"‘With our designs we like embedding a narrative, another level of engagement,’ explains architect Ken Crosson, whose designs often evince a playful or subversive element. It was local gold-mining history that lent its narrative to Light Mine House, a beach bach at Kūaotunu, on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. Nestling among the sand dunes and pīngao, a series of boxes is made unique by the addition of tapering skylights that reach for the sky." Photo 3 of 10 in 10 New Zealand Homes That’ll Inspire a Trip to the Edge of the Earth

10 New Zealand Homes That’ll Inspire a Trip to the Edge of the Earth

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"With our designs we like embedding a narrative, another level of engagement," explains architect Ken Crosson, whose designs often evince a playful or subversive element. It was local gold-mining history that lent its narrative to Light Mine House, a beach "bach" at Kūaotunu, on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. Nestling among the sand dunes and pīngao, a coastal grass, a series of boxes is made unique by the addition of tapering skylights that reach for the sky.