Raglan Beach House

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Nestled into the hill driving down into the laid back surf town sits the extensively renovated Raglan Beach House.  The site was chosen for the sweeping 180⁰ east to west views across the harbour, the notorious raglan bar and around to Mt Karioi. The Client brief called for a complete makeover of the outdated 1970s existing block and brick house to make way for a modern yet understated family weekend beach retreat. The existing floor plan was completely transformed to bring the kitchen and living zones to the north and west of the first floor and move the master and upstairs bedrooms to the north and east respectively.   

The ground level was transformed into a fully self-contained two-bedroom accommodation unit providing ample space and privacy for extended family and guests. Aesthetically the refined palette of horizontal and vertical dark-stained cedar, extensive glazing and plastered existing brick in olive, earthy tones were chosen to meld into the existing residential context. Due to the success of the project, the Clients now reside here full time commuting to nearby Hamilton every day for business.  

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We're small enough to take care of everything from your modest residential renovation and big enough to design, document and deliver multi-million-dollar industrial and commercial facilities, with the in-house expertise to cater for all projects in between.

Dickson Lonergan Architects (DLA) was founded in Whanganui in 1974 with founding partners Bruce Dickson (retired) and the late Barry Lonergan. Once fully established in the Whanganui region, DLA then started to expand the business, first into Wellington in 1999 with Barry and Glenn starting up the capital city office. Then came the Timaru Office headed up by Murray Ackroyd in 2005 and the further expansion to Hamilton in 2010 with Martin Swann. 

The opportunity then arose to open an Auckland office in 2015 with Alana moving north from Wellington. Now with 5 offices, DLA has evolved from its humble beginnings into a nationwide practice, with a passionate team of architects and designers who specialise in all fields from commercial, residential, industrial, interiors, education and public projects through to DLA’s main stay of large scale dairy and food processing architecture.