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Year of completion
2023
Project cost
$1m - $2m
Building style
Contemporary

In revitalizing this large home, we considered how we can make family life easier on a daily basis. We took as much care to enhance the small, hidden, practical everyday spaces as the real showcase public areas.

We utilised the high pitch of the roof and worked around an existing bedroom to create a new open-plan kitchen, dining and living area with a snug plus a new master suite and garage. To achieve a cohesive effect, every room was reworked. A cathedral ceiling fills the new living area with light. It faces out through a covered deck to the lawn and pool so parents can sit and enjoy these spaces watching children playing outside. The home has a rugged, lodge-like exterior and inside it is light and soft. Materials add warmth, making it inviting and cosy.

A subtly rich textural palette includes battened timber around cabinetry doors, paired with grey stone benchtops and splashback. Through a beautiful reeded glass and steel door, those same materials continue through to the scullery/laundry, hidden behind the kitchen. In a wall of storage cabinetry, a clever sliding battened screen moves up and down to conceal/reveal the TV and a laundry chute is handy in one of the renovated bathrooms.

This place truly celebrates the both the grand and the small moments of family life, offering different spaces that bring joy.

Photo Credit - Simon Wilson

Awards and
recognition

2022
Best Awards
Residential - Bronze
Rogan Nash Architects
Auckland
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About the
Professional

Rogan Nash Architects is an award-winning Auckland based architectural and interior design practice providing boutique design with exceptional service, founded by Kate Rogan and Eva Nash. 

Our creative team delivers innovative and flexible design solutions that support sustainability wherever possible. We focus on new houses, additions and alterations, small commercial projects and hospitality. 

Rogan Nash Architects is an NZIA practice member.