Adam Taylor of Adam Taylor Architecture won the Residential New Home between 150m2 and 300m2 Architectural Design Award for a Mt Maunganui home titled 'Chain Mail'. Photo/Supplied
Adam Taylor of Adam Taylor Architecture won the Residential New Home between 150m2 and 300m2 Architectural Design Award for a Mt Maunganui home titled 'Chain Mail'. Photo/Supplied
Two Tauranga designers have won major architectural awards in Rotorua at the 2018 ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards.
Adam Taylor, of Adam Taylor Architecture, won the residential new home between 150m2 and 300m2 award for a Mount Maunganui home while Will Tatton, of Will Tatton Architecture, won the residential interiorsarchitectural design award at tonight'sawards.
Judges said Taylor's house Chain Mail was located on a small, complex site at a coastal setting that ignored traditional coastal aesthetics and embraced strong industrial structures and materials.
Adam Taylor's house 'Chain Mail' was located on a small, complex site in a coastal setting that ignored traditional coastal aesthetics. Photo/Supplied
The home's left corner had been wrapped in Kaynemaile amour, shielding it from the world without disturbing the outlook to the ocean, the judges said.
Sculptural and practical, Kaynemaile provided a solar screen, while its interlinking nature gave it an ever-changing appearance, they said.
"Set on a small site, the plan is simple and efficient, yet flexible. Some cladding of the house is brick which provides a soft finish in contrast to the dark painted fibre cement panels elsewhere. The Kaynemaile gives the design a special identity."
Meanwhile, Tatton's Wooden Origami House impressed with its incredible interiors.
The Beazley – an iconic 60s New Zealand wooden affordable house – had been celebrated in the renovation.
Will Tatton's 'Wooden Origami House' which impressed judges at the 2018 ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards. Photo/Supplied
The walls were lined with reasonably priced cedar ply, and the existing tawa floors were finished with an oil/wax mixture. Rough-sawn Lawsons cypress roof beams from the local mill were installed in the living room.
Large 2.4m-high stacking sliders were fitted to give a feeling of space and light to the 105m2 house. A new covered pergola was added to the existing deck to provide shelter and to open the interior.
A feature of the house was the oiled cedar ply sheets with varying grains and visual joins that lined the walls. A dedicated building team spent many hours crafting the walls to meet the design specifications.
"The living areas and bathrooms have been linked with oiled cedar ply to provide a rich, timber interior,'' the judges said.
The stunning kitchen interior of a house designed by Will Tatton. Photo/Supplied
''Windows have been enlarged and trimmed in macrocarpa with new joinery. Books on the walls have been integrated into black painted shelving to inject an invigorating contrast to the natural timber. Doors are also painted dark, along with the kitchen journey. They have kept the old fireplace and extended the large deck on the north side which serves as a juxtaposing element, yet it is still essential to the overall aesthetic."
Architectural Designers New Zealand chief executive Astrid Andersen said the Bay of Plenty had once again delivered some exceptional designs worthy of extreme praise.
"Well done to Will Tatton and Adam Taylor. Both designers have created homes that break from tradition. Adam's design is a shift away from the usual beachside home. It is industrial, bold and the use of Kaynemaile is exciting to see.''
''Will Tatton has taken a home which many of us are very familiar with and turned it on its head. The timber is warm, inviting and natural. It is wonderful to see this sustainable material used so effectively," Andersen said.
