William Tozer Associates has completed an extension to a house in Auckland, comprising a series of blocks clad in wooden shingles and vertical boards that enhance the connection with various gardens and decked terraces.

The Victorian villa in the New Zealand city's Mount Eden suburb is now loosely enclosed by the cluster of pavilions, which increase its total floor area to 345 square metres.
The new additions are designed to reference the scale, proportions and materiality of the existing house, while their simple, clean-lined forms mark them out as modern interventions.

"The pavilions are articulated as autonomous rectilinear sculptural volumes, but in turn frame views back to the villa, refocusing attention on its form and details," said the studio, which is headquartered in London but also has offices in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. The new spaces include a garage situated towards the front of the villa, and a rear extension accommodating an open-plan lounge, kitchen and dining space.

The main living area is connected to a single-storey wing accommodating a room that can be used as an additional lounge or games room.

"The open-plan spaces of the interior are loosely divided into zones of use by rectilinear volumes and planes, changes of level, and skylights," said the architects.
A staircase slotted in between the new rooms at the rear of the house ascends to a master bedroom suite with a balcony overlooking the garden.

The new structures...