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Small spaces: Barcelona nouveau

Small spaces: Barcelona nouveau

Posted: 15 Jul 2019

This tiny Spanish apartment oozes colour, graphic flair and personality while residing a stone’s throw away from the Sagrada Familia.

Houses Revisited: Keep in shape

Houses Revisited: Keep in shape

Posted: 12 Jul 2019

Take a look back at an Andrew Patterson-designed contemporary castle with a twist on the cliffs above Auckland’s west coast.

Holding court: Cloister House

Holding court: Cloister House

Posted: 8 Jul 2019

Informed by Roman courtyard houses, this Perth home artfully sculpts a domestic sanctuary out of concrete, timber and light.

Houses Revisited: No barrier to class

Houses Revisited: No barrier to class

Posted: 5 Jul 2019

At the far reaches of the Hauraki Gulf, revisit a home by Herbst Architects – one in their remarkable series of modern baches.

Hot House: Haus Gables

Hot House: Haus Gables

Posted: 1 Jul 2019

It is high and low brow, quotes modernism and pop culture, and is functional yet intensely sculptural. Best of all… it is tonnes of fun.

Houses Revisited: Happy camping

Houses Revisited: Happy camping

Posted: 28 Jun 2019

Return to a Copeland Associates home that draws on the tropes of the Kiwi beach settlement for a Coromandel holiday house.

Bardon House: Lakeside lodge

Bardon House: Lakeside lodge

Posted: 26 Jun 2019

A glazed pavilion acts as a lantern to greet visitors to this Wanaka home by Sumich Chaplin Architects.

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Posted: 25 Jun 2019

Guy Marriage explores the ways in which Tennent Brown Architects has helped nurture the Ngā Purapura kākano at Ōtaki to create Te Ara a Tāwhaki.

Jewel on the hill: The Knoll

Jewel on the hill: The Knoll

Posted: 24 Jun 2019

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, this home on a hill of Auckland’s North Shore is steeped in family history and luscious detail.

Houses Revisited: Complex solution

Houses Revisited: Complex solution

Posted: 21 Jun 2019

We look back at a bach on Auckland’s West Coast in which Matthew Gribben pursues an unorthodox design solution.

On a good buzz: B:Hive Smales Farm

On a good buzz: B:Hive Smales Farm

Posted: 19 Jun 2019

This co-working space on Auckland’s North Shore is, by all accounts, a success story for its owners and its tenants.

Magic touch: Gold Coast residence

Magic touch: Gold Coast residence

Posted: 17 Jun 2019

Concrete and timber join forces in this house to offer a visual and physical experience that is close to architectural magic.

Houses Revisited: Tough love

Houses Revisited: Tough love

Posted: 14 Jun 2019

In this home, first published in 2009, Athfield Architects meets the challenge of Cook Strait head on.

Distinguished, with X-ray clarity sound: Christchurch Town Hall

Distinguished, with X-ray clarity sound

Posted: 11 Jun 2019

Ian Lochhead celebrates the extraordinary engineering gymnastics employed to renew the Christchurch Town Hall.

A gentle rhythm: Mount Albert renovation

A gentle rhythm: Mount Albert renovation

Posted: 10 Jun 2019

The reimagining of this home in Auckland’s Mount Albert champions balance, tactility and the gentle power of detail.

Houses Revisited: Idyll at Sorrento

Houses Revisited: Idyll at Sorrento

Posted: 7 Jun 2019

Revisit Gus Watt’s house for his family at Eastbourne: a hand-crafted expression of his design philosophy.

Capital character: Deloitte Wellington

Capital character: Deloitte Wellington

Posted: 6 Jun 2019

Wellington’s cityscape and natural textures are brought inside Deloitte’s new headquarters.

Shack in a tent: Apollo Bay House

Shack in a tent: Apollo Bay House

Posted: 3 Jun 2019

This addition to a Bruny Island bush shack cleverly exaggerates the existing roof form to create volume, drama and dialogue.

Houses Revisited: Site shaper

Houses Revisited: Site shaper

Posted: 31 May 2019

Revisit a house on the heights above Christchurch suburb Sumner, where Wilson and Hill dug in to deliver a home out of the box.

Reforming the servant and served

Reforming the servant and served

Posted: 28 May 2019

Plant & Food Research’s Mount Albert site has received a radical makeover by Bossley Architects and Lab-works Architecture.

Above the Seine: Paris apartment

Above the Seine: Paris apartment

Posted: 27 May 2019

This apartment bridges three buildings from two different centuries through impeccable décor and a hefty comic book collection.

Houses Revisited: A place in the sun

Houses Revisited: A place in the sun

Posted: 24 May 2019

We look back at a home in which Paul Leuschke takes a modest budget and creates a farmhouse with room to grow.

Spirit of simplicity: Featherston Studio

Spirit of simplicity: Featherston Studio

Posted: 22 May 2019

Sitting within the bones of a 1960s building, this new studio captures the spirit of the original while opening a new chapter.

Houses Revisited: Country crate

Houses Revisited: Country crate

Posted: 17 May 2019

Richard Middleton takes design inspiration from a Wairarapa site’s former incarnation as an orchard.

Genesis Energy showcases APL window systems

Genesis Energy showcases APL window systems

Posted: 16 May 2019

A new project in Hamilton combining an old and new structure showcases many glazing options from APL Window Solutions.

Outside the box: Onetangi modular living

Outside the box: Onetangi modular living

Posted: 15 May 2019

A steep, narrow site on Waiheke Island provided the perfect opportunity for Box to deliver its architecture.

Teach the children well: Freemans Bay School

Teach the children well: Freemans Bay School

Posted: 14 May 2019

From hospital to office, Dr Andrew Barrie traces the changing face of educational architecture.

In perfect unison: Ancaster Creek Home

In perfect unison: Ancaster Creek Home

Posted: 13 May 2019

A couple and their extended family share a home made up of two houses that are separate yet delightfully stitched together.

Houses Revisited: Living in the view

Houses Revisited: Living in the view

Posted: 10 May 2019

A Central Otago house designed by Tim Dagg blurs the lines of the natural and built environment.

Mediation meditation: Lyttelton Port Company

Mediation meditation: Lyttelton Port Company

Posted: 7 May 2019

A careful negotiation of waterfront access and industrial relations is contained in this commercial space.

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