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Stand-Alone House Design Ngā Whare Tūwehe

1. Site Design 2. Placing the Building 3. Street to Front Door 4. Outdoor Spaces 5. Accommodating Cars 6. The Building
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Work with the Site
  • 1.3 Design the Site and House together
  • 1.4 Respect the neighbours
  • 1.5 Good quality infill development
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The spaces around the house
  • 2.3 Privacy and outlook
  • 2.4 Designing for the sun
  • 2.5 Types of House
    • 2.5.1 Detached or 'stand-alone' houses
    • 2.5.2 Zero lot line houses
    • 2.5.3 Courtyard Houses
    • 2.5.4 Accessory dwelling
    • 2.5.5 Extended family House
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Designing for neighbourhood character
  • 3.3 Designing for safety and amenity
  • 3.4 Creating privacy
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Provide for an outdoor lifestyle
  • 4.3 Design for accessibility
  • 4.4 Optimise your landscaping
  • 4.5 Respond to the neighbourhood
  • 4.6 Design for stormwater treatment
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Integrating parking, garaging and access with the street
  • 5.3 Parking options
    • 5.3.1 Parking beside the house
    • 5.3.2 Parking under the house
    • 5.3.3 Parking behind the house
    • 5.3.4 Parking in front of the house
  • 5.4 Designing the driveway, shared accessway or lane
    • 5.4.1 Designing for safety of children
    • 5.4.2 Driveways for rear sites and shared access-ways
    • 5.4.3 Lanes
  • 5.5 Garages as flexible spaces
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Building form and appearance
    • 6.2.1 Building height and mass
    • 6.2.2 Primary building elements and details
  • 6.3 Weather-tightness
  • 6.4 Building performance
    • 6.4.1 Keeping the heat inside the house
    • 6.4.2 Move the heat around, and ventilate the house
  • 6.5 Planning for all ages and abilities

Case Studies

  • Addison, Takanini
  • Anselmi Ridge, Auckland
  • Arapai-Urale House, Auckland
  • Box™ Bassett Road, Remuera, Auckland
  • Brown Vujcich House, Auckland
  • Courtyard Houses, Seatoun, Wellington
  • Detached House, Remuera , Auckland
  • Lester Street, Hobsonville
  • Living Spaces, Dandenong
  • Preston Starter Home, Otara, Auckland
  • S House, Mount Eden, Auckland
  • Tagata Way, Mangere
  • The Block, on St Johns Road
  • Zero Energy House, Point Chevalier, Auckland

    Detached House, Remuera , Auckland

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    Overview

    This is a detached contemporary house that utilises the entirety of a small inner city section of 232 square metres. The house uses the neighbouring Victorian cottage as its precedent, together they present a striking street view.

    Project Summary

    Project Summary

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This house is a recipient of an NZIA Award in 2007.

    The location for this house is in Remuera, within 300 metres of the Newmarket railway station. The street was developed in the 19th century with a diverse range of cottages and villas. Today the street has a number of different sized infill developments, and there has been various additions and alterations to the original housing stock.

    This site contained one of a pair of narrow one and half storey cottages that were originally moved from Wahi in the early 20th century.

    The neighbouring cottage is the precedent for the design response. The two can be considered a pair, one the restored example of a 19th century cottage, the other its contemporary translation.

    The architect has very creatively designed a house that provides a range of delightful interpretations of the client’s brief which could have otherwise been quite ordinary.

    The design has responded cleverly to a difficult site given its relative narrowness. The simple main form of the house is to the front of the site, providing a strong street presence. At the rear of this form, the design cleverly blurs the line between the internal and external aspects of the house.

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