Located on the clifftops overlooking the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, this house grew from the client’s desire to have a home to cater for an intergenerational family of adult children and grandchildren. The clients and Bossley Architects have collaborated on many previous houses and know each other well.

The Brief for this house was relatively simple: it needed to be comfortable for a varying number of occupants at different times, and house the large collection of significant artworks of New Zealand and international artists.

Significantly, it was to feel like “a house with art, rather than an art gallery to live in”.