An Architect’s Own Tiny Home at the Top of a Mountain (House Tour)

Concealed Refuge by Oli Booth Architecture is an architect’s own tiny home. Built in response to an intensifying urban environment, Concealed Refuge testifies to the beauty and spatial generosity that can accompany a smaller footprint. Located in central Auckland in close proximity to neighbouring bungalows and villas, Concealed Refuge is an architect’s own tiny home. Whilst a garden courtyard is positioned centrally, the house occupies a corner of the site, cut into the landscape so that it appears as a single level dwelling upon approach. Externally, Concealed Refuge expresses the sense of balance indicative of an architect’s own tiny home. Whilst the walls are fluted – creating a sculptural, considered appearance – they are also made of concrete, proposing in turn a raw and textural imperfection. A sliding door to the corner of the building opens the house up to the canopy of trees, brought closer by the cantilevered nature of the architecture. In an architect’s own tiny home, li