Kerr Ritchie

Dublin Street

Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie

DUBLIN STREET

Kerr Ritchie

ARCHITECTS
Kerr Ritchie

LOCATION
Queenstown, New Zealand

CATEGORY
Houses

AREA
320.0 sqm

PROJECT YEAR
2012

DESIGN TEAM
Pete Ritchie, Bronwen Kerr

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul McCredie

Text description provided by architect.

This home sits on a sloping site above Queenstown with spectacular views south to the Remarkable Ranges, to Bowen Peak and to the town and the lake below.

Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie
Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie

The client requested a house unlike many of the other monolithic plaster houses in the neighbourhood.

It is a dark textured cedar house formed by inter-linked parallelograms that hugs the perimeter of the site to maximise the space to the north of the house.

Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie
Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie

It has dramatic panoramic views to the south and sun filled courtyards on the north that borrow the green space of the adjoining reserve. The oblique angled planes allow it to capture views in many directions.

The interior is unpredictable. A triangular room with cedar clad walls forms an extension to the outside courtyard.

Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie
Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie

A Flash of bright orange is revealed at the snug core of the house.

A small double height space in the living room captures the view to the tall mountains beyond.

Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie
Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie
Dublin Street
© Paul McCredie

Meanwhile the house has remarkable privacy within its suburban context.


Dublin Street
Floor Plan
Dublin Street
Floor Plan
Dublin Street
Floor Plan


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Section
Dublin Street
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Dublin Street
Elevation
Dublin Street
Elevation
Dublin Street
Elevation
Dublin Street
Elevation
Dublin Street
Elevation
Dublin Street
Elevation


Dublin Street
Site Plan

Kerr Ritchie
T +64 3 4414513
Kerr Ritchie
Po Box 1894 Queenstown, New Zealand