OCEAN HOME

THERE IS A SENSE OF RIGHTNESS, of belonging, that some houses manage to capture and this collection of pavilions on a waterfront site in Pauanui does just that. Buildings that reflect place and culture will always have this advantage. “Our clients have a Polynesian/Melanesian background and there is a strong component of that in the site layout,” says architect Richard Goldie of Peddle Thorp.

The entrance journey pays homage to that of the ‘pure’aga’ (a Rotuman village) with arrival via a walkway that skirts the central lawn with its