Oliver’s Ridge | Team Green Architects | ArchiPro

Passive Principles: Architectural duo, Sian Taylor and Mark Read, have designed a low-energy, sustainable family home in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, between Coronet Peak, Arthurs Point and Lake Hayes in the Wakatipu Basin. Imagine having a bedroom with a 360-degree view of snowy mountains and crystal clear lakes, where you feel like you’re living within a set of Lord of the Rings. Situated in Speargrass Flat, just outside of Arrowtown, overlooking a landscape that includes The Remarkables mountain ranges and the vineyards of Gibbston Valley, Oliver’s Ridge House was designed to be energy-efficient, sustainable and healthy in response to its extreme climate. Partners in life and work, Sian and Mark from Team Green Architects were especially vested in working on this particular site because Mark has a family connection there. “This place is historically very special to our family because it used to belong to my grandfather’s farm and it is where my mother grew up,” says Mark. “So