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LAY OF THE LAND

THE PROJECT

Bull O’Sullivan Architecture and Murray Long Builders created this four-bedroom home in Auckland’s Muriwai for a family of five.

Depending on your sporting affiliations, it would be natural to liken the sensual sweep of the roof of this house in Muriwai, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland to many things. A rolling wave if you’re a surfer. A ski ramp if you’re a snowboarder. Would-be Evel Knievels would be tempted to wrestle a Harley onto its heights. But for Michael O’Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan Architecture, the dual curvatures are an extract of a cross section of the “lyricism

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