Article source: Dorrington Architects & Associates

Boxes form the basis of this intriguing modern holiday house…. bold forms and stark lines create an overall effect, which is solid without being monumental. Glass curtain walls create opportunities to bring the outdoors in and to incorporate internal building elements into the geometry of the structure.
(Judges comment, NZIA awards).

North exterior by night (Images Courtesy Emma-Jane Hetherington)

• Architect: Dorrington Architects & Associates
• Name of Project: Rutherford House
• Location: Taupo Tauranga, Oruatua, New Zealand
• Completed: 2009
• Area: 277m2
• Photography: Emma-Jane Hetherington
• Awards: NZIA Local Award for Residential Architecture 2009; NZIA National Award finalist for Residential Architecture 2010; Published in 21st Century Houses – 150 of the World’s Best

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