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Lake Tarawera House

Passive House Low Energy Building

This two-storey bach overlooks the spectacular Lake Tarawera. It is a low-maintenance, durable house, with carefully chosen materials and facade textures that help the building meld into the landscape. The...

2016

122m2

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Waikanae Passive House

Passive House Classic

This project was a melding of like minds. The clients told their architectural designer that they wanted a Passive House. They had already chosen their builder, who had experience in...

2016

255m2

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Bishop Street Passive House

Passive House Classic

The owners previously lived in a pristine 1930s-built character home, which was damaged beyond repair in the Canterbury earthquakes. A protracted settlement with their insurers gave the couple years to...

2016

223m2

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Kapiti expoHaus

Passive House Classic

This eHaus design provides a contemporary 3 bedroom home with excellent use of space. Designed as the Kapiti expoHaus in 2015 it featured on Breakfast TV as the first certified...

2016

145m2

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Passive House Taupo

Passive House Classic

Passive House Taupo is notable because its owner also designed and built it himself. Kim Feldborg is an experienced NZCB-certified builder who apprenticed in Denmark and has built timber homes...

High Performance Building

257m2

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Coatesville eHaus

Passive House Classic

This imposing residence in a French style was built for three generations, with two homes connected by a very large kitchen and pantry. It also includes office space for the...

2015

370m2

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Crump House

Passive House Classic

The clients had returned to New Zealand with three young children. Unable to find a suitable, warm home in Dunedin, they bought a derelict 150-year-old villa — and demolished it....

2015

179m2

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Marriott House

Passive House Classic

The Marriott Passive House was designed for a professional couple with adolescent children to be used as a family home and home office at the same time.  The requirement for...

2015

248m2

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Brasell Residence

Passive House Classic

This comfortable, contemporary three-bedroom home is modestly sized and won a 2015 South Pacific Passive House Design Award in the cost-effective category. The home combines functionality and form, with visual...

2014

150m2

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eHaus on the Prairie

Passive House Classic

It’s remarkable how much fits inside this two-storey 151m2 (TFA) home for an extended (and expanding) family. The clients wanted a functional and compact home, a place that was both...

2014

151m2

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Raglan Passive House

Passive House Classic

The owners were among the first to choose to build to the Passive House standard in New Zealand and everyone involved in the project broke new ground. The owners discovered...

2013

125m2

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