1960s Home
By John Mills Architects
A good looking 60’s home in the eastern bays totally untouched since new . The brief was for a much more open living space that flowed North and South for views, privacy and sunshine. We added internal access and a guest suite in the basement allowing a new staircase to provide a vertically juxtaposition with the dominant horizontals of the house.
The post and beam low gable form was exposed on the interior, and banks of skylight either side of the ridge beam now flood the living spaces with sunlight warmth and glimpses of the steep surrounding hills.
The exterior form is little changed and the colours are dark and fresh, celebrating the revitalisation of this charming and familiar NZ suburban modernism home.
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JMA has been operating in Wellington, New Zealand since 1990. It has a distinctive aesthetic that seeks to combine our passion for materials and colour with a desire to create uniquely tailored architecture for the individual or specific organisation. The studio has completed projects around New Zealand, including Auckland and Nelson.
The team endeavours to create architecture that speaks of its sites and surroundings, with grace, poetry and personality – unencumbered by blind conformity and dictates of transient fashion. JMA works together with clients and builders to craft beautiful forms and engaging spaces that make the heart leap and the soul sing.
Practicality and comfort are so fundamental to quality building, form and space. The heart should leap, the eyes should widen and the soul should sing. This is the aim of architecture.
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