SENTINEL HOUSE Coromandel This home is for a couple and their young son in the Coromandel township. They are ceramic artists and have a familiarity and love of clay. Because of this it was appropriate to adopt bricks, that universal, cost-effective, human scaled building material for their modest new home. The formal inspiration for this…
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT CENTRE Mangere Underpinning this project is the desire to project a strong sense of place for a group of people previously displaced, a welcome and a harbour for those buffeted by circumstance. It seeks to reinforce the traditions, lifestyle and visual environment of Aotearoa/New Zealand, while introducing subtle references and familiar elements from…
ORAKEI BASIN HOUSE 2 Auckland
WEST COAST TOWER Charleston The project describes a tower that evokes the mining heritage of the historic Charleston settlement. Light shafts draw light into a timber lined enclosure. Openings are restrained and frame dramatic views and tailored view shafts.
AHUAREKA VILLAGE Whitford
STEP ISLAND COTTAGE Bay of Islands
STEP ISLAND LODGE Bay of Islands
THE LANDING Hobsonville Point
WILSHER VILLAGE Henderson A Multi unit residential and aged care competition project for McConnell Properties, in association with Landscape Architect Boffa Miskell.
ORAKEI BASIN HOUSE 3 Auckland A new family home on Auckland’s Orakei Basin. The design references the site which is located on a sensitive volcanic crater rim. A sculptural folded roof form lifts to embrace the view and the sky. Basalt cladding is offset against a soft green-wall wrapped concrete perimeter.
BREATHE COMPETITION Christchurch This design explores a new way of contemporary urban living in post-earthquake Christchurch. It seeks to achieve a mixed use, low rise, eco-friendly community within the devastation that has occurred. It proposes a contemporary approach to city regeneration. An approach that has occurred many times before in places that have experienced man…
STEP ISLAND BUNKER Bay of Islands
ONION BOX Bombay
HNZC WALTERS ROAD DEVELOPMENT Mt Wellington The Intentions for the design of Walters Road development for Housing New Zealand Corporation is about setting “best practice” principles in achieving good quality houses and streets for the occupants. It recognises the issues of land use efficiency, community and suburban sprawl. Through good planning and architecture these issues…
BRITOMART COMPETITION Auckland The Waitemata waterfront is the meeting place of the City and the Harbour; the City and the Region; the City’s and the Region’s public transport systems. The Passenger Transport Interchange is the central tenet of the brief. The Waitemata waterfront is the place where Auckland’s three major modes of public transport (ferry,…
NZ STEEL VISITOR CENTRE Glenbrook
GALLAHER AGED CARE Manurewa
HOUSING INTEGRATION PROJECT Auckland The proposal maximizes active frontages to, and overlooking, Merton Road Reserve (two boundaries) and Merton Road. Circulation spaces within the development are transformed by layout and detail into living streets where residents are able to engage or withdraw from the activity around them. Kitchens overlook stairwells and entrances. Living spaces within…
REMUERA HOUSE Auckland Interior and exterior have a degree of ambiguity in the Wilson House. Floor-to-ceiling glass doors disappear into the wall cavities so that the living area can flow seamlessly on to the patio, the transition made even more gradual by the erection of a canvas awning over the outdoor space. Likewise, the dining…
CHRISTCHURCH HOUSE Christchurch A joint design venture with Wilson & Hill Architects, this modern Christchurch home looks onto the Avon River
PARNELL HOUSE Auckland
TAMAKI TRANSFORMATION PROJECT Auckland