A roofline drawn from the ridgelines
Sawtooth House sits atop a river terrace overlooking the Shotover, where a north–south line of symmetry divides the outlook between natural and cultivated landscape. Designed by Arrowtown practice Assembly Architects for a family of six and their collection of art, the home is arranged as a repetitive rhythm of panels along that spine, with a central corridor that keeps parents and children independent yet connected. Its defining gesture is the roof — a sawtooth form that borrows from the nearby ridgelines, abstracting an eastern skyline through repetition. A horizontal datum runs around the building like an alpine tree line, separating base from roof. Above it, Nu Wall E200 aluminium cladding in Dulux Duratec Eternity Coal Dust Kinetic Matt gives the upper form its rugged, shadowed texture: singular as a whole, yet defined by its many parts.
