If we had a dollar for every ugly aluminium conservatory / sun room added to a Christchurch Modern home we’d have at least $64. The house is guilty - $65 - but the original unpainted concrete blockwork outside and stunning timber detailing inside leaves all forgiven. The fireplace in the living room is a bohemoth and a thing of beauty.
…continue reading 29 Cannon Hill Cr. Minson, Henning-Hansen.
Karn Henning-Hansen remembers her late father in an article written for the local NZIA journal. It’s a good read about a quiet modernist whose architecture focused on the principles of the movement and never the style
Very clean looking concrete block home with a T-shape plan. The long bedroom wing featuring a neat row of half gables and the garden borders the Waimairi Stream. A ripper.
Multi-level, concrete block and timber design from one of Christchurch’s best mid-century architects and designer of the stellar Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery.
…continue reading 279 Cannon Hill Cr. Ching House. Minson, Henning-Hansen & Dines.
An unusual Warren & Mahoney design in red brick for the enigmatically named Mr Blank. This early 60s home is one of the rare Miles Warren ‘woolsheds’ before he latched on to the more distinctive ’stable’ form. Curiously the rear of the house is elevated for no apparent reason.
…continue reading 19 Poynder Ave. A R Blank House. Warren & Mahoney.
Looking a bit neglected, this home was originally two self-contained units. The upper floor was an open plan one bedroom home for Mr A A G Reed, featuring a split level dining and living room with a substantial deck. Below; a self-contained flat for his son.
…continue reading 78 Dyers Pass Rd. Reed House. Minson and Henning-Hansen.
Holger Henning-Hansen arrived in Christchurch from Denmark in the 50s and built a family home in 1958 on a concrete floor using cavity concrete block walls - a technique subsequently used by all modern Christchurch architects in the 1960s and the first clear expression of its use in Canterbury.
…continue reading Holger Henning-Hansen