Duncan Firth

Ngunguru Road Passive Solar House in Whangarei, New Zealand, is discretely tucked away off Ngunguru Road in Northland. The 340sqm house will be sited near the centre of a 1.2acre, gently sloping section. This positioning takes advantage of both the wider area to the east for space optimisation, and allows the home to be pulled back as far south as possible to achieve greater northern sunlight exposure.

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