By Noel Lane Architects
A finely crafted cedar roof hovers above a terrazzo platform, acting as a pavilion that negotiates between native bush on one side and the view of a beach on the other. Detailing and structural expression is deliberately concealed to express a fine and light aesthetic. Materiality is crafted to patina, allowing the building to visually soften over time against the surrounding bush. A services enclosure contains a kitchenette, bathroom, and mechanical plant room within a cedar box that is set back under the pavilion and against the bank. Elevated from the surrounding lawn, the pool platform is a podium positioned for view, anchored back to the hill and demarcated from the lawn with a stone wall.
Work in-conjunction with Noel Lane Architects, in association with RB Studio Bay of Islands, 2012 Winner - NZIA Auckland Award 2015 - Small Project Architecture Photography Credit - Sam Hartnett
Noel Lane Architects continues to research lifestyles and their related environments of work and leisure. Our aim is to observe astutely and correspondingly develop individual appropriate design solutions.
We see the visibility of the director and his ongoing conceptual input on all projects as an important responsibility in building the integrity of the practice. We are committed to the professional execution of our designs in complete contract terms and ensure our practice is structured formally to perform and deliver its client promises.
We see ourselves as clearly offering a service product and consider the client relationship of paramount importance. The client’s satisfaction is directly related to an ongoing involvement in the project and we accept a firm responsibility in ensuring a high degree of orderliness in this regard.
Constant liaison with Project Co-ordination Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and Structural Engineers at all critical stages in our projects ensure performance to realistic budget and time restraints
Noel Lane Architects are actively involved in domestic and commercial commissions specialising in one off individual projects. We do not seek the “Avant Garde” as our signature but rather that our designs should meet peoples’ needs in a practical and aesthetic way and at all times give a sense of understandable joy to the occupier of the spaces created.