‘House for a Winemaker’ was designed by local Queenstown architect, Stacey Farrell.
Specifically designed to make the most of this north facing sloping site, the house maximises its footprint through the provision of carports and storage under the main 130m2 building platform.
The kitchen, indoor and outdoor living areas are all north-facing, which makes the most of the small, elevated site whilst taking in spectacular views looking directly out at both the stunning surrounding hills and over the small historic township of Arrowtown.
The site itself presented the team with a number of challenges regarding access for equipment and materials, whilst an early dump of snow applied additional pressure to the timeline. The team also worked closely with the architect to resolve a number of fine, detailing issues in order to deliver a great result for the client.
Winemaker's House
Residential
Home Owner
Queenstown
March, 2015
October, 2015
$450,000
The ‘leaky home’ issues in New Zealand construction have caused numerous problems for both homeowners and the industry alike. This project typified that situation, with a set of anxious, largely elderly, owners and an initial contractor that went into liquidation during phase one of the project. It was against this backdrop that Brosnan Construction were engaged to complete the contract.
Brosnan Construction were awarded the contract to construct an 800 square metres 2 storey redevelopment in the growing North Canterbury township of Woodend. The scope for Woodend School included a new two storey eight classroom block. In addition to this, there are some minor weather-tightness repairs for the three remaining buildings. At the completion of the project, the demolition of a two classroom cebus unit will be completed.
Projects at educational premises will tend to involve strict workarounds to enable the school to continue to deliver for its pupils during the construction phase or, alternatively, very short timeframes for completion when working during holiday periods. This project had both.
Working in the heart of a live hospital environment always poses a number of challenges. This project involved the refurbishment and modernisation of six family lounge rooms across different levels at the North Shore Hospital and had a short timeframe for delivery, resulting in the Brosnan team having to be highly creative with some of their working solutions.