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Architects: MAP Architects
- Area: 25 m²
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Photographs:Brian Cully
Text description provided by the architects. The building is a simple viewing platform, and wine tasting room for the use of residents of a small beach side development in the far north of New Zealand.
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Restricted to 25m2 due to local planning regulations, and set in to the hill side to reduce the presence on the skyline, this simple building forms a calm backdrop to the scenery, intended to enhance the enjoyment of the environment, and wine tasting.
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Utilising the local vernacular of wartime coastal bunkers, the concrete wine cellar opens into a broad wedge to allow a stunning elevated vista of the Bay of Islands.