The holiday house sits at the bottom of a steep, winding gravel driveway on a sloping bush covered site looking out to Pelorus Sound.

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Architects: Parsonson Architects

Location: Kenepuru Rd, Marlborough, New Zealand

Architects In Charge: Gerald Parsonson, Tim Lovell, Paul Hansen

Area: 500.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Paul McCredie

Structural Engineer: Spencer Holmes Ltd, Smart Alliance Ltd

Builder: Lawson homes

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The holiday house sits at the bottom of a steep, winding gravel driveway on a sloping bush covered site looking out to Pelorus Sound.
© Paul McCredie

The roof form helps ?fold? the house into the shape of the land around a small central courtyard area. The house is laid out to provide varied accommodation, for small numbers or large groups and is laid out in a string like manner. The garage and 2 bedrooms are at the top level leading down to the living space and down further to an activity room and a variety of bedrooms opening out to a lower a lower lawn.

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There is no front entry and there are several different ways to move around and through the house, both inside and out. There is a walking and quad-bike track that is an extension of the driveway that passes through the central courtyard and under an internal lin...