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A serene renovation of a 1970s house, blending Asian architectural influences with modern resort-style living, featuring hipped-roof pavilions, enhanced natural light, and seamless indoor-outdoor connections around a central pool.
Project Type: Renovation
Hidden in a wooded valley, this 1970s house, influenced by Asian architecture, has been remodelled and extended for 21st century, resort style living.
Sheltering, hipped-roof pavilions feature their original, delicate exposed timber framing and kauri sarking, and are enhanced with new zinc cladding. These form islands within a horizontal roofscape reaching out into the natural setting. Expansion to the original floor plan and the addition of a glazed entry gallery have set up a series of long vistas through the spaces which creates a wonderful sense of connection and calm.
The spaces are characterised by variations in ceiling shape and volume: some are darker and more cave-like, while others are bathed in light and flow under deep overhangs to sheltered outdoor living spaces arranged around the central pool.
Photographs by David Straight
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