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Japanese Charred Addition.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A thoughtfully designed addition featuring charred cedar, a solid oak staircase, and a dual wall kitchen, enhancing the existing home while providing a seamless connection to nature and modern living.

Title:: Japanese Charred Addition
Architect:: a.k.a Architecture
Category:: Residential/; Renovations and Extensions
Photographers:: a.k.a Architecture

A cul-de-sac site with tree views from all angles. Clients needing extra space and a clear entry for a new family. A decision to modify and add to the existing frontage following a similar scale and line of the existing house. Sloping roofline, sloping ceilings and a good dose of timber weatherboard - this time with a Japanese angle of Charred Cedar. A new solid Oak stair is inserted linking to the increased living area. A dual wall kitchen has sheet stainless benching and Ash frontages. The addition space includes a black windowseat framing the existing trees with access out to a rooftop deck. The existing timber windows are replaced with double glazed versions and the family bathroom becomes green with tiles.

Completed 2022

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Products used in Japanese Charred Addition

Custom Orb® Corrugate Roofing | CladdingSteel & Tube

Vitex DeckingITI NZ

Viking Enviroclad FBSViking Roofspec

Buddy Wall Mount MixerPlumbline

From$799

Cirque 550 Right Wall BasinPlumbline

$899

Professionals used in Japanese Charred Addition

a.k.a ArchitectureArchitects

PRE-DESIGN / SKETCH CONCEPT

DEVELOPED DESIGN

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PRE-DESIGN / SKETCH CONCEPT

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PlumblineManufacturers and Suppliers

ITI NZManufacturers and Suppliers

TIMBER CLADDING

WEATHERBOARDS AND CLADDING

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TIMBER CLADDING

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Viking RoofspecManufacturers and Suppliers

EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING SUPPLIER

APPROVED APPLICATORS

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EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING SUPPLIER

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Steel & TubeManufacturers and Suppliers

a.k.a Architecture

Architects

Mount Victoria, Wellington

akaarchitecture.co.nz

a.k.a Architecture. aka Architecture is an award-winning practice specialising in residential and boutique commercial work. aka was founded in 2007 by Anne Kelly, with Karl Wipatene joining the team in 2019. The practice is committed to providing a personal approach, guiding the clients through the various stages to ensure a successful project. We are committed to producing designs that are client and site specific. aka Architecture has a particular interest in buildings that employ a strong sense of materiality, simple but clever composition of form, and a controlled use of light to redefine spaces. a.k.a Architecture Ltd is a Wellington based practice.