Nestled in the picturesque countryside of Karaka, Auckland, New Zealand, Olive Grove House is a stunning family home that seamlessly blends modernist design with its serene rural surroundings.
The response of renowned architects Young+Richards, to a families need for a new home after living on the land for many years in a small barn house.
This breathtaking abode is set amidst a picturesque olive grove, offering unobstructed views of the rolling hills and verdant landscape and estuary beyond.
The inspiration behind Olive Grove House, as described by the architects, was to create a contemporary bespoke family home set amongst a beautiful established olive grove.
With its clean lines, minimalist aesthetic, and expansive windows, Olive Grove House appears to be an extension of the landscape itself. The seamless integration of the house with its surroundings creates a sense of fluidity, blurring the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living. The result is a home that is not only visually stunning but also deeply connected to its environment.
Interestingly the clients are both busy pilots and the upstairs master suite with its stunning view gives the inhabitant a feeling of being poised in the air and provides a quiet refuge from busy life.
The design response to materiality was to use a lot of timber and natural materials. The neutral colour palette both inside and out takes cues from nature with the stunning precast concrete outdoor fireplace being a special moment within the home allowing for relaxed rural entertaining.
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Young+Richards+ is an architecture and design studio with a broad approach operating between the worlds of architecture, interiors and development.
Established in 2007 and based in Auckland, Young+Richards+ commenced as a boutique design practice and now is a collaboratively lead our 45 person team which is split between our design studio producing bespoke high-end architecture, interiors, development consultancy and digital visualisation, and our documentation studio which specialises in systemised documentation for housing projects.
Young+Richards+ practice uniquely combines a passion for the detail of the interior environment as well as large scale exterior and master planning projects with specialist ability in 3D visualisation and systemised construction.
A focus on the small scale and attention to detail is borne out in both residential and commercial projects that showcase a passion for material and interior space.
Regardless of scale, we thrive on providing solutions to client’s needs and working together with clients to provide individually tailored and considered design responses.
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