Kinloch House

Taupo, New Zealand

An incredibly difficult site with unusual local subdivision height restrictions. Here most of the bare land onsite was already above the hight limit and our only solution on this small site was to cut heavily into the hillside where the garage takes on a James Bond feel completely buried into the hillside just leaving the glazed garage door as entry to the hill. Taupo in winter is a cold and windy location and thus encouraged us to form a courtyard to capture the sun and provide shelter from the cold lake breeze.