Sylvia House
Our clients chose this house for its location rather than its architectural merits. Located on a generous, sunny site handy to schools and shops, the original house was pokey and small with a very tired kitchen and bathroom.
After much thoughtful consideration our clients opted for the simplest intervention: removing some of the walls to liberate space and to create an open-plan living, dining and kitchen area. The interior transformation to this modest house was spectacular. The house now boasts a beautiful new kitchen, family bathroom and laundry, with new deck. This work represents stage one of further planned additions which may occur as the family grows.
Structural Engineer: Charles Sue, Law Sue Davison Ltd
Builder: Complete Building Works Ltd
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Becroft Howie Architects is a registered NZIA Practice committed to innovative, responsive and sustainable architectural design. The practice aims to promote the Vitruvian ideals of “firmness, commodity and delight” with a pinch of Kiwi ingenuity. We seek out opportunities for sustainable design - via creative repurposing of existing construction elements, whenever possible, and by consciously promoting architecture that is an authentic response to the site, context and our clients’ brief and budget.
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