Westborne House.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Contemporary family residence in Remuera featuring a central gallery space, seamless indoor-outdoor flow, and a design that harmonizes with the surrounding architectural context.

Title:: Westborne House
Architect:: Julian Guthrie Architecture
Category:: Residential
Photographers:: Julian Guthrie Architecture

This residence is a contemporary family home located on the northern slopes of the traditional suburb of Remuera. The three levels of the house are linked by a large gallery space that reinterprets the traditional central hallway of the villa running the length of the house from the front door. The plan provides no layering of formality, but instead has several connecting spaces that suit daily family life and a relaxed New Zealand manner of entertaining. All areas flow directly to the terrace, which also provides several living spaces that vary in quality from semi-enclosed to fully open.

The exterior of the house borrows the complexity of the surrounding character houses. The street elevation features a zinc shingled bay protruding from a white painted weatherboard facade.

The aim of the design is to create an Auckland family home that is entirely contemporary, and yet timeless through maintaining a dialogue with the surrounding built context.

Photography by: Patrick Reynolds

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Julian Guthrie Architecture. Julian Guthrie is the director of Julian Guthrie Architecture Ltd, having led a practice since 1999. Julian Guthrie leads a boutique office team specialising in the design of innovative and enduring private homes and beach houses. Julian’s work has received numerous awards from the New Zealand Institute of Architects, and been published extensively in both local and international publications.