Waiheke House

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Year of completion
2023
Building style
Contemporary
Client
A and G

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“We were introduced to Tom Rowe from RB Studio by loving his Volcano House in Devonport. Having discovered who owned it, we were luckily allowed to visit, and from there contacted Tom with ideas of our new house. Our brief was to have an open modern home, lots of glass to the extensive views, a light airy “Japanese feeling” building.

The land we had bought in Waiheke faced north, with views over the bay, views over vineyards to the west and a sheltering hill behind. The existing two small 70’s cottages were removed and replaced by Tom’s design of the main house and separate studios, for painting ceramics. I wanted something special, but I didn’t want to spend a fortune, so we tried to keep a balance, spending on the important areas and being sensible about cost where it didn’t matter or where we felt we could save.

Our builder was great, Willie James of James Bros. He kept prices under control as much as possible yet worked to produce a spectacular and well built house.

Tom was happy for us to use our builder and our engineer; he was always willing to listen to our input and we were involved with the whole process. Tom is easy to connect with, and we enjoyed our discussions on aesthetics and practicalities. During his visits he looked keenly at work done. There were many discussions and final details perfected. Charlie (Tom’s Assistant) was in constant contact with willie also.

The end result is a house that already feels like a home crossed with a stylish resort, perfect.

Thankyou, Tom.”

A + G

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RB Studio is a design-focused practice. Quality to us means a commitment to producing buildings that endure - physically, practically and aesthetically. After careful communication, we apply innovative thinking to create solutions that transcend the brief. The client-architect relationship is fundamental to this process.

Our work is characterised by clarity, tactile materiality and the dynamic interplay of volume, light and mass. These attributes are the building blocks of good design and are the real forces that shape good architecture.  Through a process of continual critique and refinement, our aim is to develop individual design solutions that meet the needs of our clients.  We maintain a specialist team that focuses on projects with a cultural and artistic dimension.

As a team we strive to remain flexible, allowing us to maintain a high level of quality and consistency over the design, documentation and delivery of all work we produce. Our team are committed and dedicated toward producing well thought out architectural solutions that are practical to build and functional to occupy.  

We utilise technology which includes three-dimensional coordination, graphics, colour rendering and modelling. This technology enables precision and performance, while allowing the office to maintain strong and consistent design.  We develop individual design solutions that respond and reflect the client's brief. These solutions are refined over the project development. The client relationship is strengthened by on going communication and dialogue throughout the project. Communication begins with establishing values and principles that aggregate into a concept-driven design approach and outcome. We work alongside a highly skilled team of consultants including Geotechnical and Structural Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, Planners, Landscape designers and Project Manager. These consultants are engaged at critical stages in our projects to ensure performance to realistic budget and time expectations.

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