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The Coast House is on New Zealand's South Coast, accessing The Catlins and Fiordland National Park. 

The Coast House is on a North facing site which backs into the sand dunes. The aim was to keep things low and work with the landscape.

The design is for a holiday home retreat, a Hideaway Home.

The house is constructed using Passive House ideology.

Materials are raw and stripped back internally. Rather than over lining the SIPs wall panels (Structurally Insulated Panels) we have stained them and worked with their texture to add a richness and a lodge like feel to the internal spaces. 

Stacey kept things interesting with a table tennis table instead of a kitchen island and dining table. She challenged herself and produced a home with no plasterboard linings.

The Coast House was awarded Green Home of the Year 2021 in Home Magazine Home of the Year.

Photographer: Ben Ruffell

Awards and
recognition

2021
Colorsteel Awards
Finalist for: The Coast House
2021
Home Magazine
The Coast House won Green Home of the Year
2022
NZIA
Southern Architecture Award
2022
TIDA
New Zealand Architect New Home of the Year
2022
World Architecture Network
Small Spaces Award
2022
Resene
Resene Colour Award
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About the
Professional

staceyfarrell.com is an award-winning boutique studio lead by Stacey Farrell- an Architect who strives to produce remarkable bespoke architecture from offices in Queenstown, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia. She works intensively with local and international clients on projects of all types, locations, scales, and budgets.

Stacey graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Auckland University in 1995. She has been a Registered Architect since 1998. The design focused studio leverages this latitude of experience to deliver truly special spaces suited for each and every client and site.

Stacey is a member of the New Zealand Registered Architects Board, and the New Zealand Architects Co-operative Society.

Stacey has also been a NZIA Local Awards Juror and Jury Convenor.