Mt Eden House

By Parkes Architecture

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Design for a new home in a leafy street in Mt Eden providing internal garaging, space to work from home, a pool and a lifestyle well suited for family.

Located on a street with a mix of modern homes and character villas, the design was inspired by its context, while providing for a low maintenance and contemporary feel. A modernised verandah deck provides built-in seating for regular use and the ability to stay connected with the neighbours.

An asymmetrical gable roof form is extruded back, capping a clean-lined vertical profiled metal upper storey, resting on the painted brick-clad ground floor form. Each level’s cladding provides a contrast in texture and weight, which breaks up the 2 storey proportions and adds a level of craft and visual interest.

Generous glazing and sliding doors at the back provide a visual indoor/outdoor connection to a generous deck and pool area which traps the sun, and creates a safe, sheltered environment for the children to play and the adults to entertain in.

Mt Eden House
Mt Eden House
Mt Eden House
Mt Eden House

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Auckland-based practice offering bespoke, design-focused solutions of the highest quality for residential and small commercial projects.

Approach

Parkes Architecture is motivated to produce outstanding results which our clients can contribute meaningfully to through the design process, to achieve optimal end-product value from their investment. This applies across the spectrum of project sizes – from a small house alteration to a complete new development.

We believe that through close collaboration with our clients, and rigorous exploration of each project’s potential, a high quality product can be produced which richly reflects the client's functional, social, economic and aesthetic needs.

Clear communication of processes and ideas - and an open-minded attitude to innovations and out-of-the-box thinking is something we pride ourselves on. We understand that it is critical that our clients are listened to, guided where required and kept in the loop all the way through their project’s development.

Being environmentally responsible and energy efficient are particularly important considerations in our design work. It is more important than ever to us that our designs get the best value out of these principles when the opportunities present themselves. In most cases this can be done without any increase in project cost – all it takes is to be integrated tactfully into the design from early on.

Ultimately, our aim is to help our clients achieve maximum value (in all senses of the word) for their investment; while producing an enriching end-product which they can be delighted with, and enjoy long into the future.

Background

With an expansive and award-winning background in New Zealand architecture, practice director and registered architect, Adam Parkes, draws on a wealth of experience in several of the country's leading architecture practices - working on a wide range of project typologies from residential alterations & new-builds, to various scales of complex commercial architecture.

Parkes Architecture is proud to be a New Zealand Institute of Architects Practice member.