Positioned on the warm western ridge of Victoria Avenue, 20 Walton Street, Remuera is a modernist landmark of enduring architectural significance. It is also a home that creates an immediate and unexpected sense of ease. Calm, balanced and quietly reassuring, it is a feeling that is difficult to articulate but unmistakable once experienced.

Known as The Norris House, the home was designed in the 1970s by award winning architect Claude Megson and is widely regarded as one of his finest works. Its importance was recognised with a New Zealand Institute of Architects National Award in 1978 and reaffirmed with an Enduring Architecture Award in 2005, a rare distinction that confirms the home's lasting relevance. Constructed in solid concrete throughout, with plastered interiors and exteriors finished in white, the architecture is both confident and restrained. Dark stained Douglas Fir ceilings and beams provide warmth and contrast, while stained oak floors, carpet and tiled areas define the home's functional zones.

Generous volumes, layered levels and internal bridges create a dynamic sense of connection between spaces. Two internal staircases and overhead glazing allow light to move through the home as the day and seasons change, casting shifting patterns across walls and floors. From the family room and kitchen, the sky becomes part of the architecture. From the main bedroom and window seat, views extend toward Hobson Bay.

Outdoor spaces are equally considered. Mature planting provides privacy and calm around two courtyards, while a car court and service court complete the home's practical layout.

Over the past 16 years, the property has been carefully improved and upgraded, including a new double skin membrane roof with fire resistant insulation, multiple heat pumps, a gas fire, a monitored security system with cameras, irrigation and improved drainage. Importantly, these enhancements respect and preserve Megson's original intent.

This is a home of architectural integrity, light, scale and quiet confidence. One that feels as relevant and considered today as when it was first conceived.

Homes of this calibre, authorship and permanence are tightly held and rarely offered. For those who recognise true architecture, this is not a home to admire from a distance. It must be experienced in person, and your early inspection is strongly advised.