2018 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Black Rock House
Hunkered down due to site covenants, this house has a bunker-like appearance evocative of the old gun emplacements located around the harbour. On entering, however, the feel of the house is completely different; what is offered are expansive views of the harbour, and a sense of lightness and airiness. The roof is an abstracted fractal form of the Black Rock headland itself; the circumference of the roof mirrors the lines of the bays of the harbour. The use of rock excavated from the site as cladding assists in keeping the house connected to its place; it is a house that is well grounded, both literally and figuratively, into its site.
- Practice
- Sheppard & Rout Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Canterbury
