2016 Auckland Architecture Awards Winner
Omahu Road
The roof of this house picks up on the characteristics of the surrounding Arts and Crafts neighbourhood and artfully reinvents them. It is the perfect foil for the lightly articulated living spaces upon which it hovers. Upstairs, sleeping spaces fold down into a traditional 'attic' through which full-height, shafted windows provide slices of sky views. Through tailored, aristocratic detailing and material selections a discreet, Chinoiserie quality has been achieved. This house appears to have been effortlessly 'painted' into its neighbourhood, but unlike its brooding neighbours, it is a picture of openness and light.
- Practice
- Fearon Hay Architects Ltd
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Auckland
