Waiwetu Street House
By Sheppard & Rout Architects
Situated on a large rear section in Fendalton, the brief for called for a generous, but comfortable home to accommodate and bring up a young family, while allowing plenty of space to allow the owners to entertain at a large scale.
The house was designed as a series of gable forms positioned in a linear manner, creating the appearance of a home not dissimilar to the famed houses of the Christchurch Style. Instead of using heavy concrete block to produce these forms, the gables are clad in natural-stained cedar timber to attain a house that appears to have a lighter impact on the ground in which it sits.
The ground floor is occupied by the home’s numerous living, media, and play spaces, as well as garaging, and one bedroom; most of which either open to the sheltered entertaining courtyard or tennis court. Another three bedrooms and a master suite run along in the ‘top’ gable.
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We aim to produce humanist architecture comprised of stimulating and inspirational spaces and places.
We are a design-based practice that believes in providing tailor-made solutions to an individual client's needs. The fundamental objective of the practice is to develop architecture that is appropriate to its specific site, wider context and intended use while being robust, flexible and environmentally-aware.
These variables are used along with the appropriate structural considerations to develop buildings with well-suited form and style, instead of approaching the design from a stylistic standpoint.
The practice was established in 1982 in Christchurch by David Sheppard and Jonty Rout. In its 40 years the practice has carried out a wide range of projects covering many types and in numerous geographic locations. The founding partners brought to the practice extensive design and construction experience gained while working with other offices in both New Zealand and overseas. Tim Dagg joined Sheppard & Rout in 1986 and Jasper van der Lingen in 1993 and they both joined David Sheppard as Directors in 2006.
With David Sheppard now retired and Jonty very sadly passed away the practice is led by Directors Jasper van der Lingen and Tim Dagg and three Associate Directors; Matt Gutsell, Jonathan Kennedy and Steven Orr.