Windmill Cottage
By Rain Studio Architects & Designers
When the clients bought the house, it was a collection of mismatched forms on the outside, with awkward proportioned rooms on the inside. Everything was tired and dated, and the house was cold and dark. A major renovation with a new entry joining internal garaging to the body of the house, brought light, warmth and cohesion to the house. The clients bought this property for their retirement; coming from the dry Outback of Australia, the lush pastoral landscape near Matakana is a refreshing change, and the house is designed to complement their semi-rural green idyll.
The natural finishes of timber and terracotta bring warmth to a cool neutral palette. Together these provide a backdrop to the clients’ eclectic art and furniture collections.
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Rain brings new life and possibility. Rain cleanses and refreshes the world and us. As a design-led practice, Rain Studio focuses on delivering solutions that serve the lifetime needs of the end-user occupants of our buildings. The spaces we create are beautiful, liveable, and responsive; we aspire to create an environment of abundance.
The relationships between people and place are at the heart of all of our work at Rain Studio, and we believe in a synergetic approach of mutual respect and responsibility, to design and to humanity’s place within the natural world.
Designing for the future is a fundamental aspect of our work, recognising that the needs of households and businesses change over time. We believe in working with nature to create sustainable built environments.
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