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Alki Design

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Alki is a boutique architecture and design studio creating soulful, high-performance spaces that connect us — to our environment, to each other, and to our future.

04/06/2026

Project: House on the Prairie
Location: Wānaka
Status: Preliminary Design

The planning of this home is centred around environmental response, daily function, and long-term adaptability.

A continuous northern living edge captures sunlight and panoramic views, while service spaces and heavier earth walls form protective buffers to the south and west. The home is organised around a central courtyard and natural pool, allowing landscape, light, and water to remain embedded within everyday circulation and family life.

The roof form is intentionally simple — a low continuous structure wrapping the courtyard and extending outward to create shelter, reduce overheating, and support passive solar performance. Deep overhangs regulate seasonal sun, while the roof geometry allows integration of north-facing solar arrays and rainwater collection systems.

A plan shaped as much by climate and performance as by architecture itself.

02/06/2026

Project: House on the Prairie
Location: Wānaka
Status: Preliminary Design

Set within an exposed rural landscape overlooking the Southern Alps, this project explores how a family home might create shelter, thermal comfort, and intimacy without disconnecting from the scale of the land around it.

The architecture is organised around a protected courtyard and natural pool, using insulated rammed earth walls and charred timber screening to mediate wind, sun, privacy, and seasonal change. Long roof overhangs, operable shutters, and restrained glazing work together to control solar gain while maintaining connection to light, meadow, and distant views.

The material palette is grounded and durable. SIREWALL rammed earth provides thermal mass and permanence, while Yakisugi cladding introduces shadow, texture, and low-maintenance resilience against Wānaka’s harsh UV conditions. Wild meadow planting and recessed pool fencing soften the transition between architecture and prairie beyond.

A home shaped by climate, ritual, and restraint — balancing protection and openness within a vast alpine landscape.

27/05/2026

Project: The Yakisugi Cabin
Location: Wanaka
Status: Complete

The Yakisugi Cabin was never really about building a “small house”.
It was about testing another way of living.

A slower way.
A more resourceful way.
A way of building that embraces limitation as part of the creative process rather than something to fight against.

Much of the home was constructed from materials already around us. Macrocarpa trees from Charlotte’s family sheep farm — milled decades earlier and forgotten in an old shed — became the cladding, joinery, linings, furniture, and light fixtures.

Every surface was shaped by hand.
Planed, glued, sanded, assembled, dismantled, and reworked again.

The cabin became an ongoing experiment in craftsmanship, performance, and playful problem solving — where architecture and making blurred together.

The project was never really about perfection.

It was about curiosity, experimentation, and learning through making.

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26/05/2026

Project: Lake Hayes Retreat
Location: Arrowtown
Status: Works in Progress

Courtyards and alleys seem lost in modern architecture.

There is something beautiful about the sanctuary, veiled from the chaos of bustling streets, finding respite from the demands of daily life.

20/05/2026

Project: Lake Hayes Retreat
Location: Arrowtown
Status: Works in Progress

From the hillside, the residence commands sweeping views of Coronet Peak and Lake Hayes. The precast concrete base roots the structure to the land, while the lofted metal screen mitigates the New Zealand sun, casting a warm glow from within as evening falls.

15/05/2026

Project: The Happy Lorax
Location: Wanaka
Status: Under Construction

The home is organised across two levels, supporting a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath layout with a generous garage and practical storage for family life.

Arrival is grounded and protected, with service spaces, bedrooms, and garaging anchoring the lower level — creating a calm and private base to the home.

Above, open-plan living, dining, and kitchen spaces are lifted to engage with lake views, with a scullery tucked behind to support daily use without disrupting the main space.

This arrangement prioritises outlook and sunlight for shared living, while allowing more private spaces to remain sheltered below.

The design prioritises comfort and efficiency — carefully managing insulation, airtightness, and solar control to create a home that stays warm in winter, cool in summer, and light on energy use over time.

A considered family home — practical, durable, and quietly responsive to its environment.

10/05/2026

Project: The Happy Lorax
Location: Wanaka
Status: Under Construction

Set within a constrained suburban site, this project explores how a family home might respond to height limits, material covenants, and neighbouring interfaces, while still capturing elevated views toward the lake.

Building consent has now been granted, allowing the project to move forward into the next stage.

A concrete portcullis forms a protective edge to the street, grounding the home and reducing maintenance over time. Beyond this, charred timber screens and slatted elements introduce depth, shadow, and a softer threshold — filtering light, managing solar gain, and opening when needed to reconnect with views.

The material palette is robust and restrained. Concrete, charred timber, and stone establish durability externally, while natural plasters and warmer finishes carry this language inward.

A home shaped by both constraint and opportunity — balancing privacy, outlook, and long-term performance.

06/05/2026

Project: Lake Hayes Retreat
Location: Arrowtown
Status: Works in Progress

A simple hallway becomes extraordinary as natural light filters through the exterior metal screens. This interplay of light and shadow changes throughout the day, softening the robust materiality and inviting the landscape into the home.

03/05/2026

Project: Lake Hayes Retreat
Location: Arrowtown
Status: Works in Progress

Nestled into Arrowtown’s hills, this residence reveals itself through a sequence of freestanding concrete walls, guiding visitors to a pivoting front door. These architectural forms create private courtyards, offering seclusion while maintaining openness on a prominent corner site. The rooted concrete structure grounds the light metal screen, balancing privacy and scale with precision.

Address

38 Bernard Road
Albert Town
9305

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+64272611588

Website

http://www.alkidesign.co.nz/

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