Magnificent Home Improvements: beach house inspiration

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mount Maunganui is one of New Zealand's favourite summer destinations, but when Heather Coyne and Mark Winter asked Hamilton-based architect Evan Mayo of <a href="http://www.architecturebureau.co.nz/">Architecture Bureau</a> to design them a holiday home there, they never envisaged they'd end up moving there permanently. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a credit to Evan's smart design that they did so. Heather and Mark found the single-level holiday house he created so pleasing that they decided to move there full-time. The main house, beautifully photographed by </span><a href="http://www.florencenoble.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Florence Noble</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, features a handsome, compact, three-bedroom structure with high ceilings made from hoop-line plywood. Importantly, the property's original cottage was retained on the site, and now doubles as a home office and spare bedroom. It's visible in the right of the photo below, and is one of the few original dwellings remaining on the Mount Maunganui beachfront promenade. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The tyre-swing that hangs from the pohutukawa down the drive and the central decking between the original property and the modern building (below) perfectly respond to the brief of this holiday home being "a place for the kids to grow up" says Mark.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd7FybGBhCtiKA_5tcNN_E_1Cixdcon6O1iS4_98ne1f9n4HGCd0yTTMH-pluJQ4W-pOScQxBIg-Euk-UMmVthmXBXXR9ueW0C9YGQLOnJ2Nwvf9uqFJSngomDbporkY-a51QbwLQt_k/s1600/_MG_7496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd7FybGBhCtiKA_5tcNN_E_1Cixdcon6O1iS4_98ne1f9n4HGCd0yTTMH-pluJQ4W-pOScQxBIg-Euk-UMmVthmXBXXR9ueW0C9YGQLOnJ2Nwvf9uqFJSngomDbporkY-a51QbwLQt_k/s640/_MG_7496.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The view from the kitchen cleverly looks over the home's living and decking area so Heather and Mark can keep an eye on their grandchildren at play (below) and enjoy the sunshine when they feel like it.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I_vWXJQR-7ZKBqrHbZ2ofm2BmM4x6bai-TGl2muoWGM63ZPrdrdTVMg_2pCY6PUnECo6d54w0Uj06fqzPC-n8IMeGCA5J6o_b2I3dEYf9oVCSWnSGJSof1kniwqcWz7KpGa_Nk06N38/s1600/_MG_7574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="426" lwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4I_vWXJQR-7ZKBqrHbZ2ofm2BmM4x6bai-TGl2muoWGM63ZPrdrdTVMg_2pCY6PUnECo6d54w0Uj06fqzPC-n8IMeGCA5J6o_b2I3dEYf9oVCSWnSGJSof1kniwqcWz7KpGa_Nk06N38/s640/_MG_7574.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The extended eave over the deck offers shade and shelter (below), while the deck integrates well with the surrounding landscaping, which expertly manages the transition from the lower-level carport to the home itself. Inside, clerestory windows on the home's western elevation allow good ventilation and afternoon light. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVWAdC0_F88Ngzkj1_pNOZ2RUhc7f5RNQOAulEHGSW7UaSUECoNNP57Hh314l_FQ3dx5arZrkIdUXYQ4QFI1-HLuJWibc5LR7mNEo_rB-_yBQFGdJRD1HnFcXCB-hN3EJ3rgNr3VoD8U/s1600/_MG_7918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="640" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVWAdC0_F88Ngzkj1_pNOZ2RUhc7f5RNQOAulEHGSW7UaSUECoNNP57Hh314l_FQ3dx5arZrkIdUXYQ4QFI1-HLuJWibc5LR7mNEo_rB-_yBQFGdJRD1HnFcXCB-hN3EJ3rgNr3VoD8U/s640/_MG_7918.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The living area features the Focus 'Ergofocus' fireplace designed by Dominique Imbert, which warms the area on cold winter nights. The pendant lights above the kitchen bench were purchased on TradeMe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC7P4l4-SREnJaijmTygA-fZ1_fmAaLQCL9sFQBrFFSEqYqQEmOP5aJDrnIqKXes31M9iDYV0uNS4Vmuul7Jdc5d9GMKGlmr-JOCZ_v7jS9ufod6kRzLhQctb-SzALsKPQuvUFnyDYjA/s1600/_MG_7110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="426" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC7P4l4-SREnJaijmTygA-fZ1_fmAaLQCL9sFQBrFFSEqYqQEmOP5aJDrnIqKXes31M9iDYV0uNS4Vmuul7Jdc5d9GMKGlmr-JOCZ_v7jS9ufod6kRzLhQctb-SzALsKPQuvUFnyDYjA/s640/_MG_7110.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The shot below shows the connection between the open-plan living space and main bedroom and en suite. Two additional smaller bedrooms are tucked into the home's western side, but when no visitors are staying, the home feels like a simple apartment for Heather and Mark.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKqVewf0mH3fwwXJVhSIE0OlrkE1jxycLEsgBdbIZoRQAQFm5zZRWp8uIBUkuDgBgFuNzR22nE4E0cd5RxKMu6FcVq-L6PBdte7TDm-kcB8Un8UKqZC3oFwIemFKUVuWQPB72CeboYCc/s1600/_MG_7260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="426" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKqVewf0mH3fwwXJVhSIE0OlrkE1jxycLEsgBdbIZoRQAQFm5zZRWp8uIBUkuDgBgFuNzR22nE4E0cd5RxKMu6FcVq-L6PBdte7TDm-kcB8Un8UKqZC3oFwIemFKUVuWQPB72CeboYCc/s640/_MG_7260.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The retention of the original cottage (below) is a sympathetic masterstroke. On a street where a number of homes look like they're on steroids, Evan's sensitive design retains something of the diminutive age-old scale of this beachside community, as well as providing privacy for Heather and Mark's new home. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ3kMOSWBlRsDA75Q8iKoim50Eu1_AB0pmiR3ra04m-VGDp-hBQShyIrlHRTDulLyEkLSvjvv917poAFckB4I_DkQLZE9GDlJqunsG_iTc5fsRMA7n7yhDVCH_uuZRl1wcOC27Q6prSg/s1600/_MG_7046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="640" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJ3kMOSWBlRsDA75Q8iKoim50Eu1_AB0pmiR3ra04m-VGDp-hBQShyIrlHRTDulLyEkLSvjvv917poAFckB4I_DkQLZE9GDlJqunsG_iTc5fsRMA7n7yhDVCH_uuZRl1wcOC27Q6prSg/s640/_MG_7046.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">  </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The following photograph is from just across the road from the house, with Mount Maunganui beach's wild-daisy covered dunes extending into the distance. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQsZXbx6lTTTZB_PNC-EnhHS_5sLI4iT7L1ZgeupL0sgBXU2rq9lBr7ENOtHuwEJyu8JfxfHmh34p-30TfL7i3G8cvnkbeZfeJMgWExnRkFzPvnwqhEAnHcyvSUMHoiG5m3WDdfgszWQ/s1600/_MG_7891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="426" lwa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQsZXbx6lTTTZB_PNC-EnhHS_5sLI4iT7L1ZgeupL0sgBXU2rq9lBr7ENOtHuwEJyu8JfxfHmh34p-30TfL7i3G8cvnkbeZfeJMgWExnRkFzPvnwqhEAnHcyvSUMHoiG5m3WDdfgszWQ/s640/_MG_7891.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>

Outtakes: A Mount Maunganui marvel by Evan Mayo

Mount Maunganui is one of New Zealand's favourite summer destinations, but when Heather Coyne and Mark Winter asked Hamilton-based archi...

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's that time of year when we start fantasising about taking a break - not an all-action holiday, but something quiet and wintry that mostly involves reading books around a fire. This home by architect Min Hall in Golden Bay seems to fit that description perfectly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;">First, the plan, which is interesting in its own right. Min broke the house into modules designed to fit around the trees. There is one living and dining area, another wing for the main bedroom and the third for guests (below). The sea is on the eastern boundary, or right-hand side of the plan. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bUhZe-_tcI4s8mxYUHpSvEA4Z9SzyAZvoYO43Q6x8yE-zE9miU-pYbEK5R8fZVW-gbIqmtbnpJlHqo82OWO7DDkWKvAIauTc5HGoovG1nSx8jutocfMswWFBFQJwv1gtmeljHWCxJMM/s1600/PakawauPlan.2012.05.28.PDF-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bUhZe-_tcI4s8mxYUHpSvEA4Z9SzyAZvoYO43Q6x8yE-zE9miU-pYbEK5R8fZVW-gbIqmtbnpJlHqo82OWO7DDkWKvAIauTc5HGoovG1nSx8jutocfMswWFBFQJwv1gtmeljHWCxJMM/s640/PakawauPlan.2012.05.28.PDF-page-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The photograph below (all these images were taken by Paul McCredie) shows the approach to the house, where cars pull up to the back of the house. Min designed the home's modules to be clad in different materials to break up the bulk of the building even further. Covered walkways connect the home's different parts. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNKPpU3UQp2YCkh6m13P6D5sdTCCutdvmSbJYBP11yWnh4CaLMc5BMFBjxiNKHFJRwiVYcVlILieL-QhgkeJsKBarYa3PcVxQXW3PPaAaw4aAocw30weYGay0_p4Guy2xRChZJw6x5iw/s1600/Carr14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNKPpU3UQp2YCkh6m13P6D5sdTCCutdvmSbJYBP11yWnh4CaLMc5BMFBjxiNKHFJRwiVYcVlILieL-QhgkeJsKBarYa3PcVxQXW3PPaAaw4aAocw30weYGay0_p4Guy2xRChZJw6x5iw/s640/Carr14.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inside, the house has elegantly simple aesthetics - only two pieces of art feature in the property, so not to distract from its surroundings -  yet there are some unique design elements which define the house. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The box window in the dining area (below) is likened to a museum display and exaggerates the feeling of looking inwards through the forest. A Simon James-designed 'Hawk' table accompanies seating by Marc Zuckerman and a smaller rustic 'Uma' bench by Chad Heays. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1saioiVTY1gchcMees6270a3xANfLBtP0Kzo5fEIeIJAiQhRzd23TGYwNWju9hyRQ-Gv4O0l-mtSHQhRar3vs1PrT5L6ag0OxyPA-NVYyuV8bzKyoNSOP_RH73MqurHqzb_BTdQubLg/s1600/Carr2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1saioiVTY1gchcMees6270a3xANfLBtP0Kzo5fEIeIJAiQhRzd23TGYwNWju9hyRQ-Gv4O0l-mtSHQhRar3vs1PrT5L6ag0OxyPA-NVYyuV8bzKyoNSOP_RH73MqurHqzb_BTdQubLg/s640/Carr2.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Huge folding doors off the living area allow a large panorama of the bay (below).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCA5zn26Bn0882YzB6h_rqvtogv7GWI9VG6Znt25uw0RwmGmzafSdglWAA9b5VOrz_6t46jNOeuOWajiXNNzS3iuZUUXjqUIZKz-OwDjGbuDM2NQDBclMItEhMWSDjMVirzoYYKdMD9E/s1600/Carr23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCA5zn26Bn0882YzB6h_rqvtogv7GWI9VG6Znt25uw0RwmGmzafSdglWAA9b5VOrz_6t46jNOeuOWajiXNNzS3iuZUUXjqUIZKz-OwDjGbuDM2NQDBclMItEhMWSDjMVirzoYYKdMD9E/s640/Carr23.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Perhaps even better is the view from the main bedroom where, at high tide, water gently laps on the shore just a few metres away. This is the kind of thing real holidays are made of - when staying in bed seems like one of the best ways to enjoy the views. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6eZKqQgoZMSK30YBUXlnZVM7W3KnxF7F8n0EEUQsVXPdNXQfsB11oU2giTg2AsX2tnALbytFWWWem9I7vaXjSJQsEKNrq_8jQs85PQo1ohqcrGYOCYlT0VJeNba3G3zN82pkKC0vz7o/s1600/Carr4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" lua="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6eZKqQgoZMSK30YBUXlnZVM7W3KnxF7F8n0EEUQsVXPdNXQfsB11oU2giTg2AsX2tnALbytFWWWem9I7vaXjSJQsEKNrq_8jQs85PQo1ohqcrGYOCYlT0VJeNba3G3zN82pkKC0vz7o/s640/Carr4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

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