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FIRST WINDOWS & DOORS —— Outside in

Zandra, a holistic health practitioner.
“It’s really peaceful and felt right, and
the plans also met our expectations
of the home we wanted to create for
our family.”
Of his design, Tane says: “One of
the site challenges was the narrowness,
and its falling contour. It really looked
like a site that you could not fit a lot
on. To address this, a series of cascading
floors and a central pitched pavilion
formed the basis around which the
house was organised. Lower, flat-
roofed structures surround the more
vertical two-storey structure. From
the outside, large glazed areas let in
an abundance of light while providing
a connection with small private gardens
to give a broader sense of defined
interior space.”
From breaking ground to moving
in, the process took 12 months. Having
worked in the construction industry
for 25 years, Robert is well-versed in
the technical side of building and chose
to engage the expertise of CJW Build.
“Craig Wallace and his team are real
craftsmen,” he says. “We didn’t want
to micro-manage them, so we paid >

TOP Passages linking the communal and quieter
areas of the home feature Metro Series picture
windows that reveal the Japanese-inspired planting
the couple worked on with local expert Graeme
Burton of Rukuhia Homestead Landscaping. LEFT
The main living area steps down to a media room,
the open connection allowing conversations to
continue between the two.

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