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Wanaka Residence Four

This Wanaka house is a holiday residence for the owners who are based in Dunedin. Clad in local stone with strong simple lines, the house sits on a ridge overlooking Lake Wanaka and the surrounding mountains.

The house is designed as a stone box articulated with recesses on the northwest elevation, and black metal projections around windows on other elevations. The garage cladding is black standing seam long-run metal and cedar has been used for reveals.

The four-bedroom house incorporates an open plan living dining kitchen area with an indoor- outdoor room which can be opened up to the view. The exterior doors slide into the wall and a skylight adds to the feeling of being outside. This room provides shelter from any wind.

The interior also showcases the schist work along with a combination of materials including blackened steel and American Oak.

A courtyard defined by a stone wall on the north end of the residence provides the main outdoor living.

Landscaping is simple and allows for the house to sit comfortably in the environment.

Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4
Wanaka Residence 4

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For over 60 years, McCoy Wixon Architects have been designing stand-out architecture throughout the South Island of New Zealand. That experience has underlined a fact: that listening and fully understanding the client's needs determines a project's success.

McCoy Wixon Architects are known for designing exceptional residential homes, commercial buildings and educational facilities. We are a design-led practice. That means each project is conceptualised by working through a process, where design solutions address each point in the client’s brief. The result is structures that function beautifully, impact appropriately with their environment and – most importantly – fulfil (often exceed) the client’s expectations.

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