KARAKA HOUSE Barn-Style New-Build, Karaka
There are blocks of land, and then there are blocks of land. Rolling fields, Manukau Harbour sunsets, and the kind of quiet that Auckland's suburbs can't offer - when our clients found this site in Karaka, the brief wrote itself.
They wanted a barn. Macfie Architecture designed one worth building.
The home is arranged across three distinct wings - a central entertainment wing, a bedroom wing, and a garage and utilities wing - a configuration that gives the property the scale its setting demands while keeping each zone purposeful and self-contained. The black barn aesthetic is committed to throughout: striking in silhouette, grounded in materiality, and at home in the landscape in a way that only a considered design can be.
Inside, sweeping exposed truss ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows define the interior - the trusses lending warmth and structure overhead, the glazing ensuring the Karaka countryside is never far from view. Four bedrooms and three bathrooms are arranged across the wings with generosity and privacy in equal measure.
At dusk, when the light drops over the Manukau Harbour and settles across the fields, the home earns its place in the landscape completely.
Project Scope: concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring.
Interior Design by Hannah Warren
Build by Paul Duffet, CCL Builders
