Helmores Lane House
By Sheppard & Rout Architects
A timeless modernist home designed by Associate Director Jonathan Kennedy for his own family. Set on a long north-south orientated site in Merivale, the site is surrounded by an established garden and an incredible backdrop of trees in Hagley Park.
Expansive lengths of thermally broken glazing connect the house with large external terraces, pool and garden, and also ensure uninterrupted views to the surrounding garden and lawn. Large picture windows of glass extend above the ceiling level to provide vistas from various areas of the house to the trees and park beyond.
The house is considered a social house, with large slide-away doors, expansive double-height volumes and a plan arrangement that places the kitchen area at its core. A highly considered palette of luxurious finishes have been selected throughout, which include engineered oak flooring, wool carpets, Italian polished plaster and exotic blends of natural stone, oak and soft-touch joinery.
The house includes the latest solar panel power technologies, hydronic water and space heating systems, integrated heat pumps and automated lighting and audio systems – all seamlessly integrated into the houses design. Whilst the interiors are flooded with natural light, concealed LED lighting effects bring the house to life at night.
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We aim to produce humanist architecture comprised of stimulating and inspirational spaces and places.
We are a design-based practice that believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. The fundamental objective of the practice is to develop architecture that is appropriate to its specific site, wider context and intended use while being robust, flexible and environmentally-aware.
These variables are used along with the appropriate structural considerations to develop buildings with well-suited form and style, instead of approaching the design from a stylistic standpoint.
The practice was established in 1982 in Christchurch by David Sheppard and Jonty Rout. In its 40 years the practice has carried out a wide range of projects covering many types and in numerous geographic locations. The founding partners brought to the practice extensive design and construction experience gained while working with other offices in both New Zealand and overseas. Tim Dagg joined Sheppard & Rout in 1986 and Jasper van der Lingen in 1993 and they both joined David Sheppard as Directors in 2006.
With David Sheppard now retired and Jonty very sadly passed away the practice is led by Directors Jasper van der Lingen and Tim Dagg and three Associate Directors; Matt Gutsell, Jonathan Kennedy and Steven Orr.