Andy Spain

Sun, sea, sand: 2017’s top beach houses

Projects | Before this rather tumultuous summer ends, we look back at last year’s 5 most popular beach houses from across New Zealand.

2017’s top 5 civic spaces

Projects | From a small surf lifesaving club to a multi-layered station, these are the top 5 most viewed civic projects of 2017.

The modern bach: Pourerere Beach House

Projects | With modest materials and a simple, social layout, this Hawke’s Bay beach house fits with its original bach neighbours.

2017 Ted McCoy Award

Awards | With Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana, Tennent Brown Architects has designed a highly sensitive contextual response.

Lovingly crafted: Courtyard House

Projects | This former worker’s cottage has been slowly transformed into an ideal and permanent home for two Wellington architects.

Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Projects | Lake Waikaremoana’s new visitor centre by Tennent Brown Architects returns local iwi to its ancestral home beside the lake.

Unseen New Zealand

Review | Photographer Andy Spain has been touring New Zealand capturing the largely unseen interiors of quirky, historical spaces.

2017 Wellington Architecture Awards

Awards | A wide range of projects were successful at this year’s Wellington awards, announced at Te Papa Tongarewa on Wednesday 17 May.

2017 Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay Awards

Awards | 11 projects have received awards in the 2017 Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay Architecture Awards, held at Hastings Art Centre on 12 May.