By a.k.a Architecture
A grand Newtown dame with a need for some 21st century attention. The Berlin-based clients emailed the brief from Europe: new kitchen, utility and family spaces with upgraded bedrooms and living. Timeless design respecting the age and quality of the original. Zoom meetings cement the planning and look. Covid means an earlier return to Godzone and a building site. New terrazzo flooring reflects their time spent wandering European galleries. A talented joiner works magic with Oak and Italian ceramic. Externally, the overwall timber slider brings the outside in, and vice versa. The family settles back into NZ life with coffee brewing and mates over to hang out in the modified spaces.
Completed 2021
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.