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Ponsonby House.

ArchiPro Project Summary - A transformative renovation of a double-bay Ponsonby villa, featuring a new kitchen addition and enhanced living spaces that seamlessly connect to the outdoor deck and garden, completed by DEC Construction Ltd and designed by Law Sue Davison Ltd.

Title:: Ponsonby House
Architect:: Becroft Howie Architects Ltd
Category:: Residential/; Renovations and Extensions
Completed:: 2019
Photographers:: Becroft Howie Architects Ltd

This double-bay Ponsonby villa had a very skinny low-roofed lean-to which housed a dreary kitchen, and the bathrooms and laundry needed to be updated. Our client was keen to remove the lean-to and build a new addition housing the kitchen. Our design solution was to relocate the kitchen further back into the former dining room so that the new dining/living area could open straight onto the deck and garden beyond.

The addition has transformed the once pokey living area into a bright and modern space. By lifting the ceiling height over the new addition the room seems much larger. The house feels twice the size but the footprint remains unchanged.

New extra tall bi-folding doors open the house to the fabulous “green wall” (designed and curated by our client). The new timber deck, with extra-wide boards, serves as an all-year-round outdoor living area.

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Structural Engineer: Charles Sue, Law Sue Davison Ltd

Builder: DEC Construction Ltd

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Takapuna, Auckland

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Becroft Howie Architects Ltd. Becroft Howie Architects is a registered NZIA Practice committed to innovative, responsive and sustainable architectural design. The practice aims to promote the Vitruvian ideals of “firmness, commodity and delight” with a pinch of Kiwi ingenuity. We seek out opportunities for sustainable design - via creative repurposing of existing construction elements, whenever possible, and by consciously promoting architecture that is an authentic response to the site, context and our clients’ brief and budget.