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Wanaka House.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Wanaka House: A low-slung architectural marvel nestled in a gentle gully, harmoniously blending with the natural landscape while providing privacy and seasonal engagement, featuring a distinct garage entry and elegant design elements.

Title:: Wanaka House
Architect:: Studio2 Architects
Category:: Residential/; New Builds

The house was conceived as objects on the land, immersing the user in the surrounding natural landscape and the changing seasons.

The house is low slung and nestled into the landscape, wedged into a gentle gully on the site, allowing for privacy from surrounding dwellings and protection from the northwesterly wind. The house is elegant and transparent, an object touching the land lightly.

The garage to the east is disconnected from the main house allowing for a modulation of the built forms in the landscape. This is also the entry point to the house, moving between the timber garage wall along a sculpted gabion wall. Steel sections placed in this wall provide light shafts into the east of the house.

The house is to be enjoyed throughout the year, socially and as a retreat from city life.

Photography by Patrick Reynolds

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Studio2 Architects. GREAT MINDS, THINKING ALIKE. Hello. Chances are you’re here because you’re excited about doing something architecturally special when it comes to your build or design project. Studio2 Architects exists for people like you; curious, thoughtful people who have a desire to express themselves through unique spaces, tactile materials and, ultimately, a special place to call your own. It’s our role to make that happen by coming with you on the journey ahead. We are an architectural studio with decades of proven experience and many exciting projects behind us. We’re passionate about creating spaces and designs that are not only bespoke and beautiful – but, importantly, work for you and are designed around your lifestyle. That’s why all of our projects are built around the aspirations of you, the client. Not the other way around. We look forward to working with you. But first, have a look around to find out a little more about who we are, what we do, and how we do it.