Hood House
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Features
- Malaysian/Singaporean tropical house features giving unique aesthetic & open flow to gardens & water
- Bedrooms all on upper floor allowing lower plan to open to external views on three sides
- Large covered portico/loggia outdoor room allowing all weather soft furnishings to harbour side
- Entry car portico to drive & separate garage provides a group of individual pavilion roofs
Products
Cladding: Plaster over lightweight concrete panels on timber frame
Joinery: Aluminium bifold 2.2 metre high doors, fixed louvres to lower half of doors
Roofing: Asphalt shingles on plywood
Balustrades: Timber & aluminium
Flooring: Porcelain tiles on concrete to lower floor & timber upper floor
Sited close to the edge of a steep slope down to the inner Tauranga harbour, this house will command a view of the forest which will provide a feeling of a luxury retreat. Forms are influenced by simple tropical pavilions, as are water gardens close to the house and the main pool.
The tropical pavilion house influence is carried through with crisp roof edge detailing (there is usually no roof spouting in the tropics). Groups of bifold doors give large openings with polished porcelain tiles inside and out to large dining and outdoor sitting spaces. Doors have closed louvres to the bottom half which gives a fresh aesthetic and completes the crafted Singaporean feel. Timber eaves brackets and sloped downpipes all add to the character giving detail to the simple house form.
Location: Grange Road, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
