ABSTRACT

The house that Peter Middleton designed for himself and his family in the Auckland suburb of Grafton (1960–61) has an established place in the published record for its reintroduction of traditionalist and populist references, most famously, a finial above one gable end. In 1968, the Grafton Road site was cleared for an extension of the city’s motorway. A period publication records that the Middleton House was cut into pieces and relocated. It gives no details about its new site. Historians of New Zealand architecture believed the house to have been lost. Recently, however, it was found in Waiatarua, on the western outskirts of Greater Auckland. This article explores the history and significance of the house, and the impact of relocation on it, both physically and culturally. It shows that it was the outcome of a carefully considered design practice. With relocation, the context changed from urban to semi-rural, but in both locations the house has been enjoyed as a family home and as a haunt for members of Auckland’s architecture and design communities. The article concludes that the relocation of the Middleton House was the best outcome for it, introducing a new layer of life, significance and value.

摘要

彼得米德尔顿在奥克兰郊区格拉夫顿（1960-61 年）为他自己和他的家人设计的房子在已发表的记录中占有一席之地，因为它重新引入了传统主义和民粹主义的参考，最著名的是一个山墙末端的顶部。1968 年，格拉夫顿路的场地被清理为城市高速公路的延伸。一份时期的出版物记录了米德尔顿故居被切成碎片并搬迁。它没有提供有关其新站点的详细信息。新西兰建筑历史学家认为这座房子已经丢失。然而，最近，它在大奥克兰西郊的怀塔鲁瓦被发现。本文探讨了这座房子的历史和意义，以及搬迁对它的物理和文化影响。它表明这是经过仔细考虑的设计实践的结果。随着搬迁，环境从城市变为半乡村，但在这两个地方，这所房子都被当作家庭住宅和奥克兰建筑和设计社区成员的住所。文章的结论是，米德尔顿故居的搬迁是它最好的结果，带来了新的生活、意义和价值。