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First look: Auckland War Memorial Museum South Atrium

First look: Auckland War Memorial Museum South Atrium

Posted: 1 Dec 2020

Take a look inside Te Ao Mārama, the South Atrium of the Auckland museum, which has been closed for 18 months and prepares to open its doors to the public on 3 December.

Material Focus: Ahi Restaurant

Material Focus: Ahi Restaurant

Posted: 1 Dec 2020

Architect Jack McKinney was the lead designer for Ahi at Commercial Bay. In this collaboration with Warwick Fabrics, he discusses some of the material and fabric choices for this eatery.

Houses Revisited: Crafty rooster

Houses Revisited: Crafty rooster

Posted: 27 Nov 2020

From the archives: Visit a home on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, where Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.

Houses Revisited: Advanced pose

Houses Revisited: Advanced pose

Posted: 27 Nov 2020

Xsite Architects’ zinc-clad house in a conservative Auckland suburb, first published in March 2008, stretches out to the sun and sea.

Houses Revisited: Like different, man

Houses Revisited: Like different, man

Posted: 27 Nov 2020

Andrew Sexton’s reworked bach on the Wairarapa coast is appropriately resistant to modern pretensions in this project from the 2008 archives.

Glamping pavilions

Glamping pavilions

Posted: 25 Nov 2020

André Hodgskin reveals the many layers of complexity behind this campground-inspired home overlooking the Poor Knights Islands by Herbst Architects.

Memories, moments and artful planning: Breezeway House

Memories, moments and artful planning: Breezeway House

Posted: 23 Nov 2020

Designed for a family to share with their friends, this engaging coastal holiday house embodies a collective memory of time spent by the beach.

Gymnastics of the cross

Gymnastics of the cross

Posted: 18 Nov 2020

Chris Barton explores the religious expression embodied in the design of The Chapel of St Peter by Stevens Lawson Architects.

‘A cascading series of salon spaces’: Garden House

‘A cascading series of salon spaces’: Garden House

Posted: 4 Nov 2020

Soft boundaries create multipurpose spaces that reflect a young couple’s character while generous windows connect interiors with “domesticated wilds” around this home.

French connection: Glassbook House

French connection: Glassbook House

Posted: 28 Oct 2020

Taking cues from Maison de Verre – the “house of glass” – in Paris, the new addition to this home hosts a suite of tranquil living and reading spaces.

Houses Revisited: Sense of place

Houses Revisited: Sense of place

Posted: 23 Oct 2020

At her own Wanaka house, first published in 2008, Anne Salmond has turned simple sketched boxes into a comfortable home.

Houses Revisited: Fresh start

Houses Revisited: Fresh start

Posted: 23 Oct 2020

Fulton Ross Team Architecture’s Rangiora retreat relates to its site and local types, in this home that was featured in Houses magazine in 2008.

Houses Revisited: A second life

Houses Revisited: A second life

Posted: 23 Oct 2020

The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008.

The eagle has landed: Tara Iti house

The eagle has landed: Tara Iti house

Posted: 21 Oct 2020

Early New Zealand modernism, a respect for the sea views and a touch of golf inspired this pavilion – by architecture firm Box – on the shores of Mangawhai.

Suburban stealth: Fife St House

Suburban stealth: Fife St House

Posted: 7 Oct 2020

This house makes the most of a typical long, narrow suburban site, resulting in a family home whose grandest moments are stealthily concealed from the street.

Living side-by-side: Mermaid Multihouse

Side-by-side: Mermaid Multihouse

Posted: 5 Oct 2020

Twin dwellings artfully coalesce in this flexible home, designed by Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb, to provide a mother and son with moments of connection and agency.

Boat shed on the bay

Boat shed on the bay

Posted: 29 Sep 2020

A pared-back, utilitarian bach on Kawau Island by Crosson Architects draws on the quintessential shed typology for its inspiration.

Houses Revisited: Le sublime

Houses Revisited: Le sublime

Posted: 25 Sep 2020

Wellington architect Hugh Tennent demonstrates his sensitive craft in the Marlborough Sounds in this home that was first published in 2008.

Houses Revisited: Humanist habitat

Houses Revisited: Humanist habitat

Posted: 25 Sep 2020

A Wakatipu house benefits from Arrowtown architect Max Wild’s local knowledge in this project, which first appeared in Houses magazine in 2008.

Material Focus: CTRL Space

Material Focus: CTRL Space

Posted: 24 Sep 2020

Project lead designer for the recently opened New York Grill at Westfield Newmarket, Shamal Nanji, discusses some of the fabric choices for this hospitality space.

Viewfinder: Simon Devitt

Viewfinder: Simon Devitt

Posted: 23 Sep 2020

We interview Simon Devitt, one of New Zealand’s most successful and prolific architectural photographers, to hear about some of his favourite projects to shoot.

Together but apart

Together but apart

Posted: 22 Sep 2020

Interior solutions were used in this Christchurch campus to co-locate two, single gender schools and mitigate an age-old battle of the sexes.

‘Cinematic sublimity’: Wallis Lake House

‘Cinematic sublimity’: Wallis Lake House

Posted: 14 Sep 2020

Nestled against a ridgeline and taking in views to the distant peaks of the national park beyond, this new home is born of dedication and collaboration.

Commercial Bay: Saxon + Parole

Commercial Bay: Saxon + Parole

Posted: 11 Sep 2020

Take a first look at the newly-opened Saxon + Parole – the equestrian-themed American restaurant in Auckland’s Commercial Bay.

Ebbs and flows: Spark Christchurch

Ebbs and flows: Spark Christchurch

Posted: 10 Sep 2020

The telco’s new Christchurch headquarters by Sheppard & Rout Architects mimics and reflects its context and industry with its decorative and functional glass façade.

Food halls of the future: BaseHall

Food halls of the future: BaseHall

Posted: 4 Sep 2020

Linehouse – co-founded by New Zealander – proves hospitality spaces can have all the luxury of fine dining coupled with a dynamic food offering.

Boffa Miskell: Sculptures tell the story of early Polynesian navigators

Boffa Miskell: Sculptures tell the story of early Polynesian navigators

Posted: 3 Sep 2020

The firm’s Kathleen Kinney and Cathy Challinor discuss a Gisborne monument that has been reimagined to honour the first explorers to arrive in Aotearoa.

'Strangely beautiful' bush architecture: Castle Cove House

‘Strangely beautiful’ bush architecture: Castle Cove House

Posted: 2 Sep 2020

An angular concrete form is an architectural riff on the rocky crags and crevices that characterize the steep topography of this harbourside suburb.

Through the vines: Zespri HQ

Through the vines: Zespri HQ

Posted: 1 Sep 2020

Zespri’s new headquarters by Warren and Mahoney intertwines the language of the orchard with that of the corporate workplace.

Houses Revisited: Together apart

Houses Revisited: Together apart

Posted: 28 Aug 2020

ALIGNwork’s trans-generational beach house, first published in 2008, is a welcome sight at a very mixed development.

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