Raglan Rest

2020

Typology: House
Completion: 2020
Location: Raglan
Builder: SJR Builders
Photographer: Simon Wilson

This site on the foothills of Karioi presents a dichotomy of challenge and opportunity. The expansive outlook over the rolling green of Rangitahi Peninsula towards Raglan harbour draws out the inquisitor and explorer. The immense and open landscape informs a robust formal response, and its climatic condition requires an architecture that is willing to offer refuge and protection. Fulfilling its role as a sculptural object and a dwelt space, this building aspires to both honour and contest the intensity of the encompassing landscape.

The entrance to a dark cedar clad house as seen from the concrete driveway.
Outside the house with the countryside in the background and the swimming pool in the foreground.
Interior design of the dining space that opens up onto the deck, with views out to the hills.
Spacious kitchen with dark cabinetry and cedar cladding on the interior walls. The window design runs along behind the kitchen sink.
The interior design of a large kitchen island with a bowl of pineapple and a cedar wall behind.
A man and his daughter are sitting with their feet in the pool in front of the architecture on a sunny day.
A concrete path leading to a spa tub that looks out over the landscape.
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This country house admirably meets the client’s request for “a house of clean lines and open spaces” that capitalises on the amazing views.

- Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects
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