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Small Home of the Year 2023: Bird/Seed House
This small but perfectly formed home for two is shaped by Waiheke Island’s flora and fauna.
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The Bird/Seed House on Waiheke Island, by architect Vaughn McQuarrie, draws inspiration from a pohutukawa seed pod and a bird in flight. Its unique winged roof has four points, creating dramatic interior spaces within the 150m² home.
Key features include an intricate cedar ceiling resembling feathers and grounding reclaimed brick walls. The sustainable home runs entirely on solar power and harvests rainwater. The owners feel they are living in a beautiful "work of art".
The Living Area.
The folding roof form creates a sense of the house taking off from its site.
The highly efficient woodburner is the home's only heatsource.
Reclaimed brick provides the anchoring element, running throughout the house.
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