2025 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
RHR House
Nestled within Christchurch’s rugged Southshore spit, the RHR House is an experimental family home that redefines architectural principles, prioritising people, place, and emotion. Thoughtfully designed to mitigate the risks of natural hazards, the house’s stacked floor plates and minimal, dematerialised aesthetic create a calm, retreat-like atmosphere, while its material palette of concrete, steel, and timber evokes the surrounding coastal environment. The arrival sequence, with its timber boardwalk and floating stair form, leads to a kitchen-centric plan that seamlessly integrates indoor and outdoor living spaces, showcasing how ‘form follows function’ in a resilient and emotionally evocative design.
- Practice
- Three Sixty Architecture
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Canterbury
