




The existing bungalow and garage required updating to accommodate the needs of a young family and to maximise the outdoor living available. The site in Westmere sloped away from the street façade, with little connection to the backyard.
The house consists of 4 main elements – the original house now houses three bedrooms, a generous family bathroom and a second open living space/playroom for the children.
A living pavilion with extensive north-facing glazed sliders and linked to the bedroom block via a glazed sloping link, is compact yet highly functional and provides an all year round connection to the backyard.
The timber shelving divider houses storage for the kitchen and a satellite desk on one side and the tv, stereo and bookshelves on the living room side. A built-in window seat and freestanding fireplace complete the space.
The kitchen features black and white railway tiles and gaboon ply cabinetry.
Across the courtyard, the original garage has been repurposed into a flexi-room for music, art, play and study.
The courtyard itself is a continuation of the living pavilion and flexi-room which both open seamlessly onto this sun trap.
The addition is in an unapologetically modern style with bandsawn ply and aluminium joinery in contrast to the traditional weatherboard house.
Photographer: Emma-Jane Hetherington
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We're an architecture and design studio creating warm spaces for human connection. We believe architecture thrives on play and exploration, where clever solutions and clear dialogue create a dynamic interplay between all the elements of a project, bringing them all into balance.
Our directors, Tim Dorrington and Sam Atcheson, have spent over twenty years developing a design philosophy that's playful, balanced and inclusive. Clever solutions to interesting challenges are one of the hallmarks of our work, as is an eternally-youthful enthusiasm for creating truly transformative design. We like to think of it as delivering just enough surprise to truly delight our clients.
We're proud of the impact our team has made on the built environment of Aotearoa, with multiple NZIA Awards to our name and a roster of happy clients. We specialise in residential projects, but have also had success with retail and commercial environments.
Our approach is highly collaborative. While we often draw on the rich lineage of mid-century modernism, we're not design dictators. Every project is a response to site, budget and our clients dreams and objectives. It's an honest and open process, which reflects in the materiality of our buildings and the experience of the spaces we create.
Our design philosophy:
playful, human, balanced, clever, inclusive, transformative.
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