga Valley, New Zealand Photographer: Lance Herbst Courtesy of Herbst Architects K Valley House is a vacation home completed in 2016 by Auckland-based Herbst Architects. Description by architect: The clients are a couple, a director and director of photography in the film industry, their jobs involve them
Clifftop House is a modern family home designed by Xsite Architects in Auckland, New Zealand. Description by architect: The design parameters were to create a three bedroom house to cater for a significant collection of NZ Modern Art and provide a lift, as the retired couple plan to live here for a good many years.
The Dogbox was designed and built by Ben Mitchell-Anyon and Sally Ogle -(Patchwork Architecture) and Tim Gittos (now of Spacecraft Architects). The house is located in Whanganui, a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The design of the Dogbox was directly influenced by 4 rusty trusses we bought off Trademe, and a
This alpine retreat is a small structure set within a high country station, adjacent Lake Wakatipu, Central Otago. The colours and textures of the cladding integrate the building into the gravel tracks
This was the renovation of a 50’s flat roofed, painted weatherboard bungalow. The main addition was a large new terrace facing the panoramic north western views of the Waitakere Ranges and City Centre.
Project: 45 Degree House Architects: Ballara Bulman Chin – BBC Architects Location: Wellington, New Zealand Photo Credits: Andy Spain Photography 45 Degree House is a house with an interesting architecture designed by New Zealand studio BBC Architects. This house takes advantage of the extreme topography Wellington is famous for, and could be seen as a
