KARAKA HOUSE | BLACK BARN NEW-BUILD

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. The configuration gives the property the scale its setting demands, while keeping each zone purposeful and self-contained. The black barn form is carried through the whole house, strong in silhouette, grounded in its materials and settled into the land around it.

Inside, sweeping exposed truss ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows define the interior. The trusses lend warmth and structure overhead, and the glazing keeps the Karaka countryside always in 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 house looks as though it has always been there.Project Scope: concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring.

Interior Design by Hannah Warren

Build by Paul Duffet, CCL Builders