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dwellings<br />

Inspired by the small scale<br />

of Japanese residences—<br />

in particular, Makoto<br />

Masuzawa’s 1952 Minimum<br />

House—architect Andrew<br />

Simpson designed his own<br />

economical 538-square-foot<br />

home, set into a wooded<br />

site in Island Bay,<br />

a coastal suburb outside<br />

Wellington, New Zealand.<br />

Up<br />

in<br />

An architect with a taste for unconventional living spaces creates<br />

a small house at lofty heights with a starring view.<br />

text by<br />

Sam Eichblatt<br />

photos by<br />

Paul McCredie<br />

project Island Bay House<br />

architect WireDog Architecture<br />

location Island Bay, New Zealand<br />

NOVEMBER <strong>2015</strong><br />

DWELL

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