Street front and entrance to a cedar screened home designed for a Hamilton family by Edwards White Architects.

Screened Gables

2023

Typology: House
Location:
Hamilton
Builder:
SJR Builders
Photographer:
Simon Wilson

With its clean lines and elemental forms, this family home provides a tranquil sanctuary protected from the busy suburban environment. Through contrast, scale, and materiality, Screen Gables challenges the traditional conception of a gabled home. A cedar rainscreen conceals the home's functional aspects while establishing a distinctively formal entrance. Beyond the formal entry threshold, the house assumes a more playful and homely character. A large, light-filled living room opens to a garden and swimming pool area, providing a harmonious connection to the outdoors and a peaceful respite from the outside world.

The building's clean lines and elemental forms challenge the traditional approach to entry and street appeal. The cedar rainscreen offers a critique of these challenges, while providing protection and privacy to interior spaces.

- Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects
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