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High exposure
Corten steel, shuttered concrete and natural schist
stone quarried on site help to ensure this house
references the raw beauty of the landscape

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Country houses on lifestyle blocks pose
their own design challenges. There may be
strict local regulations that ensure a house
doesn’t detract from the magnificence of
the scenery. And such sites can be exposed
to strong winds.
Designer Guy Shallard had a solution
to both these problems for this new house
on 2.8ha near Queenstown. He specified
raw materials that would echo the harsh
nature of the wider landscape, and he
designed the house to provide sheltered
courtyards away from the wind.