Guest
“Discreet and restrained from the street, this house opens up across an impressive precipice to excellent views of Lake Wakatipu. The attention to planning, orientation and siting has resulted in a variety of internal and external spaces that provide numerous options for enjoyment, no matter what the weather conditions.” Jury citation, NZIA 2018 Southern Architecture Awards Located on a steeply sloping site over looking the shores of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, this family home seeks to capitalise on views to the lake and mountains whilst wrestling with the complexities of a steep escarpment that diagonally cuts the site in two. The steepness of the site presented challenges not only from a construction perspective (as the site is located on a rocky outcrop) but also by the height control envelope which restricted roof form heights once over the edge of the escarpment. The solution was a series of stepped levels contained within two wedge shaped forms designed to fit under the height cont
