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Location
Kaiwharawhara, Wellington
Year of completion
2019
Project cost
$1m - $2m

The design is a play between shelter versus outlook, and solids versus voids, aiming to maximise sunlight while maintaining privacy. It features excellent indoor/outdoor flow, low maintenance materials, and accentuated views, including 2 stories, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and a double garage with extra storage.

The concept integrates two contrasting forms: a solid, anchored sleeping area embedded in the hill, and a floating protective shell over the living areas below. This results in a pre-cast concrete 'bunker' inspired by Wellington's bunkers, with a modern angular roof that frames stunning views of Wellington Harbour.

Cosgrove Goodwin Architects
Wellington
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Cosgrove Goodwin Architects Ltd is an architectural practice based in Wellington, New Zealand. Formed through a collaboration in 2001 by Registered Architects Ged Cosgrove and Lance Goodwin.

The practice offers a collective environment developing your lifestyle aspirations within both the physical and personal context of your brief, budget and setting.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.