Kumutoto Bay Bach
Awards
2007
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Local Award For Architecture (Residential)
NZ Timber Design Awards - Supreme Award Winner
Publications
2024
Varuni Mohan, “Of Culture and Community”, Living Etc India Edition, September 2024, pg40-46
Urbis, Issue 57, Aug, pg 102
Timber Design Australasia, Autumn, "Tranquil Kumutoto", pg 14-16
HOME New Zealand, Feb/Mar, "Sounds Like Us", pg 114-122
Build, Feb/Mar, "Timber Design Awards", pg 74-75
2010
2008
Accessible by boat only, this family bach provides permanent accommodation to replace years of holiday camping in the bush. Planning responds to past camp life with communal living and private sleeping areas. Ceiling and floors are carefully shaped and punctuated with openings to interpret and reveal the forest surrounds. Materials were chosen for their soft, natural palettes and seamlessly detailed for a consistency of space, allowing the variance and beauty of the bush surrounds to inform the new inhabitation.