STEVENS LAWSON ARCHITECTS
FACING THE WAVES
STEVENS LAWSON ARCHITECTS COLLABORATE WITH DESIGNER AND SURFER
DEAN POOL ON A SPECTACULAR BEACH-FRONT CABIN IN NEW ZEALAND
COMPLETE WITH FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES
Designed in collaboration with artist, creative director and surfer
Dean Poole for his own family, this efficient and deceptively simple
weekend house is hidden up a zig-zag stairway in the dense, native
forest of the Waitakere Ranges, which roll down to the black-sand
surf beaches below.
Karekare Bach was born out of a desire to connect with the
natural landscape and provide Dean Poole and his family with
an “authentic New Zealand experience”, a goal that has been
successfully executed in every corner of the project. The entire
lower level is devoted to an open kitchen, living and dining space
in which the family can enjoy spending time together while looking
out of the floor-to-ceiling windows to the expansive native bush
just outside.
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