2025 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Clements House
Clements House by Athfield Architects is the culmination of a decades-long client-architect relationship and was one of Sir Ian Athfield’s final sketches. The design employs a minimal and refined material palette of rendered wall, galvanised steel, and kahikatea. These materials are confidently utilised from the large scale through to the detailing, with every element of the house carefully considered. The planning allows the couple to live within a main living and bedroom wing, and to expand the house for extended family into a guest wing accessed via a bridge. The house is playful, featuring kinetic sculptures and garden follies with elements like double-storey sash windows and a fireman’s pole. The landscaping offers generous outdoor living spaces that connect the building’s wings in the picturesque landscape.
- Practice
- Athfield Architects Limited
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Canterbury
