2017 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Herne Bay House Alteration
Two goals have been successfully pursued in this project: to add a distinctive lower floor to an existing villa, and to connect the resultant living areas to the rear garden and lawn. Transitions, from the light and loose front of the house down into the sunken, cave-like addition, and between the lower-level spaces, have been very well handled. Rooms retain their individuality without sacrificing compatibility; materials are deployed inventively but not discordantly. The architect has given an imaginative twist to the familiar tale of the villa extension.
- Practice
- Gerrad Hall Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing - Alterations and Additions
- Location
- Auckland
