ONEHUNGA BUNGALOW | HERITAGE RENOVATION
There are streets in Auckland that don't need improving. They need protecting. This heritage enclave in Onehunga, lined with workers' cottages and established magnolia trees, is one of them. Macfie Architecture has worked on three projects here, and each one carries the same responsibility: to add to the street, not detract from it.
This project began with a classic bungalow in need of revival and a brief shaped by two real constraints - stringent heritage overlay regulations and a defined budget. Neither proved an obstacle so much as a discipline.
New bathrooms were introduced, the living and dining spaces reworked, and the connection between inside and out made seamless, each intervention calibrated to the bungalow's existing character rather than working against it. The historical essence of the property was held intact throughout.
Delivered for two newlyweds beginning the next chapter in a home already full of history.
Project Scope - concept design, developed design, resource consent, building consent, on-site monitoring
Photography by Tori Hayley
