shoal bay house This beach house is a retreat for a busy Hawke’s Bay Family. The design started with the idea of the tent fly against the caravan; a common sight found along the wide Hawke’s Bay beaches. Acknowledging the onshore breeze the house is organised around a courtyard space, with the kitchen forming the […]
raumati bach The site is a dramatic location, immediately in front of the beach with views directly out to Kapiti Island. The experience and memory of running down to the surf from the bach has continued through the generations of the family that has owned the site. The clients wanted to maintain this easy and […]
pourerere bach The new bach replaces an earlier self-built family “low-slung” bach. The design was conceived as a single and simple gabled form reminiscent of the hull of an upturned fishing boat. This form allowed the floor space and volume to be maximised within the site’s planning restrictions. 2003 NZIA Local Award for New Bach […]
oroua street house The house was designed as an economical 200m² home for a young family. Scale and positioning on site were carefully organized to maximize the available floor space and outdoor garden spaces. There is currently a garage with a first floor bedroom under construction to the rear of the house in the same style […]
onetotara bach A timber portal-framed corrugated metal-clad ‘permanent tent’ 108m² in area provides a secluded retreat in rural Wairarapa. An absence of electricity reinforces the camping aesthetic and prevents the accumulation of domestic appliances other than a transistor radio. Extensive plantings provide visual privacy, wind shelter, bird habitat, firewood and timber in the longer term.
omarapeti This off-the-grid solar-powered sustainable house sits on an elevated site in rural Wairarapa overlooking a man-made lake and woodlots. The house sleeps six in rooms that congregate around a central core of kitchen, dining and living spaces. A sustainable approach was taken to design, method of construction, materials, services and finishes. Stained timber claddings […]
martinborough house The house was designed with strong simple gable forms. With views in all directions, the pavilion wings allow the formation of a sequence of outdoor spaces providing shelter, sun and shade depending on the weather conditions and maximising the outdoor use of the house.
mangakuri bach The original 60+ year old bach was a collection of timber and fibrolite sheds, cobbled together over the years from salvaged materials and the ubiquitous corrugated iron water tank. Conscious choices were made to ensure the new bach was a low maintenance, durable building in the aggressive coastal environment. The bach nestles within […]
ligar bay beach house The site is an ancient sand dune rising steeply above the beach and road at the natural repose of a weathered dune, and then gently down away from the beach. The narrow section and limits imposed on coastal developments in the area meant the building would be of a lower height […]
ligar bay bach The owners were looking for an economically designed bach to spend summers. The site has a stream running through it, restricting the building zone but offering an alternative landscape focus to the more dominant sea view. To make the most of the usable site, the bach is arranged as two simple intersecting […]