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Viewfinder: Top five with Jason Mann

Viewfinder: Top five with Jason Mann

Posted: 10 Jun 2020

Architectural photographer Jason Mann takes us behind the lens and shows us some of his favourite recent projects: from a beach bach to a hillside home.

Combobulation Station: Uncanny Architecture for Uncommon Objects

Combobulation Station: Uncanny Architecture for Uncommon Objects

Posted: 9 Jun 2020

Take a deeper look at this winning project from this year’s Visionary Architecture Awards, which tackles the feelings of discombobulation of current climate conversations.

Hot House: Bridge House

Hot House: Bridge House

Posted: 8 Jun 2020

The house that marketing built: This Los Angeles home, perched above a running stream, was brought to you by… a truckload of brands.

Future fit: Les Mills Transport Hub

Future fit: Les Mills Transport Hub

Posted: 5 Jun 2020

This recently opened project at the gym’s Auckland City locale forms part of a ‘permeable campus’, providing a space which is both flexible and designed to increase community engagement.

A dignified return: Drill Hall House

A dignified return: Drill Hall House

Posted: 3 Jun 2020

Tobias Partners takes a curatorial hammer to a previously modified drill hall, reinstating the clarity of the original building form and create a reposeful home.

Living with art

Living with art

Posted: 1 Jun 2020

In this apartment, proportions and flow are just as important as are surfaces and detail. Art, however, reigns supreme and in complete unison.

Meeting under chevron hoods

Meeting under chevron hoods

Posted: 26 May 2020

Jeremy Smith contemplates the intricate origami planes of the Nelson Airport Terminal and ascends to the Cab of its trapezoid Control Tower.

Suburban starship: Studley Park House

Suburban starship: Studley Park House

Posted: 25 May 2020

This home by March Studio navigates the terrain of a sloping site while saluting the mid-century architecture that informed its design.

Houses Revisited: Nesting instinct

Houses Revisited: Nesting instinct

Posted: 22 May 2020

From the archives: Form follows climate in this home from Strachan Group Architects near Mangawhai Heads, which looks set to take flight.

Houses Revisited: Still on top

Houses Revisited: Still on top

Posted: 22 May 2020

Look back at a house in wild Wairarapa that reprises the adventure and ambition of Gordon Moller’s early career.

Houses revisited: Mission statement

Houses revisited: Mission statement

Posted: 22 May 2020

First published in 2008, Paul Clarke has designed a view house in Auckland’s eastern suburbs that preserves a little of the past.

Courtyard dreams

Courtyard dreams

Posted: 20 May 2020

The front door to this villa in Grey Lynn might look typical, but it’s a portal to another time and place.

Down by the river: South Yarra House

Down by the river: South Yarra House

Posted: 13 May 2020

A quaint walkway stepping up from Melbourne’s Yarra River is the sole means of access to this 1930s brick home, where an extension is a treetop sanctuary.

NZIA Resene Student Design Awards 2019

NZIA Resene Student Design Awards 2019

Posted: 12 May 2020

Two students were declared winners of the annual Student Design Awards. Dig deeper into Abdallah Alayan and Jeremy Priest’s award-winning projects.

Desirable abode

Desirable abode

Posted: 11 May 2020

We caught up with Barry Condon of Condon Scott Architects to talk about the design of this new home in Wanaka.

Extra-ordinary

Extra-ordinary

Posted: 4 May 2020

With brick as the predominant material, this house is like a contemporary rendition of an historic ruin, affirming the pedestal of brick in architecture.

Butterfly effect: Antipodes HQ

Butterfly effect: Antipodes HQ

Posted: 30 Apr 2020

A well-known art deco building in Wellington undergoes an internal metamorphosis in order to house this global skincare brand’s headquarters and retail space.

The 'C' word: Escape to Kawau Island

The ‘C’ word: Escape to Kawau Island

Posted: 29 Apr 2020

Photographer Alex Wallace remembers an idyllic weekend at a Kawau Island bach, designed by Auckland-based ICR Studio.

Happy Days domain

Happy Days domain

Posted: 28 Apr 2020

Chris Barton explores DKO Architecture’s mix of terraced and apartment living at a former quarry site in Auckland’s Mount Wellington.

Houses Revisited: Adventure in toytown

Houses Revisited: Adventure in toytown

Posted: 24 Apr 2020

In this Wellington home, first published in 2009, Uche Isichei has designed an unconventional house for a once-sleepy suburb.

Houses Revisited: Housing acts

Houses Revisited: Housing acts

Posted: 24 Apr 2020

Paul Barry’s ‘Three-part house’ makes the most of a tight and tiny Wellington site in this project that was first published in 2009.

Houses Revisited: Core values

Houses Revisited: Core values

Posted: 24 Apr 2020

From the 2009 archives: The late Guy Sellars solved the planning puzzle in a two-faced Christchurch house for his son’s family.

With the grain: Tairua Insitu House

With the grain: Tairua Insitu House

Posted: 20 Apr 2020

The Coromandel’s gritty persona marries smooth-cut family living in this neutral-hued home, designed by Neu Architecture.

Layering spaces, light and modernity

Layering spaces, light and modernity

Posted: 15 Apr 2020

By taking a fresh approach in this Remuera bungalow, Respond Architects has created a home full of light, effortless flow and space for its owners.

Draft of shadows

Draft of shadows

Posted: 13 Apr 2020

Art, greenery, sunshine and a touch of vintage blend effortlessly in this brutalist house for the co-founder of Mexico’s hippest hotel chain.

Transforming timber

Transforming timber

Posted: 10 Apr 2020

We look at an innovative New Zealand-made timber pavilion, slated to appear at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy.

Sun catcher: Empire House

Sun catcher: Empire House

Posted: 8 Apr 2020

Two subtle yet sophisticated pavilions honour the interwar character of this home while connecting it with the outdoors.

Quality over ostentation: Balmoral House

Quality over ostentation: Balmoral House

Posted: 1 Apr 2020

A series of stacked interconnected volumes that carefully negotiate a tricky wedge-shaped site provided the solution for a client.

Behind the scenes: Remuera renovation

Behind the scenes: Remuera renovation

Posted: 30 Mar 2020

Go beyond the everyday face of this Remuera home, originally built in the 1940s, to discover an unexpected touch of star power.

Houses Revisited: Return of the native

Houses Revisited: Return of the native

Posted: 27 Mar 2020

A Hawke’s Bay home from Herriot Melhuish O’Neill expresses Waimarama’s changed circumstances and its continuity of spirit.

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