Inside an Award-Winning Dream Beach House Designed for a Humble Couple (House Tour)
Sitting above the dunes on a plateau, Light Mine is a dream beach house designed by Crosson Architects that embraces expansive views of the Coromandel Peninsula. Entering from the southern end of the house, the Light Mine house tour unfolds like a book, seeing Crosson Architects offer a carefully planned story from beginning to end. Separated into interconnecting pods, Light Mine is a single level family home that takes inspiration from the dunes and headlands behind and becomes a unique structural form for future generations to enjoy.
In designing the home, Crosson Architects looked to the gold mining history of the area, finding inspiration from a historical drawing of a gold mine shaft. As such, the architects have designed a series of geometric pods. Serving as unique structural elements, these inserts work together to break up the horizontal design of the dream beach house. Embraced by the clients after many conversations with Crosson Architects, the diagonal inserts offer a sense of scale and character to the home that relates to the surrounding landscape. From within, the diagonal shafts bring a playful and unique movement of light that instils changing characteristics; placed strategically over the living and dining areas, they offer variations of light as the sun shuffles through the dream beach house. Notably, the light shaft in the main bedroom offers glimpses of the night sky, capturing the Milky Way and stars above.
Understanding that the dream beach house needed to meld and blend into its surroundings over time, Crosson Architects has used reclaimed local native tōtara timber for the exterior cladding, enhancing the home’s horizontality and settling it into its surrounds. Overall, a cohesive approach to colour and materiality ensures the home reflects the surrounding landscape. Dark timber has been employed on the exterior, referencing the rock of the headland behind; inside, the use of light timber speaks to the sand dunes beyond.
The band sawn timber used extensively throughout the interior design creates a warm reprieve from the outside. In contrast, the kitchen and bathrooms feature dark timber veneer, which also nods to the gold mines while creating visual interest in each internal space.
Challenged to design something that was both memorable and laid back, Crosson Architects has delivered a dream beach house, which references Light Mine’s historical context and incorporates the changing colours of the day to emphasise its unique character.
00:00 - Introduction to the Dream Beach House
00:43 - An Extraordinary Site
01:12 - A Choreographed Journey
01:30 - The History Behind the Gold Mining
02:10 - The Light Shafts
02:48 - Tying the Material Palette into Context
03:02 - Cladding Built From the Land
03:32 - Moulding and Blending into the Location Overtime
03:48 - The Extraordinary Craftsmanship
04:33 - A Reference to the Interior of a Gold Mine
05:08 - The Variations of Light Quality
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Photography by Sam Hartnett.
Architecture by Crosson Architects.
Build by Percival Construction and Bob de Leeuw.
Filmed and Edited by Cadre.
Production by The Local Project.
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@johnhogan5766
2 ай бұрын
Please credit the music tracks
What an incredible design! Admiring everyone that lives in the houses that are literally part of them and their lives.
Incredible architecture. Incredible interior designing. Incredible history and location. Everything about this is perfect. This is exemplary work.
I loved this build so much, I shed a tear. It's so thoughtfully put together, great location, courageous design. It's timeless.
@stevej02
Жыл бұрын
You cried over a house? It may be time to seek help.
@donnaoz5502
Жыл бұрын
@@stevej02 maybe you overlooked the building that was once a tree, alive and thriving in its environment... awaiting its next adventure [as a home]... but who am I to share such wonders.
@stevej02
Жыл бұрын
@@donnaoz5502 tbh it looks like something out of a Soviet era communist society. Drab and bland.
@donnaoz5502
Жыл бұрын
@@stevej02 Free will is gifted to all.
I really admire the craftsmanship, the materials, the location, the simplicity of this design, also the shafts were a nice touch but it could've been designed in a pleasant way to the eyes Great job
A wonderfully executed design... with its story told from the heart.
I love the story behind the light mines and their use is powerful at bringing light into the home and illuminating it as well as providing corridors which allow someone to view the stars. The home feels quite warm with its use of wood. Beautiful home.
The craftsmanship of the wooden details is so good. I hope guys get paid well for such a fantastic job.
Beautiful craftsmanship and design.
So moving and emotional, you can feel every gesture and detail.
This is one of the best houses I've ever seen. Well done
Spectacular home! Well done!
Exceptional vision. Well done.
Incredibly breathtaking design. My day is going to be greater now. Thank you.
@TheLocalProject
Жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
Extraordinary.
Wonderful job all round
The shafts are something special
Great project nice craftsmanship
Great work 👍🏼
stunning.
GORGEOUS ❤
Incredible
Beautiful 🤩. UK 🏴
it confused me a bit from the beginning and while I was following the pages of this "book", in the end it just captivated my mind like a real masterpiece.
I like the cladding in & out the house.
@kennethbarber438
Жыл бұрын
reminiscent of Wright
Australian modern architecture is by far the best in the world.
Wow 🤩
nice to see no board formed concrete for once
interesting thought
incredible video...do you guys mind if you let us know the tracks that have been played in this video? Thank you so much in advance!
It's like Indonesian hut inspiration.
As a Kiwi I am more interested in how ecologically friendly a house is, listening to it’s Architect blow bubbles about how ‘mine shaft’ his design is, that light has to brought in through climbing towers for the local Opossums, my next question is will the Opossum’s require a harness when the coastal winds gust in 🙂
@mezanian
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, possum, they're feral, from OZ. They got not rights in NZ.
Could anybody tell me what brand the internal door handle is
This is like the 30th video in a row with a bright timber interior (which I don't like at all), would be nice to see a place that doesn't look like all the rest
I think a natural roof with local plants would have really helped this home tie into its surroundings better.
@iirayniahii
Жыл бұрын
No, the domes are the attraction here! To inspire, the character, the different
What is the color of the house called
LIght traps. Monolithic.
"Humble" ahhh yes, the natural humility of a multi million dollar property.
Eyesore
I’ve never heard an architect say the client is a pretentious dickhead. I’m sure the homeowners are just beautiful people and have a fuckton of money
Correction: “The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.” AND THIS ONE - You say to brick, “What do you want, brick?” Brick says to you, “I like an arch.” if you say to brick, “arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel over an opening. What do you think of that, brick?” Brick says: “I like an arch.” - Louis Kahn
No, podle mě je mnohem lepší dělat celej život práci na hovno a v šedesáti splatit hypotéku na barák z katalogu :D Že jo?! :D
@messi8459
Жыл бұрын
👌🤣🤣
was the cladding on the outside installed all unequal and bad on purpose?
first haha
The horizontal panels are very much monotones and are destroying the aesthetics of the house a simple white color would have been enough
The architect has a lot to say. lol
Didn't really see the house much at all. Just the outside. I guess each to their own but I'd be gutted if I spent a shit tone of money and had to live in that!! 🙄
Hmm…
Grotesque
Nope. Thx.
the light shafts are ugly hehe.
That is one incredibly ugly house. No heart at all.
@PaoliRoberti
Жыл бұрын
I get that this is your personal opinion. But try to see the story behind the architecture and appreciate the design and work that went into it. Constructive critic is always nice to view and see how others see a unique House, but ur comment sadly doesnt bring anything to the discussion. Have a good day!
@ronnymcdonald2543
Жыл бұрын
@@PaoliRoberti So you don't like opinions that differ to yrs ? Yr intolerance brings nothing to this discussion. Have a good day.
@NOXStellans
Жыл бұрын
@@ronnymcdonald2543 The judgment that this house is ugly can be constructively bring something to the discussion when it contains a useful observation. "No heart at all" could qualify. But I'm unsure what to do with it? I suspect a few personal items could give the interior more warmth? - The kitchen has a banana hanger, which if used, would have brought in some warmth?
@PaoliRoberti
Жыл бұрын
@@ronnymcdonald2543 I’m not disliking his opinion. Its just a bit blunt to just say “its ugly””not heart at all”. I can obviously live with someone not sharing my opinion. I didnt even give my personal opinion, so y dont even know if i like the house or not. Im just here trying to make him understand, that his comment is not that constructive. I have to agree with @Knox Palmer after reading my comment again and reading other opinions. I just wished he would be more specific thats all. And the “good day” wasn’t sarcastic. I was just trying to be nice
@ronnymcdonald2543
Жыл бұрын
@@PaoliRoberti That's merely yr opinion, so why don't you try allowing others to have their opinions unfettered by yr desire to control the narrative or others thoughts - I think yr a pompous twat, do you need me to write an entire diatribe on how I've come to this conclusion ?
I think you don't know the meaning of humble. A waste of money and light on that roofs
No hate; there is nothing special or incredible about this home. And those shafts are just 🙄🙄. So many better homes on this channel.
God, Archispeak is boring!
Blending gold mining reference to the sensitive location - ok sure.
I wouldnt mind if they moved the barnacles off the roof.
Those "light shafts" or "load mine shafts" are just horrible! It looks very ugly!