Wairau Valley House - Exterior/Entrance

The ranch style housing makes its appearance in New Zealand, nestled in a landscape of vineyards, farms, and orchards. Rustic cedar wood is accented with white and board-form concrete, creating a beautiful combination of materials. 5 private pavilions come together, connected by semi-outdoor walkways and landscape that blend the indoors and outdoors. Thin, gabled roofs emulate the ranch style housing while light steel columns support a roof canopy that looks like it floats above the structural concrete elements of the house. Forms and lines within the house are carefully articulated, and the interior spaces are warm and inviting.