CLIFF TOP LIVING

The client's brief was to build a new family home, on a recently purchased clifftop site with amazing sea & city views, and a potential connection down to the sea itself.  The house needed to provide the family with privacy from the street but also capture the sea & city views from the rear of the site.   

 

GDA's architectural solution was to create two simple barns, with a fully glazed connection forming the front entrance to the house.  The windows to the street are modest but the fully glazed, double-height entry allows a glimpse of the sea beyond.  The house opens up completely as you travel through from the front entry into the private living spaces to the rear of the house.  

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The house folds around a modest lawn with a cantilevered pool & deck extending over the cliff, providing amazing city views.  As the deck extends under a large native Pohutukawa tree, it feels like you are flying over the sea itself and is the perfect place to watch the sunset over the city.  

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Guy Davies Architects.