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New Zealand

Wanaka Alpine House / Daniel Marshall Architects

January 5, 2023March 3, 2016 by Aline Chahine
Wanaka alpine house / daniel marshall architects

Wanaka is a lake side tourist town in the midst of the Southern Alps, the spectacular mountain range that runs the length of the South Island of New Zealand

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Wakatipu Guest House / Team Green Architects

January 5, 2023May 4, 2015 by Aline Chahine
Wakatipu guest house, new zealand / team green architects

Designed as guest accommodation in the grounds of an existing rural property in Dalefield, Queenstown, New Zealand

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The Len Lye Centre / Patterson Associates

January 5, 2023September 18, 2015 by Aline Chahine
The len lye centre / patterson associates

The building is conceived of as an anthropomorphic temple but in the Polynesian tradition of a Wharenui (meeting house) with an identity in itself …

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The Bonita Room Alteration / Irving Smith Architects

January 4, 2023October 15, 2015 by Aline Chahine
The bonita room alteration / irving smith architects

An architect’s house is a thing to play with, a bit like life. Perhaps even more so when its an architecture inherited almost unchanged from Alec Bowman’s original 1960 design …

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offSET Shed House / Irving Smith Architects

January 3, 2023October 19, 2015 by Aline Chahine
Offset shed house / irving smith architects

From a context of accrued simple shed-esk dwellings in an isolated and south facing New Zealand coastal surf community, a strategy of sequencing building ‘sets’ (aka surf) was generated to scale new form to its surrounds

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Korora / Daniel Marshall Architects

January 2, 2023September 30, 2010 by Aline Chahine
Korora / daniel marshall architects

A ridge stretching between the Hauraki Gulf and the pastoral landscape of Waiheke Island provided a stunning, and challenging, context in which to design a home.

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Kirkmay House / Dorrington Atcheson Architects

January 2, 2023September 28, 2016 by Aline Chahine
Kirkmay house / dorrington atcheson architects

This compact site in Kohimarama presented the opportunity to design a home on a reduced platform that dropped off to a cliff and pocket of native bush

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Ironbank / RTA STUDIO

January 2, 2023November 27, 2010 by Aline Chahine
Ironbank / rta studio

A manifestation of a cross contamination of the two contrasting street conditions …

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House in Te Hihi / Strachan Group Architects

December 30, 2022September 15, 2016 by Aline Chahine
Te hihi / strachan group architects

Having purchased a lifestyle block in rural Karaka, near Auckland, New Zealand, the clients approached Strachan Group Architects to design their new house

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House Under Eaves / MRTN Architects

December 30, 2022September 26, 2016 by Aline Chahine
House under eaves / mrtn architects

Located in a new subdivision less than an hour from Auckland this new house was one of the first built on a flat site …

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Hollway House / Daniel Marshall Architect

December 30, 2022February 11, 2016 by Aline Chahine
Hollway house / daniel marshall architect

The site is a long stretch from a suburban Mellons Bay street, to a sandstone cliff that overlooks the gulf islands.

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Eyrie Houses / Cheshire Architects

December 29, 2022December 27, 2015 by Aline Chahine
Eyrie houses / cheshire architects

Eyrie comprises two houses near Kaiwaka. Each is barely larger than four sheets of plywood

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Clevedon Estate / Herbst Architects

December 28, 2022November 8, 2015 by Aline Chahine
Clevedon estate / herbst architects

The project comprises of 2 new pavilions. The siting of these pavilions is alongside an existing large H shaped house.

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Castle Rock Beach House / Herbst Architects

December 28, 2022September 22, 2015 by Aline Chahine
Castle rock beach house / herbst architects

A holiday house for primarily summer use with a boatshed /garage. The house will not be used as a permanent residence

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Broomfields / Dorrington Atcheson Architects

December 28, 2022August 2, 2016 by Aline Chahine
Broomfields / dorrington atcheson architects

This property in the green-field landscape of Whitford was once an assembly of three gable-roofed buildings in red clinker brick …

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Deja vu but different: how the fall of one New Zealand city helped save another

February 9, 2017 by Aline Chahine
Deja vu but different: how the fall of one new zealand city helped save another

Infrastructure became a national talking point after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated Christchurch in 2011, but were lessons learned?

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