A Pleasant And Useful Space – Ngai Tahu adds new attraction in Queenstown
If you have been to the Queenstown waterfront in New Zealand, you will likely remember it for the stunning beauty and scale of the surrounding landscape, the majestic TSS Earnslaw tied up at St Omer Wharf and the outrageous cost of the coffee at some of the nearby cafes. And now, there is a fresh and rather attractive addition to this mountain maritime scene.
Natural timber boarding was used for the roof and walls of this house in Norfolk evoking the traditional construction of local windmills, boat houses and boat building of the Broads.
This long, low, oak-framed structure relates to the medieval tradition of transitory timber buildings, such as pentices walkway, oriels and it makes extensive use of oak and timber-framed galleries.