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Explore New Zealand’s best baches
Here are four of Aotearoa’s best lakeside and beachfront baches.
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Explore four of New Zealand's best architecturally designed baches, each created to embrace its stunning natural landscape. These holiday homes offer unique design inspiration for creating the perfect Kiwi getaway.
Highlights include The Dart in Mangawhai, a cliff-top cedar bach, and the concrete Lake Rotoiti House. Also featured are the award-winning Hill to Horizon House at Otama Beach and Shift House in Whangamata, which reinterprets the classic gabled form for its beachfront location.
The Dart by Studio John Iriving Architects
Lake Rotoiti House, designed by Evelyn McNamara Architecture with interiors by Source and Style. Image: Paul Brandon
Lake Rotoiti House by Evelyn McNamara Architecture (with interiors by Source and Style; built by Insight Carpentry)
Hill to Horizon House at Otama Beach, Coromandel, the 2021 Rural Home of the Year. Image: Paul Brandon
Hill to Horizon House by Studio Brick Architects and Lloyd Hartley Architects
This U-shaped bach on a beachfront site in Whangamatā has a north-facing courtyard at its centre, with sightlines through the living area to the coast beyond. Image: Paul Brandon
Shift House by Studio2 Architects
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