WireDog Architecture

WireDog Architecture is a New Zealand architecture practice based in Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast, led by director Andrew Simpson. It creates homes for people and places, each tailored to its clients and their lives, designed for its site with one eye on the details and another on the future. The practice guides clients from the initial spark of an idea to a completed home, with clear points along the way to pause, reflect and check the project is on track.

Andrew brings a rigorous approach, focused on the responsibility of design to clients, site and the long-term impacts of construction, believing architecture should aim to be restorative. He has held roles at practices including Parsonson Architects, Jasmax and Gilplans Architecture.

On Lunchbox, Island Bay House in Wellington is Andrew's own compact home, influenced by Makoto Masuzawa's Minimum House. Its simple corrugated iron gable hides a space that lives large thanks to a wall of glass.

See Island Bay House on Lunchbox below.

Compact Japanese-Inspired House Lives Large Thanks to a Wall of Glass

Thanks to a double-height space and an expansive openable wall of glass to capture the view, this home feels positively spacious.