DEVONPORT BUNGALOW | Heritage Restoration Following Fire Damage
Few renovation briefs arrive the way this one did. When fire destroyed the rear of a 1920s Devonport bungalow — kitchen, living spaces, gone — it left the front rooms, façade, and period detailing miraculously intact. It also left an opportunity to re-establish the heart of the home from scratch, with the benefit of a century's worth of hindsight.
Macfie Architecture designed a generous open-plan living and dining space anchored by a sweeping five-metre stud height — a gesture that floods the interior with light and restores the sense of scale and generosity that early bungalows promised but rarely delivered.
Large sliding doors open directly to the garden, dissolving the boundary between inside and out and returning the home to its outdoor setting in a way that feels entirely natural. What remains is a light-filled, calm interior — original character and contemporary living in quiet conversation, designed to be lived in throughout the year.
A difficult beginning. A considered outcome.
Project Scope - concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent and on-site monitoring.
Build by Eye For Detail
Captured by Sam Warner
