Ruth Maria Murphy & Donal Murphy

Gareth Richards Photography

Replica Victorian timber block weatherboards to the front facade, new double hung windows, metal lacework and columns to the verandah, replacement of the slate roof with a thoroughly modern and elegant grey colour palette. Photography: Tatjana Plitt

Rivestimenti e serramenti in legno di larice naturale. Manto di copertura in scandole di legno, lattoneria in alluminio nero. Pavimentazione esterna in piastre di porfido "incertum". Foto: Daniele Rodorigo

Sited just outside of Cambridge, on a hilltop in Te Miro, this ‘country classic' home was designed to take advantage of the breathtaking views and blend seamlessly into the rolling farmland setting. The home owners, a farming couple experienced in both dairy and dry stock farming, wanted a timeless, comfortable and functional home that captured the expansive views. So the team at Turner Road Architecture set to work designing a home with context and traditional roots but formed in a contemporary manner. The site and surroundings inspired the selection of a natural material palette which included bandsawn cedar shiplap weatherboards and schist stone with cedar shingle detailing to the gable end walls. Substantial stone chimneys to the front and back of the home, multi-pitched shingle roofs and timber cladding are reminiscent of traditional pastoral buildings, albeit with a more modern profile. Photography by Amanda Aiken and Adam Firth

Crédit photo: Agathe Tissier

Darrell Godliman