Flanked by New Zealand’s Southern Alps, nestled into limestone rock formations and looking across Lake Pearson to a perfectly symmetrical view of Sugarloaf Mountain is Flockhill Homestead, designed by world-renowned architectural studio Warren and Mahoney.
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Location Flockhill, New Zealand
Architectural Studio Warren and Mahoney
Year 2020
Status completed
Series in bathrooms Levo
Series in kitchens Idealaqua 383
Immagini courtesy of Barry Tobin
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Flock Hill Station itself derives its name from these rock formations. The studio’s design celebrates and references the early habitation of the landscape by adopting an architecture that consists of the heavy masonry elements embedded in the landscape. The most striking and recognisable feature of the area around Flock Hill Station is the famous limestone rock formations jutting out of the landscape – named Castle Hill. The privilege of working on a site steeped in storytelling was not lost; with the project team adopting an ‘arts meets science’ approach.
““We wanted to create something that could provide a sense of safety and retreat from the mountainous elements while still feeling fully immersed in the landscape,” says project principal Jonathan Coote.
