Article source: Tim Dorrington Architects

This beach house has an overall feeling of simple restraint. Modest materials used in deceptively simple ways manipulate site, space and light to organise the “bach” in a straightforward, playful and inventive way. The surprise placement of circulation along the perimeter appears to have been the key move in unlocking the architectural solution.
(Judges comment, NZIA awards)

Exterior view

• Architects: Dorrington Architects & Associates
• Project: Coopers Beach House
• Location: Far North, New Zealand
• Architect Design: Emma-Jane Hetherington
• Area: 277m2
• Photography: Emma-Jane Hetherington

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