Kingsbury
Glasshouse
Project
AS SEEN ON GRAND DESIGNS NEW ZEALAND
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Tessa Kingsbury
Architect • Gardener • Sheep Enthusiast
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Hi. I’m Tessa.
Recently, I built my dream ‘forever’ home out of a leaky old Sunday School Hall in Dunedin (New Zealand) and this awesome show called Grand Designs decided to buckle up and join me for the journey…
This website is where I will share that amazing journey, reveal some history, show you what was involved and keep you updated with the glasshouse development and other gloriously green details.
Come and join me, my little Buddy and big boy Rex.
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Supreme Award – Winner 2024
“… the judges were in agreement that this project stood out above the others. What identifies a Supreme Winner is a sense of surprise, a shock that a problem, perhaps not an unusual one, can have been so skilfully solved in a way that might not have been expected and yet is completely convincing. 2024’s Supreme Winner, the Kingsbury Glasshouse Project, achieves all this – and more.”
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Come and meet Buddy! He’d love to see you…
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Buddy was born on September 5th 2022 and had a rough start to life after being rejected by his mother. He was lucky to find himself on Tessa’s doorstep and after 2 days of ’round the clock care – he rallied and they’ve been inseparable since.
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The Glasshouse
The glasshouse occupies the area between the one-bedroom residence (on the former stage) and the loft style guest studio (at the original entrance) and takes the lion’s share of the building footprint.
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The Flora
The glasshouse is the main element of this design ‘dish’ and invites gorgeous sunlight into the residence end which opens directly off of it. While it is expected to morph over time as the main trees establish… it will always remain Tessa’s favourite playground.
Ooooh – check out what they’re saying…
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* Twice!
“Grand Designs NZ: Ambitious glasshouse build…”
“Grand Designs NZ: We rank this year’s projects.”
(Spoiler alert – we’re number 1… EEEH!!)
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“Dunedin Hospital architect’s glasshouse home features on Grand Designs NZ”
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“The Kingsbury Glasshouse Project”
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