Horizons Clifftop Home

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Architectural home on challenging site - 2016

Seldom do you have the opportunity to throw convention to the wind, and use what many considered impossible to generate innovative design inspiration.

This house sits atop a steeply sloping ridge, sheltered beneath a 400 year old pōhutukawa tree with expansive views in two directions. Exposed to both elements and two horizons, this house is oriented for generous solar gain with private living that follows the sun.

A prefabricated performance enclosure and low maintenance exterior is coupled with innovative hand-crafted interiors and recycled material from the site and original cottage therein.

  • Size: 220m² 7 split levels. 4-bedroom, 2 bathroom, studio + open plan
  • Foundation/floor: Deep concrete piles, insulated slab and soil nails
  • Cladding: Profiled sheet metal roof & walls 
  • Windows: Thermally broken double glazed aluminium 
  • Heating: Passive solar + heat pump UFH + wetback wood burner + pool 
  • Lighting: Low voltage LED throughout - many fittings custom
  • Wastewater: Council connected
  • Freshwater: Dual: Filtered rainwater + mains
  • Upcycling: Rimu, blue glass, mesh, copper, garden rocks (gabions), tyre walls
Hello there. Thank you for getting in touch. We like to think we are really responsive, and put you first - but we do also get busy from time to time. If you haven't heard back from us in a few days - please feel free to contact us via our website. https://www.vitruvion.co.nz/contact Many thanks. Tonia and the team @ Vitruvion.
City living
Primary suite
Indoor outdoor living
Command central - the kitchen
Repurposed rimu throughout
Horizons Clifftop Home
Horizons Clifftop Home
Horizons Clifftop Home

Products used in
Horizons Clifftop Home

Brownbuilt 900 Roofing & Cladding
Brownbuilt 900 Roofing & Cladding
By Dimond Roofing

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Horizons Clifftop Home

Dimond Roofing
Dimond Roofing
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Vitruvion
Vitruvion
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At Vitruvion we design and build sustainable high performance housing for you to enjoy now and for future generations.

Using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) with other manufactured systems our buildings are faster to build onsite, more durable, and cost less to run.

Better for you, better for the planet.

Your home should reflect you, your taste, your site, your budget, without compromising performance.

​Choose one of our customisable designs, we’ll individualise it for you and you get to build and move in more quickly. Or we can architecturally design a home that’s perfect for you and your site.

View our designs and completed homes on at www.vitruvion.co.nz 

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