Tetris House by O'Neil Architecture

ArchiPro Project Summary - Contemporary apartment-style home in Christchurch, designed to maximize views and light while ensuring privacy, featuring a dramatic suspended staircase and a seamless blend of form and function.

Title:: Tetris House
Architectural Designer:: O'Neil Architecture
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Photographers:: Sarah Rowlands Photography

Our clients wanted a contemporary “lock and leave” apartment-style home located on the hills overlooking Christchurch.

We started the design process by arranging a series of built forms, strategically positioned to maximise the views, orientation, and contours of the site. With clear vistas positioned deliberately to connect to the landscape, each space feels voluminous and generous, with room left for movement between zones. Thoughtfully positioned windows and walls allow light through without compromising on privacy.

The upper level consists of the main living and social areas, while the lower level features the bedrooms, including a spacious master suite and outdoor terrace. A single piece of folded steel is crafted into a dramatic staircase suspended from the ceiling. Shafts of light filter through the black steel rods throughout the day.

The home seamlessly blends form and function, creating an elegant and inviting space that is both timeless and durable.

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Products used

Estatuario E01/E01RArtisan Stone

Professionals used

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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

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Architectural Designers

Canterbury

oneil.co.nz

O'Neil Architecture. With over 20 years experience and an extensive portfolio of award winning homes, O'Neil Architecture has built a solid reputation designing architectural homes. Founder and Principal Architectural Designer Darren O’Neil leads this small boutique office, along with Senior Designer Jacinda Shirley, Senior Technical Designer Phil Ngenang, and Practice Manager Lucy Ross. We specialise and focus on high quality residential design with the purpose of providing exceptional outcomes by intentionally limiting the number of projects undertaken. Whilst being design driven, our practice has a firm interest in the feasibility and pragmatics of construction. We listen to your needs and amalgamate your brief with our aesthetic direction, the specific site requirements, and environmental considerations. Our priority is ensuring our documentation is of the highest quality to assist your builder in creating an inspired, timeless, and elegant home. This comprehensive approach provides our clients with the stress free, rewarding experience they deserve; and a truly superb house that will exceed all expectations. We offer professional services from conception to completion. We’re different because we do not apply a standard percentage like many other practices. Each project is assessed and quoted individually, our fee structure is competitive and depending on the project we can usually offer a fixed price quotation.