Korora House by Daniel Marshall Architects

This project is stunning house design by Daniel Marshall Architects called Korora House. Located in Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, this house design use minimalist style as its concept. Korora House Design is built on beach hill with stunning surrounding view. Daniel Marshall Architects knows how to give a different design to the house owner. The design is completed by medium size swimming pool with a wooden deck. The Architects also gives intention on floor plans for this house. The Korora House’s floor plans use three type of materials; wood, marble, and stone.

Daniel Marshall Architects said that A ridge stretching between the Hauraki Gulf and the pastoral landscape of Waiheke Island provided a stunning, and challenging, context in which to design a home.

The approach was to work within the contour of the ridge, as an attempt to minimise the impact on the landscape. A landscape wall, clad in local coloured stone, splays out from the primary plan form, providing a point of entry to the house, and allowing the excavation that drops the garage below the ground line.

Ascending the stair, one reaches the house via a southern courtyard. The plan form of the house is spaced between this courtyard and its accompanying northern courtyard, which are bridged by a gabled roof stretched across the long axis. The courtyards provide the opportunity to shelter from either of the two dominant winds.