2017 Canterbury Architecture Awards Winner
Fendalton Road House
Post-earthquake, this home balances remembrance and reinterpretation within the footprint of its 1910 predecessor. The white, triple-gabled house sits confidently within the existing garden at the centre of the property. Symmetrical in both planning and form, the house is entered through an exaggerated central hall. The double-height space houses a sculptural spiral stair and connects the two ground floor wings. Familiarity is established through planning: functions are rehoused with a careful re-ordering of spaces allowing improved connections to the existing garden. A new-found flexibility is provided through a series of pocket doors, curtains and retractable windows, allowing for more intimate proportions which reference the former house and open new possibilities. The success of this house lies in its honest references to what was and its bold acceptance of change.
- Practice
- Patterson Associates Limited
- Category
- Housing
- Location
- Canterbury
