Journal | June 2024

 

Waiheke House | Featured in Home Magazine

 
 

“There is a refined level of architectural simplicity here. Two storeys of glass, steel, and concrete block, carefully set between a hill and the vast views of the ocean. That level of transparency has meant the interior has been kept linear and uncluttered, with the few aesthetic moves — such as stairs, inbuilt furniture, kitchen, and hearth — enjoying a Donal Judd–like simplicity of geometry and materiality.”

 
 
 
 
 

“Just as the circulation and social spaces are all arranged around the impressive glazed wall, the more private areas have been nestled into the hillside, where a type of cuboid concrete block form reads as a strong shelter, cocooned from the light-filled, openness elsewhere.”