Tag Lance Herbst, Nicola Herbst

28-10-2016

Herbst Architects: Castle Rock Beach House north of Auckland

Lance and Nicola Herbst designed one of their most important projects on the beach of Whangarei Heads, on the east coast of New Zealand. The shape of the land determines the design of Herbst Architects’ Castle Rock House, in which imprecise confines help represent the landscape.

29-07-2016

Herbst Architects’ K Valley House: a refuge in New Zealand

A refuge on Coromandel peninsula in New Zealand, K Valley House is a holiday home that inherits the typological features of the farmhouse and the farm shed. Herbst Architects have designed a “glass house” surrounded by nature, made of wood, glass and rusted corrugated sheet metal.

27-08-2015

Herbst Architects under the Pohutukawa trees in New Zealand

The Pohutukawa tree is typical of New Zealand. An evergreen with red flowers, it even grows on rocks. Herbst Architects built this home in the middle of a Pohutukawa forest, where, of course, they gave priority to the trees.

25-06-2015

Castle Rock Beach House by Herbst Architects

Breaking up volumes to adapt them to the shape of the land, putting the interaction between what is built and what is natural to the test to obtain a fully immersive experience: this is New Zealand architects Lance and Nicola Herbst’s goal for Castle Rock Beach House.