Sumner sun - Triple award winning Sumner house

The triple award winning Sumner House (winner of the NZIA Resene Southern Regional Architecture Award 2001, Resene Regional Colour Award 2001 and Resene Local Colour Award 2000) overcame more than just the usual project challenges in its path to completion and peer recognition.

The client desired to live in a house that was fun, relaxing and a living art form. Add to this, unique site challenges - the quirky shaped building site area measuring only 336 square metres, coupled with a street setback requirement - and the home was destined to be one that would be remembered for innovative design solutions.

Each space within the house is functional and unique; the house is carefully pulled together into a tapestry of individual spaces comprised of colours, voids and vistas. The interior is cleanly detailed and expresses itself to the outside through distinctively shaped windows and openings. Each elevation reads differently, a reflection of what is within.

Resene colours were used throughout the interior envelope with Resene My Sin (orange yellow) on all broadwall areas accompanied by Resene Cornfield (pastel yellow) on the feature wall area and Resene Shark (dark grey) on all internal doors. The magnificent view from the exterior hints at the depth of design that lies beyond solid exterior walls.

Architect: Noordanus Architects Ltd, Email: william@noordanus.co.nz
Resene: Henrietta Savill, Christchurch Architectural Representative

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