Dune House

This project is a new holiday home located within a coastal golf resort north of Auckland. The site provides magnificent views to the ocean and over the golf course. However, the environment is also subject to strong winds and harsh dune conditions, so the building had to respond to these challenges. The building is to set low into the land, with flat timber rooves cantilevering out to form generous covered verandahs. The layout breaks the house area into separate wings for living and sleeping zones, creating a series of sheltered courtyard spaces between. Moroccan limestone walling was used which mimics the tone of the sand, in combination with oiled cedar for both wall and ceiling planes. Colour accents come through with rusted corten steel, and peacock blues of the pool. Landscaping responds to the dune setting with desert plants and enhances the references to mid-century American modernism in the architecture.