Terry Hunziker plays up the contrast between the rough and smooth by using natural materials.
furnishings and cabinetry. His client – a New Zealander who has distant Maori connections – bought this thousand-acre former sheep farm in the Bay of Islands area of North Island, New Zealand, with the vision of restoring and preserving the land which was one of the first areas settled by 164 BRIDGE FOR DESIGN WINTER 2018
Europeans some 200 years ago. The architecture is a riff on vernacular New Zealand farmhouses with subtle references to Maori culture, while a nod to modernity can be found in the glass-walled pavilion facade on the front of the house. An important element for the design was accommodating and