Tata Beach House  | 

Awards: NZIA 2008 Local Award

            NZIA 2009 Colour Award

Published: Home NZ Dec 09

This holiday home, with stunning views overlooking Tata Beach, is designed to sit unobtrusively within the elevated setting.
 

The house is angled and fractured with the roof broken in two, the large picture window is tilted to avoid reflections and colours are dark and recessive to blend with the shadows. These techniques assist the house to sit lightly on the hillside and blends in with the bush backdrop.

Inside, walls of rooms are subtly angled to follow the axis of views to the beach and the islands. Upper rooms open out onto a large deck with the completely private swimming pool, while downstairs bedrooms look out though trees to the sea.

The darkness of both the inside and exterior is offset by bright colour accents of red and orange, references to the pohutakawa and gum flowers on the site. The exterior features a Corten (self rusting steel) balustrade that echoes the weathered granite landscape on which the house sits.
 

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