Coastal House
By Tennent Brown Architects
The brief called for three bedrooms to accommodate guests, a pool and a large workshop garage for their boat. They sought a house in timber using wood from a family member's land and incorporating sustainable principles. The building is two distinct shed like forms lifted from a rural vernacular on the brow of the hill. The higher pavilion to the cliff edge houses the living spaces and the main bedroom. The second pavilion houses the guest rooms and extensive garage. This rural typology is continued through the interior using steel, concrete and timber finishes and a large steel encased fireplace and TV unit for a more industrial look.
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- 2009 NZIA Branch Award
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Tennent Brown is concerned with people, how our buildings and environments will affect their experience. We design to uplift the quality of life, of work, play and wellbeing of those the buildings serve. Architecture is built around people, and every design is an individual's or organisation’s story: their hopes and aspirations for a building that is their own.
People entrust us with realising some expression of themselves, to translate that into built form. We take that seriously. Ours is an architecture of listening and understanding: a humanist architecture.
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