2022 Nelson/Marlborough Architecture Awards Winner
Blenheim House (1989)
Sitting proudly and timelessly in the Marlborough landscape, Blenheim House remains true to its original intent in both design and materiality. Referencing its dramatic and contrasting surrounds - the dry, narrow plain in which it sits, the intense green of the bush-covered hills to its north, and the pale coloured hills to the south - means the visual effect of this home remains as striking today as it did when first built. Simultaneously massive and intimate in scale, Blenheim House has a castle-like feeling of permanence. Inside, wonderful and unexpected interior spaces - including a small dining room that sits within a nine-metre tower of corrugated iron - bring joy to those who experience them.
