2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Kahutara House
At first glance, Kahutara is an elegant shed in a paddock. As you draw closer, conceptual clarity and exacting execution are revealed. A skilful play on shed and gabled-roof geometry creates a restrained, yet dynamic form. Under the roof to the east and west of the S-shaped plan are two generous verandah rooms. These textural intermediary spaces connect the interior with the broader landscape and enable sheltered, elemental experiences of the domestic rituals of dining, living and bathing. The internal sliding door, beautifully engraved with the poutama, embodies the notion of turangawaewae specific to the owners. This home is a place of connection – to land, whānau and whakapapa.
- Practice
- Patchwork Architecture Ltd
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Wellington
