2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Mawhitipana House
Hovering within a grove of established pōhutukawa at the top of a steep, narrow site, this retreat is a project of enjoyable contrast. Restrained yet sophisticated, modest yet bold, simple yet complex. The two axis parti of a deck for living, intersected by a floating timber box for sleeping, provides delightful spatial contrast. The clarity and elegance of the floating timber box is achieved through care in detailing, the refined steel structure, and in deftly hiding the services. In the living level, the feeling of being in nature is enhanced by timber linings, the high level of transparency and a lack of structure. The volume seamlessly stretches out to the decks and connects with the landscape.
- Practice
- MacKay Curtis
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Auckland
