Home New Zealand – August 01, 2019

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ANNIVERSARY

RTA Studio

20 Years

Houses

Our Best Retreat in

Home of the Year 2019 is

a cluster of monumental

buildings around

stunning views and

an expansive piazza.

Corten and schist relate

to the history of mining

in the area.

A holiday home for

trampers explores the

vernacular of DoC huts.

With a long, linear plan,

the house makes the

most of views and sun,

while the living area and

guest wing are divided

by a central covered deck.

Naish’s own house

was a finalist in our

Home of the Year 2011.

Its gable form mimic

surrounding houses,

while its crisp white

fibre-cement rainscreen

adds a contemporary

touch, with patterns

drawn from the fretwork

of neighbouring villas.

Naish’s family home

won Home of the Year

2015: three hipped roofs

reference villas in the

area. Built in the shape of

an ‘E’ around sheltered

courtyards, the broken

plan provides a growing

family with a variety of

spaces and experiences.

Richard Naish founded RTA

Studio two decades ago, an event

celebrated by ‘In Context’ – an

exhibition at Objectspace, until

September, and curated by the

University of Auckland’s Andrew

Barrie.Herearea fewkeyprojects.

Project

‘Arrowtown’ house

Location

Arrowtown, Central Otago

Year

2018

Project

‘Puketui Valley’ house

Location

Coromandel

Year

2015

Project

‘House for Five’

Location

Grey Lynn, Auckland

Year

2010

Project

‘E-type’ house

Location

Grey Lynn, Auckland

Year

2014

Naish and Barrie join HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green

at ‘Big and Small’, a talk at 10am, 25 August, at

Objectspace. Tickets $8 from objectspace.org.nz/events