Goetz Wunderbar Passive House
House Profile You can read more about the Goetz Family’s building journey on their website: www.wunderbar-passive-house.org.
Auckland
Hokowhitu Passivhaus
House Profile Read a Q&A about this project with its Passive House designer Elrond Burrell.
Palmerston North
Kahika Tōtara
A third Passive House home has been certified at Bushland Park in Christchurch, delivered on time and under budget to very happy homeowners. This project has achieved Passive House Premium status. The experienced Passive House builders employ a deliberate strategy of working with the same suppliers and sub-trades as much as possible and building with prefab panels constructed in their …
Christchurch
Whittle House
This rural site on the Kaipara Harbour is a beautiful haven for its owners but building here was not without challenges. Any remote location brings complications with transport and access to tradespeople. Here the architects/Passive House designers at Sang Architects also had to contend with very difficult ground conditions (and a rogue possum bashing about in the roof space after …
Matakohe
Midway House
An experienced architecture/designer and construction team have produced another outstanding Passive House project in Dunedin. It’s a warm and comfortable home for Canadian immigrants who were predictably shocked at the low standards of typical New Zealand housing. The house looks as good as it performs, with references to mid-century design details and a stunning larch tongue-and-groove ceiling with exposed rafters. …
Dunedin
Froggy Bottom
Another strawbale home has achieved Passive House certification, but this is not like the others. Froggy Bottom is a low maintenance, modern home and the only clue to the use of a very local and sustainable building material is the thickness of the external walls. The clients sought out the designer because they knew about the strawbale Passive House she …
Otago
