Forty years of summers in Rawhiti had imprinted themselves on the Struthers.  To accommodate the next generation of their family, Di and John wanted to replace their much-loved bach with one that would embrace the culture evolved over decades, would cater for anything from an intimate couple to a large celebratory crowd, and importantly become an heirloom for the next generation.

© Simon Devitt

Architects: Studio Pacific Architecture

Location: Rawhiti Rd, Rawhiti 0184, New Zealand

Design Team: Nick Barratt-Boyes, Peter Mitchell, Arindam Sen and Beth Chaney with Michael, Davis, Wayne Lightfoot, Patrick Thompson, Anna Windsor

Area: 640.0 sqm

Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Simon Devitt

Contractor: Mather Builders

Structural Engineer: Dunning Thornton Consultants

© Simon Devitt

Forty years of summers in Rawhiti had imprinted themselves on the Struthers.  To accommodate the next generation of their family, Di and John wanted to replace their much-loved bach with one that would embrace the culture evolved over decades, would cater for anything from an intimate couple to a large celebratory crowd, and importantly become an heirloom for the next generation.

© Simon Devitt

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