MODHOUSE LT FLOOR PLANS GALLERY SUSTAINABILITY OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION KEY FACTS + SPECIFICATIONS

ARCHITECT - DESIGN

high performance sustainable timber houses

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"The aim for modhouse was to bring a mid-sized open plan timber house to market that was high performing, environmentally sustainable and could be delivered at a reasonable price point."

- John McNamara, modhouse architect + founder

After 10 years of exploring and refining the modhouse design through sketches and model making, architect John McNamara formed modhouse as a company in 2017 and began to construct the first modhouse as a showhome in Hawkes Bay.

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modhouse are strong advocates for offsite prefabrication which we believe is the way forward for the speedy delivery of housing in NZ. Engineered timber ticks all the boxes as it is grown in NZ sustainably, is a sustainable product, creates logs for jobs and achieves a simple and easy assembly to provide a solution for many structural requirements.

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‘Sustainability is  a core tenet of the modhouse ethos,   we make small, high-performing, timber houses oriented to capture the sun, with doors and windows placed to heat the slab for free passive solar gain.’  &thins
‘The only thing we knew we definitely wanted was to clad the house with timber screening — we used Abodo — because we love the way it elevates a simple facade and is reflective of the old barns on the surrounding farms.   We
“I made minor changes to the floorplan to accommodate the site and client requests,  although the external footprint was unchanged, the layout was fun to play around with to meet their needs, for example pushing the kitchen to the north
modhouseLT (single level) @stay_at_homer a place to play, gather and ground. Featured in the latest issue of @homestylemag ‘Being such a prominent site in an area that’s predominantly original villas, it was important for us to build s
modhouseLT @stay_at_homer in the latest issue of @homestylemag.   ‘Once we’d mastered the art of the Zoom call — 2020 was a different time — it was such good fun. Modhouse is modular, so our initial meetings were about
dare to be different — ‘ an experimental building format created an intriguing home for a Hastings couple’ pg:58 - 69 May issue of NZ House & Garden on sale until Monday, get yourself a copy photos @florencecharvinphotographe
our own modhouse home featured in the @nzhouseandgarden May issue   “There are design aspects to our modhouse that being your own client allowed us to entertain — But that is the whole beauty of these projects. Some of the most
The abundant, beautiful use of timber. photo @florencecharvinphotographer #modhousenz #nzhome #nzarchitecture #nzinteriors #sustainabledesign
There is a bold sense of character at modhouse. Entering into a double height atrium space with a floating bridge that connects both of the two story sides together, every inch punches above its weight. Shunning hallways and wasted space an extraor
The materials and building elements that make up modhouse are largely determined by the timber frame design - an exposed post and beam type construction, with large flat timber panels on top. The “kit-of-parts” - made to the right size a
In just 105sqm modhouseLT features 3 double bedrooms, two bathrooms, open-plan kitchen, living and dining spaces and a separate laundry and utility room. ~ lucky you, modhouseLT in Martinborough is open to book. Don’t stay at home @stay_at_ho