By staceyfarrell.com
The Black House is our forever home.
The house evolves as we move through our lives.
We carefully constructed in stages as finances allowed, leaving room to grow.
Part One was built on a small scale to explore what worked. It was warm and comfortable. We enjoyed living in a small 70m2 home and spent many happy years there.
The building platform for Part Two was established when Part One was designed and built. The large garaging and storage provided many options.
Part Two grew up and out. A three-bedroom home 180m2 atop existing garage and workshop.
The buildings are surrounded by nurtured trees filled with birds. The green and black materials blend into the native environment. Sympathetic design and construction techniques provide warmth in the alpine setting. Part Two is built using Passive House construction methods.
Part One was planned to be a future ‘granny flat’ for family members. It could also house the Design Studio should it expand.
Finally, as we ourselves age it will enable us to house our caregivers comfortably, and close by.
The Black House part one and two were awarded Home Magazine's 2022 Green Home of the Year.
Photo Credit - Ben Ruffell
staceyfarrell.com is an award-winning boutique studio lead by Stacey Farrell- an Architect who strives to produce remarkable bespoke architecture from offices in Queenstown, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. She works intensively with local and international clients on projects of all types, locations, scales, and budgets.
Stacey graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Auckland University in 1995. She has been a Registered Architect since 1998. The design focused studio leverages this latitude of experience to deliver truly special spaces suited for each and every client and site.
Stacey is a member of the New Zealand Registered Architects Board, and the New Zealand Architects Co-operative Society.
Stacey has also been a NZIA Local Awards Juror and Jury Convenor.
Awards
The Black House won Green Home of the Year 2022. Home Magazine.
The Coast House won Green Home of the Year 2021. Home Magazine.
The Coast House was a finalist in the Colorsteel Awards 2021.
Home for a Winemaker was a finalist in the 2020 TIDA New Zealand Architect-Designed Kitchen awards.
The Black House part one was awarded a NZIA Southern Architecture Award.
The Black House part one was a finalist in House of the Year. NZ Living Channel.
Speargrass Flat Road was a Finalist in Cavalier Bremworth UnBuilt Architecture Awards 2012.
Publications:
"Big House Small House - New Homes by New Zealand Architects" by John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds.
"Small House Living - Inspiring New Zealand Houses Less Than 90m2" by Catherine Foster.
*Wallpaper, The Local Project, Home Magazine, Pendulum, NZ Life and Leisure, Urbis, NZ House and Garden, Architecture NZ, The Australian Women's Weekly, New Zealand Herald, Canvas magazine, ProDesign, Remix, Alfresco, Interior Detail(s), New Zealand on Holiday, New Zealand Retail Business Magazine
Television:
Extreme Homes HGTV USA, NZ Living Channel House of the Year.