2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards Winner
Openfield House
This assured composition of stacked platonic forms holds its ground against the vast scale of the landscape and volatility of the environment. A corrugated roof recalls the region’s vernacular structures, while sculpted earth mounds both cradle and protect the house, settling it firmly into the foothills. Inside, geometric rigour is expressed through a nine-square grid. Sliding screens play against robust concrete elements to animate the interior, while the main suite, carved into the roof void, is crowned by an oculus that gathers light and telescopes the view. Throughout, refinement is evident in the acute attention to materiality, tonal harmony, and texture, all hallmarks of a design of high calibre.
- Practice
- Keshaw McArthur Ltd and Matheson Whiteley (UK) in association
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Southern
