Kina House

By JTB Architects

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The vision for this project was to create a home for the client's early retirement years that provided a strong connection to the surrounding coastal and rural landscape. The site is located on the south side of Kina Peninsular, offering key vistas towards Mt Arthur and the Kina Estuary.

The resulting building is low slung and steps onto the site to keep a low profile, however is grounded and punctuated with a large vertical precast chimney, contrasted with the stepped and floating roof forms.

The house is divided into two wings to create sheltered courtyards to the east and west, to protect against prevailing winds and allow for Northern light to penetrate into the living spaces. A night lounge is tucked off to the side of the main living area to provide a sung and retreat from the high glazed and pavilion like living area.

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JTB Architects is an award-winning NZIA Registered practice, founded in Nelson in 1986. We now work from studios in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Wānaka, on projects around New Zealand. We design beautiful contemporary buildings of all sizes and across a broad range of project types.

Design-led
We are a design-led practice which is committed to understanding and responding to our client’s needs with professionalism, energy and creativity. With each project we aim to find the optimum balance between sustainability, value and design quality, based on our client’s priorities. We design robust and durable buildings without compromising aesthetic quality.

Committed to sustainability
Innovation forms a central part of our approach in relation to materials technology and energy use. We are members of the New Zealand Green Building Council, and our business is also EKOS Zero Carbon for Business Operations.