By Johnston Architects
Located on a large lifestyle block amongst rolling farmland paddocks, this large family home faces east, overlooking the famous Moeraki boulders and the boundless Pacific Ocean beyond.
Commissioned as a ‘forever home’ for a recently retired couple who wanted to ensure their entire family could visit comfortably, the house is composed of 5 gabled pavilions clad in black weatherboard and linked to one another with delicately glazed corridors.
The pavilions are planned to be one room deep with a corridor to the rear, to ensure that all of the habitable spaces enjoy the spectacular ocean views, whilst the living and kitchen spaces have a dual aspect and open out to the evening sun and a sheltered north-west facing the courtyard.
Elegant fair-faced concrete walls are placed along with the paved decks that front the house to provide privacy between the bedrooms and panoramic views.
Johnston Architects is a design-led studio specialising in high-quality new-build residential and commercial projects throughout New Zealand.
We pride ourselves on crafting rigorously planned and immaculately detailed projects that exceed client expectations. With almost 100 years of combined experience delivering architectural projects of exceptional quality in New Zealand and overseas, our tight-knit team of talented designers will ensure that your project is tailored to suit your quality and budgetary requirements.
Johnston Architects is committed to reducing the environmental footprint of our work. We strongly believe that the creation of well-crafted, timeless architecture is the key to sustainable design and we ensure that sustainable strategies are employed seamlessly into the overall design to enhance the comfort, quality, and delight of your home.
Our work is always informed by a site's physical and cultural setting. Working in some of the most remarkable and scenic locations in the country has resulted in a body of work that responds to its context in a timeless and elegant manner.