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Hideaway Home.

Tara Iti

Title:: Hideaway Home
Architect:: Abri Architects
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Completed:: 2021
Building style:: Contemporary
Photographers:: Kelvin Lim

Our clients wanted a private luxurious hideaway for themselves and their visitors to spend time in when visiting New Zealand from their native USA. The location, directly adjacent to the first fairway on one of the world’s most well-known and respected golf courses certainly added a hint of complexity to an otherwise quite simply stated brief.

A palette of subtle, natural textures was chosen, along with a simple and elegant form, to hide the building ‘in plain sight’. Located only seventy metres from the middle of the first fairway, the house barely attracts attention, with many golfers failing to notice this gem nestled amongst the sand dunes and vegetation that itself forms part of the complexity of this challenging links.

Working with our internationally respected interior designer client was certainly rewarding, and meant we were encouraged to work at a level of detail seldom touched upon in residential design in New Zealand. The result has been a carefully crafted and beautifully built house that belies its simplicity and delivers a relaxing and calming living environment for its owners and visitors.

From the Client -

"We very much wanted to work with Abri to achieve the very best outcome for our site at Tara Iti.

Building a new home halfway across the globe during the Covid pandemic certainly had its challenges !

Working with the team at Abri was easy and enjoyable. I felt no concerns or worries about the outcome.

The home entertains and lives well with us when we are there. We are very pleased with how it ‘feels’.

We’ve had such wonderful feedback and comment. One of the most common comments we have had is that it feels ‘gracious’."

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The use of natural materials in the home was always going to be important, with it being located in such a sensitive environmental area. That there was a desire to allow the building to blend seamlessly with its context only added to that need.

The result is a building that blurs the transitional space from inside to outside, despite the forms being quite regular, and the materials used internally compliment the natural textures and colours of the surrounding landscape.

At various points in the house, views to the outside are emphasised, and occupants are kept aware of exactly where they are and how the building relates to the ‘edge’ between heavily forested land, via the rough ‘link land’ to the coast beyond.

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Products used

Pneumatic Access HatchesAdlux

GreenStuf® Thermal Wall PadsGreenStuf®

Professionals used

Abri ArchitectsArchitects

ACH Consulting EngineersEngineers

DBJ - The Craft of Custom CabinetryCarpenters & Cabinetmakers

Lindesay ConstructionConstruction

AdluxManufacturers and Suppliers

RESIDENTIAL SKYLIGHTING

LANTERN ROOFS

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RESIDENTIAL SKYLIGHTING

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ITI NZManufacturers and Suppliers

INTERIOR TIMBERS: FLOORING & PANELING

EXTERIOR TIMBERS: CLADDING, HARDWOOD DECKING

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INTERIOR TIMBERS: FLOORING & PANELING

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HFC GroupCivil Engineers

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

CIVIL ENGINEERING

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

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Boffa MiskellLandscape Architects

ASSESSMENTS AND RESEARCH

PLANNING AND STRATEGIC POLICY ADVICE

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ASSESSMENTS AND RESEARCH

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Abri Architects

Architects

Parnell, Auckland

abriarchitects.co.nz

Abri Architects. Abri has completed a wide and varied repertoire of work since inception. The company has remained medium sized and is able to offer personal attention to our clients' needs. We can quickly analyse a brief and advise on a recommended process to get the best out of the site, budget and requirements.We are all highly qualified and enjoy working in a team environment. This approach is one of the keys to any successful development, and our ability to interact with our clients, other consultants and construction personnel ensures that a diversity of skills are available to provide an inclusive approach to problem solving - leading to a better result.We have projects completed as far afield as Turangi, Hawkes Bay, Northland and the Coromandel as well as the Fiji islands.We use the most up to date computer modelling techniques, and these enable all participants in the process to easily and fully understand the concept and intent of the design work we produce. Communication is key to successful design and our technology allows us to interact with remote clients easily and effectively.