This new home in Whangaparaoa is nestled amongst the branches of protected Pohutukawa, looking through greenery to the Wade River as it flows into Arkles Bay. The brief for this project involved a new four bedroom home, with complete privacy from the street and maximum views over the water.
Nestled into the trees on a city-fringe site, this project celebrates its structure. The brief for this project was to create a new home for an architectural design firm that complements the business while championing new construction technologies. A key feature to be included was an open-plan studio space that encouraged collaboration between employees.
Nestled into the trees on a city-fringe site, this project celebrates its structure. The brief for this project was to create a new home for an architectural design firm that complements the business while championing new construction technologies. A key feature to be included was an open-plan studio space that encouraged collaboration between employees.
Located in a suburban area between Western Springs, Mt Albert, and Morningside, this home is situated on a street full of historic villas. This project focuses on the renovation of a 1900’s character villa, and the addition of a contemporary extension, which sits comfortably within the streetscape.
This new home in Whangaparaoa is nestled amongst the branches of protected Pohutukawa, looking through greenery to the Wade River as it flows into Arkles Bay. The brief for this project involved a new four bedroom home, with complete privacy from the street and maximum views over the water.
Located near Oneroa Beach, Waiheke Island, this home is positioned on a very steep site, facing north with views towards Hekerua Bay and beyond, with access from the southern located driveway. This new build was designed to fulfil the clients’ specific requirements and to maximise the coastal views using a limited budget.
Located on the coastal Manukau Harbour of Auckland, this home is positioned on a large site facing the sea to the south and sloping steeply down to harbour reserve and water edge. The project extensively refurbishes, alters and adds to an existing house, an outmoded 1970’s bungalow.
An award that has been selected by the Houzz community of more than 35 million users worldwide – including more than 1.4 million in Australia / New Zealand. The award recognises the high quality of the company’s work and the popularity of projects uploaded to Houzz website.
Located on a steep coastal piece of land in Murrays Bay, this new dwelling sits boldly forward of its neighbours, providing privacy and unparalleled outlook. This project maximises clifftop views at each cascading level, the upper level feels like a penthouse apartment with open plan living and generous skylights, while providing privacy from neighbours and allowing for extended family to reside in the same house.
The apartments apply principles of adaptive re-use to create a unique development utilising existing structure. The exterior of the apartments incorporates a strongly defined entrance using repeating dark louvers with cedar highlights, breaking up the horizontal form of the building. Generous communal areas are provided with units designed for light, outlook and privacy.
The apartments apply principles of adaptive re-use to create a unique development utilising existing structure. The exterior of the apartments incorporates a strongly defined entrance using repeating dark louvers with cedar highlights, breaking up the horizontal form of the building. Generous communal areas are provided with units designed for light, outlook and privacy.
An award that has been selected by the Houzz community of more than 35 million users worldwide – including more than 1.4 million in Australia / New Zealand. The award recognises the high quality of the company’s work and the popularity of projects uploaded to Houzz website.
Located on a large rural site at Scotts Landing, the house sits in a West facing steep slope overlooking stunning views across Ngaio Bay and Mahurangi Harbour. The house has been designed as upper & lower wings forming a T shape on plan partly as a response to the steep site by avoiding height restrictions and reducing earthworks but also making the most of the uninterrupted sea views.
With an open scope we were able to provide a new lease of life to this existing Parnell Apartment Building, with the injection of colour, texture and low maintenance materials. A previously unassuming street façade now injects vibrancy and intrigue into the streetscape with perforated red box forms, adding interest while providing privacy and separation for the breezeway.
We have created a home that is simple in form, ensuring cost effectiveness with no wasted space. Based on an efficient footprint of 64m2, the house features open plan living with economical circulation areas and hallways, and simple straightforward storage solutions. The smaller footprint and relative site area under 400m2 provides proportional scale and context that is quickly becoming a new way to live.
Located in Whangarei, on a large rural site, the project consists of two developments. At the road side, the summer house and boat shed structures alongside the tennis court and landscaping. Higher up, the new house has been designed with a master bedroom wing, a living wing and a bedroom wing, stretching across the site to maximise the views of the surrounding valley and ocean.
The essence of the design is a simple, butterfly wedge-shaped form mirroring the shape of the adjacent mountain, with entry on the east side to reflect the Sthāpatya Veda design principles. This striking form is expressed with a recycled power pole shell floating above a dark cladding base. Bricked walls at either end of the wedge are recessed to create protection from the elements doubling as a light box, creating a play of light in the evening.
The essence of the design is a simple, butterfly wedge-shaped form mirroring the shape of the adjacent mountain, with entry on the east side to reflect the Sthāpatya Veda design principles. This striking form is expressed with a recycled power pole shell floating above a dark cladding base. Bricked walls at either end of the wedge are recessed to create protection from the elements doubling as a light box, creating a play of light in the evening.
A crisp white boat house with traditional, clean gable forms create a strong axis to the building on both levels with metal roofing, timber battens and traditional timber weatherboard cladding. An inviting double storey entry draws the visitor through the house to the open plan livings spaces and private outdoor spaces to the rear. The entry provides separation from the sleeping wing and gives access to self-contained sleeping spaces upstairs.
A new home for a young family in the high density historical suburb of Parnell. A combination of weatherboards, titan and plaster, combined with low lying roofs break up the forms and comply with planning controls. Boxed bay windows, eyebrows and blade walls used to break up the two main vertical rectangular forms of the home. The layered approach combined with the intersecting stairwell has graded the structure and softened its vertical mass as it rests comfortably within the site.
A new home for a young family in the high density historical suburb of Parnell. A combination of weatherboards, titan and plaster, combined with low lying roofs break up the forms and comply with planning controls. Boxed bay windows, eyebrows and blade walls used to break up the two main vertical rectangular forms of the home. The layered approach combined with the intersecting stairwell has graded the structure and softened its vertical mass as it rests comfortably within the site.
The home has been designed around the existing garage and footprint of the existing ground floor, recycling as much of the existing slab and groundwork structures. A combination of cedar shiplap vertical and horizontal, metal cladding and plaster have been used combined with low lying roofs help to break up the buildings form. Working with the existing parameters and layered approach, has resulted in a modern home that rests comfortably between neighbouring high and low properties on a cliff top site.
This high ceilinged, open plan home is an entertainer’s dream, with a large kitchen and spacious larder flowing through the dining and living areas out to the swimming pool. A range of materials have been utilised to identify the various portions of the home, and define spaces.
We were inspired by the introduction of a Pacific flavour to the existing building. The beautiful, architecturally designed timber entranceway has provided a cost effective and low maintenance solution to enhancing the overall street appeal of the building. The Pacific inspired design elements not only serve to enrich the building aesthetically, it is reflective of the client’s unique point of view.
A relaxing, functional holiday home; combining timeless design with hardwearing, low maintenance materials. Itwas also an important aspect of the concept to merge indoor/outdoor living while providing breakout zones, forthose times when a little privacy is desired.
A relaxing, functional holiday home; combining timeless design with hardwearing, low maintenance materials. Itwas also an important aspect of the concept to merge indoor/outdoor living while providing breakout zones, forthose times when a little privacy is desired.
The Smarter Small Home project addresses issues of affordability through smarter sustainable solutions withoutdetracting from the overall quality. Aimed at first home buyers, the floor plan has been designed for efficiency, with the ability to be tailored to individual clients with expansion pods.
A four bedroom home with two separate living areas in the built up inner suburb of Westmere. The clients wanted to take advantage of the neighbouring park and sea views while maintaining privacy from their close adjoining neighbours. The home was to be based on a boat house/Cape Cod theme with white-on-white raking ceilings being carried through to an external deck area.
Creative Arch is an award-winning, multi-disciplined Architectural Design firm, founded in 1998 by Director and Architectural Designer Mark McLeay. Our range of work is as diverse as our clients, encompassing new residential, alterations and additions, and coastal homes.
A self-contained studio added to a Commercial premise. The client wanted a separate self-contained studio that would span over the existing building, retaining the bedroom studio and the integrity of the building.
