Parsonson Architects Ltd.

Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects

Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie

WAIKANAE HOUSE

Parsonson Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul Mcredie

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
New Zealand

CATEGORY
Houses 

The house is in Waikanae, a small verdant sea side town on the Kapiti Coast 45 minutes north of New Zealand’s capital city Wellington.

Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie

It is in the old beach area of Waikanae where many of the houses are holiday homes or ‘baches’ built from the early 1900’s onwards.

This house is a holiday retreat for a Wellington couple and their 3 children.

Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie

The site is a narrow strip, which sits behind a high fore-dune towards the beach.

The house is designed as a ‘dune hopper’ with the single open-plan living space sitting on top of the bedrooms andpeers out to the sea and Kapiti Island beyond. 

The house references the fibrolite sheet construction used in many of the 1950’s houses nearby with colours drawn from the seaside location.

Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
© Paul Mcredie


Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
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Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
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Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
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Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
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Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
Plan 01
Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
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Waikanae House by Parsonson Architects
Elevation and Plan

Parsonson Architects Ltd.
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Parsonson Architects Ltd.
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