2015 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
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There was surely consternation in the heritage-zoned nieghbourhood when plans for this bold house began to circulate. But how intelligently and ultimately diplomatically it has inserted itself into a street of tiny cottages on very small lots. The language of the villa is extant but deftly mutated. The faceted, weatherboard-clad front is an absence rather than an aggression in its recessive black. Inside, angles and joints have been achieved through an engineer’s daring — and no doubt a builder’s agony — and they are impeccably executed. This daring small house has been driven by a vision shared by client and architect, driven by conviction, determination and even a tiny bit of obsession.
- Practice
- Townsend Architects Ltd
- Category
- Residential Architecture - Houses
- Location
- Auckland
