2018 Hawkes Bay/Gisborne Architecture Awards Winner
Mangatahi
This expansive farm house in a picturesque rural and garden setting is part of a successful courtyard arrangement that includes working facilities and storage buildings. At first glance, the farmhouse appears to belong to an earlier time, one in which houses grew to accommodate the needs of succeeding generations, and verandahs, gardens and sheds were added over time. However, the house itself is new, and the planning and forms of the house flow as a well-considered, interlocking series of indoor and outdoor spaces. Rather than providing a single large, open-plan living area, the architects have designed living spaces that are identifiable and satisfying. The underlying geometry is consistent, which creates a satisfying balance between order and surprise in the sequence of spaces.
- Practice
- Architecture HDT Hawkes Bay Limited
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
