About

Light House.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A luxurious family home designed as a city oasis, featuring generous living spaces, outdoor areas, and abundant natural light, completed in 2012 to meet the needs of a growing family.

Title:: Light House
Architect:: TEAM Architects Auckland
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Completed:: 2012
Photographers:: TEAM Architects Auckland

Our clients’ brief was for a fully featured family home of generous proportions that would meet their needs as they raised their two children. It would be a city oasis with the comforts and level of finishes typical of a luxury resort. The requirement was to maximise the floor area, incorporate additional living areas, provide opportunities for outdoor living, and capture the sun, light and views.

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Visitors to this impressive three-storey home are welcomed through a substantial rosa zinc-clad pivot door on the uppermost level. A pair of columns frame the view across the central dining space out to the terrace and valley beyond. High-level motorized clerestory ‘gun-slit’ windows on all four sides bring in light – creating the effect of ‘floating’ ceilings – and control the release of heat.

The middle level contains three bedrooms (all with terraces), a home theatre, wine cellar and laundry. On the lower level are the gym, study, and a guest bedroom that opens out to an expansive terrace with access to the pool and garden. A glass-open lift shaft serves all three floors and brings light into the internal stairwell.

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Professionals used

TEAM Architects AucklandArchitects

TEAM Architects Auckland

Architects

Kingsland, Kingsland, Auckland

teamarchitects.co.nz

TEAM Architects Auckland. Specialising in enduring design that balances creativity and pragmatism, TEAM Architects Auckland is a mid-sized practice working on projects throughout New Zealand. Every project impacts lives, whether it’s a homeowner, residents of a housing project, occupants or visitors to business, healthcare or recreation facilities.  We design to make a difference, optimising the social and cultural exchange between environment and individual. We seek to create buildings and places that are inclusive, meaningful, and transformational. Founded in 1992, we bring diverse experience and deep expertise to our commercial, public, residential and multi-unit housing projects. Working from Auckland, we’re well grounded in the challenges and opportunities that arise when designing in complex environments — such as New Zealand’s largest urban centre.