Willis Street Work Space / First Light
Located between Wellington’s creative Cuba quarter and the central business district, 129 Willis Street was earthquake prone and ready for a refurbishment.
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Party Wall Houses / Patchwork Architecture
Party Wall was an opportunity to explore how two houses could work under one roof. The singular roof form allowed for an efficiency in siting the project amongst the surrounding green.
Carbonic Ice Apartment / John Mills Architects
Complete re-strengthening was needed for this heritage building. The brief called for a comfortable, stylish west facing apartment, with an open, flexible and dynamic series of spaces that would allow plenty of opportunity for quiet times and big gatherings too.
Lockdown Baby House by Holmes Architecture
Lockdown Baby House is a compact infill dwelling that proves density can be done sensitively, and that small urban parcels may provide many opportunities to diversify our current housing stock.
Seaview Road House by Voxell Architecture
Originally designed by prominent architect Friedrich Eisenhofer in the 1970s, the existing building at 66 Seaview Road offered an incredibly unique and exciting renovation opportunity to create a balanced marriage between 70’s modernism and contemporary architecture.
Pitoitoi House, New Zealand / Lovell O’Connell Architects
Rick and Lesley’s new home, Pitoitoi, echoes the tranquillity of the native bush backdrop that is an iconic feature of Days Bay and provides a welcoming retreat from the bustling city just a few kilometres away.
Light Catcher Renovation / Lovell O’Connell Architects
The heritage-listed two-storey villa in Wellington, New Zealand, dating back to the 1870s, was in need of careful repair, maintenance and a thermal upgrade. Alongside this work, the clients were eager to open up the house to the sun and garden with a living / kitchen / dining extension.
Stealth Bomber House Nestled into a Bushy Hillside Site in Inner-City Wellington
This 135 square metre house is located in an inner city Wellington suburb. Tight sunlight planes from all four neighbours, luscious existing native vegetation and a steep slope on an unusually shaped site determined the folded boomerang shape.