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With space an increasingly rare commodity in central Auckland, this renovation has created an oasis that is sheltered behind natural exteriors and the strategic use of landscaping.
First published in September 2007, David Ponting and Richard George opt for a fluid formalism in an old Auckland clerical suburb.
From the 2007 archives: In a paddock outside Levin, Chris Johns designed a comfortable and disarmingly simple country home.
Revisit this home from our 2007 archives: Padma Naidu’s own house on a small Auckland section offers a lesson in modern suburban design.
This calm, compact dwelling at the rear of a Victorian terrace represents an alternative to conventional home designs that will become increasingly valuable as our urban centres densify and household sizes decrease.
Architecture Architecture has created a tranquil home for an artist and a curator on this slice of suburbia – the legacy of a 1940s attempt to marry housing and countryside.
Chris Barton finds at Scion’s Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, in Rotorua – by RTA Studio, in collaboration with Irving Smith Architects – a showcase of radically new methods in multilevel timber construction and a benchmark for achieving net-zero embodied carbon.
Wilson and Hill Architects’ new surf life saving club at Taylors Mistake blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings.
Photographer Emma Smales delights in light, form, material and the experience of a space. She shares some of her favourite images with us.
An economy of planning and a luxury of volume characterise this Gerald Parsonson bach at Raumati, first published in 2007.
An enduring design even at the time of publishing in 2007, Jack Manning’s Stanley Point house is testament to a gentler place and time.
From September 2007: On an exposed site with a huge panorama, Strachan Group Architects (SGA) provides shelter and dissolves boundaries.
Take a look back at all of the Supreme winners from the last decade of the Interior Awards. From big spaces to small and refined designs to bold approaches – there has never been a dull moment.
NZIA Resene Student Design Award winner, Ben Tunui, discusses the ways in which elements of contemporary tikanga can expand and enrich the spatial vocabulary of Māori architecture.
Behind what appears to be a single house in a suburban neighbourhood, two homes offer enough flexibility for both households to enjoy their different stages of life.
When sustainable timber construction proves a challenge for installing conventional plumbing, Saniflo’s range of grey water pumps and lifting stations provides the ideal solution.
Touching the earth lightly, this off-grid house by Chrofi located in a beachside forest, displays the potential for prefabrication to deliver high-quality design in any location.
Jeremy Smith discovers the Wrightmann House in Christchurch, where considered architectural curatorship by Athfield Architects has given every wall a voice.
Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style.
In another 2007 project from Gerald Parsonson, an assured house at Peka Peka rides the dunes rolling inland from an untamed coast.
In Auckland’s most established suburb, Malcolm Walker demonstrates a deft touch with shape and space with this house from 2007.
Amanda Harkness explores the interior design of The Hotel Britomart – Cheshire Architects’ latest project in the downtown Auckland precinct – and discovers thoughtful craftmanship at every turn.
Video: The taonga was once a teeming system and is now a fragile ecology. Jobs for Nature is working to regenerate sacred lands and restore mana to the local community.
Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.
Wrapped in charred timber cladding and hugged tightly by a lush suburban garden, this discreet addition to an existing cottage expertly balances function and folly.
Megan Edwards visits Patchwork Architecture’s award-winning project in Wellington and finds a playful, elegant and environmentally efficient architectural solution on a scrap of leftover hillside.
Integrated design firm Isthmus explores the evolution of this sacred place of immense historical, cultural and spiritual significance to the Mana Whenua iwi/hapū of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Taranaki-based architects Brady and Sarah Gibbons have been part of the growing architecture scene in this up and coming region since 2013. We explore some of their recent work.
This Graham Tipene work graces the entrance to the new South Atrium of the Auckland Museum. He tells us more about weaving traditional design with modern techniques.
Tucked behind an existing heritage home on a tight block with a south-facing yard, this generous addition offers light-filled, textured spaces with a natural, earthy palette.
In pastoral Waikato, RTA Studio employ vernacular forms to create an inland holiday house that was first published in 2007.
Tough materials and flexible spaces characterise Archimedia’s Hamilton house by the Waikato River, from the Houses magazine 2007 archives.
Strict conditions on a vulnerable coastal site lead Godward Guthrie to develop clever solutions in the design for this house from 2007.
This rear addition to a heritage cottage on a raised corner block sits in harmony with the existing structure and enhances its cherished “ramshackle” nature.
Leading architectural photographer and name behind several books chronicling the best of New Zealand’s environment, David Straight, recounts his favourite shoots to date.
Two recent restaurant additions to Auckland’s Commercial Bay boast some of the best public views of the civic precinct. Federico Monsalve discovers what sets them apart.
North of Auckland, Herbst Architects again produce a sophisticated response to climate and context in this house that we revisit from 2008.
With this project from 2008, Edwards White Architects creates a relaxed house in a Hamilton subdivision that is a model Kiwi family home.
Revisit this 2008 project where Antanas Procuta Architects (now PAUA) has some fun with an archetype in a Waikato farm manager’s house.
Take a look at our most popular houses of the year. From Otago to Northland, these residential projects have shown Kiwi architecture at its finest.