Modern Home Design - Rutherford House

Modern Home Design – Rutherford House

: Modern Home Design – Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

: Modern Home Design – Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

: Modern Home Design – Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

: Modern Home Design – Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

: Modern Home Design – Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

Posted by byean on 10/21/11 • Categorized as Exterior Design,Home Design,Home Plans,Interior Design

Modern Home Design - Rutherford House by Tim Dorrington Architects

Rutherford House is a Modern Home Designed by Tim Dorrington Architects, located in Taupo Tauranga/Oruatua, New Zealand. The architect want to create a modern holiday house suitable for the hot summers of Lake Taupo and the cold winters for skiing on Mt Ruapehu.

Formally this Modern Home Design consists of 4 main elements; (1) a concrete base, which at some points is folded up to contain interior spaces, (2 and 3) two black cedar-clad bedroom blocks, and (4) an open-plan white structured ‘veranda’.

The concrete base provides the required floor level rise, creating intermediate zones between inside and outside. Raised decks from both the living room and snug articulate elevated, and in the case of the front deck, covered outdoor spaces. The living space arrangement suits the extreme climates of the location, activities and varying degrees of privacy.

To connect the downstairs and upstairs, used the ladder that is placed between the window and living room. These stairs look very striking when we want to get into this Modern Home Design. The design of this staircase looks very light, and like floating because it uses bars that hold the stairs.

The large open-plan ‘veranda’ space comprises kitchen, lounge and dining. A snug, a step lower with an open fireplace, can on colder days be closed off from the main space. The top-floor sitting room affords a private sanctuary for the owners when entertaining family and friends.

The internal environment of this Modern Home Design is managed with thermal mass floor and walls and passive ventilation to most building faces. Additional heating inside and out is provided with open fires. Via.