Waiheke Island House by Mitchell & Stout Architects

Location on a rural island near Auckland, Waiheke Island House is a weekend home designed for a American couple.

The owners moved to Auckland from Pittsburgh, they requested all-white room as the thinking room, a double-height space for music and contemplation.

Architects: Mitchell & Stout Architects
Location: Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Photography: Patrick Reynolds, Courtesy of Mitchell & Stout Architects

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Inspiration from architect:

With its poetically generated arrangement of volumes and forms, this house, designed as a retreat from work, offers a range of inventive and enjoyable spatial experiences and a generous and effortless relationship to the outdoors. The composition is assured, and rather quirky, too.