Black on White
By Noel Jessop Architecture
Type & GFA – Residential, 413m²
Year completed - 2015
The building presents a set of concerns to do with light & shade, solid & void. These are followed through into the material selection including recycled brick & blackened timber. The building form differentiates spatial conditions on site.
Arriving at the end of a long driveway, the journey has only just begun. A home sits coolly, waiting to be admired.
The perfect lines of the black stained cedar garages merge seamlessly with the rest of the exterior, to striking effect against a white brick-clad wall.
A bold pivoting door swings back to reveal an extension of the white wall coursing through the hallway to the gallery. Before you slide back the signature barn door and set foot inside “the loft”, it might pay to inhale deeply – the light-filled open-plan living space with 5m-high glass walls is breath-taking. Enviable views look over a golfing green to the Waikato River. Each space in this four-bed, three-bathroom home enjoys its share of the sweeping vista. In the kitchen, stainless steel countertops add an unexpected industrial elegance. Indoor-outdoor flow through moving walls provides a warm welcome and sense of informality not often associated with state-of-the art living.
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Noel Jessop Architecture is a Hamilton based architectural design team. We are a multi-award winning practice and have an exceptional portfolio of work that can be viewed at www.nja.co.nz.
Our experience encompasses coastal and rural homes, large scale residential, commercial and industrial developments, which has led to numerous architectural awards both locally and nationally.
We are proud to have been regularly published in Urbis, NZ Home and Garden and Homestyle magazines.
NJA strives for the highest standards of client service, design and documentation. At the completion of each project the aim is to have achieved a building that is beyond the client's expectations. Our commitment to providing superior service to our clients has been recognized with a nomination for a Business Excellence Award by the Waikato Chamber of Commerce.
Each project is analyzed for its special requirements and opportunities: the end result being not a preconceived idea but a combination of the client's requirements and desires, the site and the budget. Critical consideration is given to the project's specific environmental and historical location, and to the appropriate materials and construction methods of the locality.
NJA believes good design will produce sustainable, functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces and buildings that have an enduring quality over time.