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Architect’s own award-winning courtyard house on the market for the first time
Architect Guy Tarrant built this home for his family in 2017. It became an award winner.
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For the first time, the award-winning Courtyard House in Pt Chevalier, designed by architect Guy Tarrant, is on the market. Built in 2017, the home won the prestigious NZIA Sir Ian Athfield Award for its innovative design on a unique rhomboid-shaped section.
The single-level, three-bedroom home features a private central courtyard and pool, creating a tranquil, resort-like sanctuary. It offers a unique blend of privacy and community connection and is listed with Martin Dobson of Kellands.
Light is very important in this home.
Inside, the home is relaxing, and welcoming.
All the rooms in the house look onto the central courtyard and the swimming pool.
The home wraps around the site, and pushes into a tricky corner, maximizing space left for the courtyard.
A curved wall in the corner of the dining room, takes in the shape of the site.
The gardens are mostly outside, a gift to passers-by that softens the brick.
Friends tell Millar the home has a resort feel.
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