Harbour Edge House, New Zealand | Fearon Hay Architects


Auckland based Fearon Hay Architects recently reworked and extended an existing villa, originally built in 1910. The house is one of Auckland’s early waterfront homes on the inner Waitemata Harbour.

While retaining and highlighting original elements of the house, new designed features respond to the requirements of contemporary living, with a new sky-lit kitchen, placed between the original structure and the new extension. A restrained pallete of materials, tones and selected furnishings complete the all white, minimalist new interior space. 

Photography © Simon Wilson | Images courtesy of Fearon Hay Architects 
Styling by Amelia Holmes




Description from Fearon Hay Architects:

The existing villa, built c.1910, is one of Auckland’s early waterfront homes sited on the inner Waitemata Harbour.

A rework and extension of the original structure responds to the requirements of modern living and creates a direct connection to the park-like landholding and coastal outlook.

A new sky-lit kitchen is placed between the original structure and its new twin – the central space conceived as an internal courtyard between the new and the old. The new symmetry anchors the two wings and frames the harbour edge outlook.

Project team: Jeff Fearon, Tim Hay, Doug Weir, Rachel Higgs, Chris Wood












Source: Fearon Hay Architects