We hope you all enjoyed learning more about the breathtaking Matagouri in New Zealand’s South Island! The architectural marvel of this home, designed by Fearon Hay Architects, beautifully balances the rawness of its surroundings with a sense of domestic tranquillity. Matagouri was recently featured in Issue No. 12 of our Print Publication, which is available to purchase through our website - thelocalproject.com.au/publication/issue-12/
That's a very limited and confused perspective. The little homeless boy in India has the same 24 hours as the son of a banker in Switzerland, but they do not live the same life.
So calming and beautiful! I can only imagine the silence, solitude and calmth of this location in this beautiful house. Also the styling is sober, because look at that surroundings! No painting on the wall could surpass this beautiful landscape
Wow! That Shaker inspired interior design is indeed different, but very nice. The spindle use, the drawer fronts, striations in exterior surfacing--all spectacular. Fantastic and memorable project.
This site alone is stunning ! I could be happy living in my sping bar tent here. I cannot imagine what king of wealth it would take to own such an exspanse of beautiful land as this. The home they built is perfect for this site. It doesnt take anything away from the natural beauty.
The opening view immediately gave me sense of why the home was being built in the place where it was built. The home has an amazing view. I love the idea that there are places within the home which cannot see the view so no one becomes accustomed to the awesomeness of the view. The view will alwayse be awesome in the most grandest sense. I loved the roof because it does exactly what is said in the video, it gives the home a sense of having always been there. It removes the newness from the home since the home blends into the landscape. The home is really a respite from the everyday. Very lovely.
This is the most perfect house i've ever seen and by perfect i mean everything from landscape to architectural details to interior designs i never saw a house and thought i wouldn't change a thing if i were to live in it but it is that house where i wouldn't want to change even a single thing I hope there were a more detailed tour of the interior and layout tho
Great design, great location and great integration of the two but for the love of whatever deity you may subscribe to, take about 70% off "the occupation".
Its a shame that only rich people can afford to live in an architecturally pleasing house! Really would love to see the cost of these houses, probably around 8 million AUD on average based on the past content.
How many bathrooms in this fine structure? It has the appearance of a bunker, using cover and concealment to avoid destruction. All along the coast of Europe you can see remnants of “Fortress Europe “, it would segue right in amongst the bunkers, with dunes enveloping the structure while native grasses soften the dark purpose for which they were created! A remote and forbidding structure this, hunkered down like some crouching animal.
@@johnowens5342 Established cities are not an excuse or reasonable argument to encroach on wilderness areas. From a Sustainability vantage point, cities are far better for the planet. Also, this home may be a gateway and a thumbs up for others to choose the same path. If we ask the landscape and wildlife where they wish we would build luxury homes, could we guess what they would say?
4:09 The chimney looks like a rubbish bin sitting in the middle of a field. Not sure if that was the intention but if not then that cylindrical metal piece's occupation might be in doubt unless it identifies as a rubbish bin instead of what it actually is, a chimney but we can't question its orientation these days as it's not P.C.
Why take the effort to make the majority of the home blend into the landscape.. then put a two-story unadorned concrete cube, that sticks out like a sore thumb
I see what they were trying to achieve but it just falls ever so slightly short of achieving that intention in every space. It’s not a bad house by any means. It’s really quite nice. But it’s just not a masterpiece. Several minor aesthetic choices add up to create this deficit of cohesion that lets the overall impact of the design down.
This is about the scenery not the bunker, why so square and unsuited to the landscape. The square concrete finish boxes sit in the landscape like a coffee mug sitting in a cutlery drawer. Grasses on the roof are an ill fitting wig. Missed a great opportunity.
0:35 he says there's "no proximity of other structures" and yet at 0:21 you can very clearly see another house in the background. Such a blatant falsehood makes you wonder what else the architects might be concealing....🤔
My God....this house is so boring and cliche....you can say whatever you want about it bit it's a shoe box with grass on the roof. It blends seamlessly with the intern who designed it.
I'm not sure why, but I longed for some contrast, even a bright blue planter statement to brighten up what seemed very austere and a bit cold -the music-making also was a bit sombre. The landscape can be very limited to browns/olives/grey in that part of the country and in NZ. I guess the introduced exotics like maples/oaks give interest and vibrance via autumn red/golden tones.
