Grand Designs Australia – Issue 6.3 – May 2017

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ARCHITECTURE

SHORTS

Standout architecture that goes

above and beyond

EDITED BY // ANNABELLE CLOROS

01: TOREA STUDIO

Small but mighty, the award-

winning Torea Studio from Tennent

Brown Architects is a study and

a meeting space that also off ers

guest accommodation — basically

it’s a jack of all trades. Composed

of folded CLT panels clad in

zinc, the structure is inspired by

the metaphor of two Torea

(oystercatchers) walking down

the site to the Waimea estuary.

tennentbrown.co.nz

02: BRAMASOLE

While it’s hard to imagine anything

but Bramasole sitting on this site

in Waimauku, Auckland, it was

once home to a market garden

with shelter belts and a humble

barn. Herbst Architects seized

the opportunity to establish order

on the land and create a division

between the private dwelling and

the public dressage space. The

project secured a Housing Award

at the 2016 Auckland Architecture

Awards and the residence slots

right into its rugged landscape.

Photography by Brett Boardman.

herbstarchitects.co.nz

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