: : Urban Shed - NZIA Resene National Award Winner 2007

A re-invention of a 1920’s bungalow into a modern, contextual, architectural home.

The street façade presents complementary elements varying in form and texture with the central, illuminated ‘lantern’ courtyard marking the entrance. At the rear, the outdoor room and adjacent master bedroom suite provide transitions between interior spaces and the garden with views to the mountain.

A palette of naturally expressed materials has been used from smooth, ‘off the form’ concrete to rough, caged scoria, excavated from the site for the swimming pool, in the galvanized mesh cages of the gabion walls.

Underpinning this architectural focus are sound principles of sustainable design. The exposed concrete floor slab of the outdoor room provides thermal mass for passive heating while the operable pivoting doors, glass louvre walls, and sliding shutters provide natural ventilation and cooling.

: : Urban Shed - NZIA Resene National Award Winner 2007

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