THE LOOKOUT
CATEGORY
Private Residence
LOCATION
WHANGĀREI HEADS,
New Zeland
STATUS
Completed - 2026
A compact coastal dwelling overlooking Parua Bay.

The house reads as a black volume against the landscape. A rectangular form settled on the ridgeline, framing views across the harbour and tracing the bush edge that falls to open water.

Restrained and deliberate. Calibrated to light, wind, and the shifting horizon of the Heads.
Deep recesses carve sheltered nooks into the volume. Warm timber surfaces the dark exterior shell, softening the threshold between inside and out. Large openings draw the landscape through the house. Stepped decking terraces extend the interior into the hillside, settling the building into its site. The material palette is restrained. Shadow and light, enclosure and openness held in tension.