2025 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Pocket Houses at Avenue Road
An imaginative response to the challenges of creating affordable multi-unit housing within a built-up suburban context, these houses have just a 36m2 footprint, making them a viable backyard housing solution. Identical in layout but cleverly placed to maximise both outdoor living and privacy, the two-bedroom Pocket Houses manage to feel surprisingly spacious by challenging accepted norms of finish and layout. Plywood interior linings and a polished concrete floor lend textual warmth to the generous ground floor living space while bespoke colour schemes for cabinetry allow occupants to apply their own personality. Raking exterior walls clad with terracotta roofing tiles provide a resilient finish and contribute to the uplifting character of these refreshing addition to the multi-unit housing space.
- Practice
- Dorrington Atcheson Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing - Multi Unit
- Location
- Auckland
