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Kōrero: Domestic architecture

The Brake House, Auckland

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The Brake House, Auckland

The Ron Sang-designed Brake House in Titirangi, Auckland, was built in 1977 and was a new take on modernism, with an Asian influence. It comprised a series of box-like forms which were elevated into the surrounding bush. Along with the use of cedar, this gave the dwelling an organic quality. 

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Sang Architects & Company

by Frank Breslin

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Julia Gatley, Domestic architecture – Late modern domestic architecture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45075/the-brake-house-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Julia Gatley, i tāngia i te 17 April 2014.