8 AUGUSTUS TERRACE / Parnell

8 AUGUSTUS TERRACE / Parnell

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8 AUGUSTUS TERRACE Parnell The building is a box sandwiched between two walls of dimpled aluminium sheeting. It stands alone perched on ‘pilotis’ above the cliff line. The structure is exposed; the function is exposed. The skin is exposed. A hard edged commercial building that stands alone perched on the cliff top held up by…

PARITUA WINERY / Hawkes Bay

PARITUA WINERY / Hawkes Bay

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PARITUA WINERY Hawkes Bay This winery west of Hastings consists of two buildings – one housing production, lab and offices; and a smaller services building – whose floating roofs can be read together as one gently sloping plane. With their material palette of concrete, steel and glass, these are clearly working buildings, while the lightness…

VULAVULA HOUSE / Fiji

VULAVULA HOUSE / Fiji

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VULAVULA HOUSE Fiji This island retreat is designed to provide a range of holiday experiences. It is a contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional Fijian bure, formed as a series of linked pavilions with large hipped roofs to create generous volumes within. Wide open-air loggias link the living and bedroom pavilions, providing a shaded transition space…