The 2024 Rural Home of the Year - Mangawhai Estuary House by Belinda George Architects

Moving between sweeping curves and overt gestures of permanence, this Mangawhai home opens up and reaches out to the estuarine landscape beyond, welcoming visitors and the view with a dynamic spatial interplay.
Conceived as a response to the wider natural environment, the home embraces it on many levels - some imperceptible and others grand. One of a handful of waterfront sections in a relatively new subdivision in Mangawhai, the site borders a public coastal walkway that winds along the edge of the estuary.
There are no fences or visible boundaries between private and public land, so movement between the two is organic. Here, visitors and passers-by meander on the grass verging the estuary, sometimes seeking shade under the pōhutukawa that line its banks.
Read the full feature on homemagazine.nz
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[@barron204]

Awesome. I would live in that courtyard.

[@nelhnz6980]

Such a cool house. Walked past there earlier in the year and was definitely the best one there.

[@MarkOlsen661]

stunning.....congratulations Belinda

[@yousufmerchant2500]

Amazing❤❤