House On Omaha Beach, New Zealand North Island Real Estate, Architecture Photos, NZ Modern Home
House On Omaha Beach, NZ
16 February 2022
Design: Strom Architects
Location: Omaha Bay, Rodney District, north island of New Zealand

Visuals by NuMa
New House On Omaha Beach, New Zealand
Omaha Beach is one of New Zealand?s best white sand beaches. It is located on the north island, circa 70km north of Auckland.

The design is for a family home on one of the last remaining front-line plots, enjoying extraordinary views of Omaha Bay and the Hauraki Gulf. Strict planning guidelines with area and volume restrictions, along with the sun-path for the site, saw the architects develop a design that made the most of the site and the weather patterns.
Because of the extraordinary views, Strom Architects decided to place the main living accommodation and the master bedroom in a volume closest to the sea. This has an entirely glazed façade with a large balcony with overhangs.

This volume is dual aspect, to maximise the sea view, but also to make the most of the afternoon and evening sun on the more sheltered western side, where a large outdoor living area with kitchen is placed, with views through the house.

Underneath the first-floor volume is a sculptural elliptical staircase, in a minimal glass enclosure, which serves the first floor. There is also a rumpus room, that encourages outdoor living with easy access to the pool.

Strom Architects deliberately didn?t want to enclose th...