Mt View 2 by Dorrington Atcheson Architects

ArchiPro Project Summary - Contemporary bungalow renovation maximizing light and views, featuring a seamless kitchen, living, and dining area, generous outdoor deck, and thoughtful design elements that enhance family living and connection to nature.

Title:: Mt View 2
Architect:: Dorrington Atcheson Architects
Category:: Residential/; Renovations and Extensions
Completed:: 2022
Building style:: Contemporary
Photographers:: Simon Wilson

Mt View 2

Roadside this bungalow gives little away of the green-filled valley it overlooks from the rear. The renovation has maximised this outlook bringing much needed light and sunshine into the living spaces and incorporating wide views of the garden and the borrowed landscaping beyond.

Kitchen, living and dining seamlessly co-exist and are spacious enough to allow the family to be together within this space and apart at the same time. A generous window seat provides a delightful spot for sunbathing.

The roof design is an echo of the existing house roof with high level windows flooding the space with light and afternoon sun. Large sliders open to a generous deck, further encouraging a connection to the outdoors.

The kitchen/dining area is designed as a hub for family living. Corners are curved to ease the natural flow around the island block. The use of the green panels further highlight the connection to the outside and the timber panelling plays well against this.

A butler’s pantry and laundry is tucked behind the main kitchen and can be shut off when required. An open shelving unit integrates into the main kitchen and conceals the door to the main bedroom. These repeat the curved edges of the island block and provide the perfect spot for cookery books and other precious objects.

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Dorrington Atcheson Architects

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Dorrington Atcheson Architects. We're an architecture and design studio creating warm spaces for human connection. We believe architecture thrives on play and exploration, where clever solutions and clear dialogue create a dynamic interplay between all the elements of a project, bringing them all into balance. Our directors, Tim Dorrington and Sam Atcheson, have spent over twenty years developing a design philosophy that's playful, balanced and inclusive. Clever solutions to interesting challenges are one of the hallmarks of our work, as is an eternally-youthful enthusiasm for creating truly transformative design. We like to think of it as delivering just enough surprise to truly delight our clients. We're proud of the impact our team has made on the built environment of Aotearoa, with multiple NZIA Awards to our name and a roster of happy clients. We specialise in residential projects, but have also had success with retail and commercial environments. Our approach is highly collaborative. While we often draw on the rich lineage of mid-century modernism, we're not design dictators. Every project is a response to site, budget and our clients dreams and objectives. It's an honest and open process, which reflects in the materiality of our buildings and the experience of the spaces we create. Our design philosophy: playful, human, balanced, clever, inclusive, transformative.