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A subliminal link: Tree House

A subliminal link: Tree House

Posted: 21 Aug 2017

This modern cedar-clad cabin reinterprets tradition as it mimics its surroundings, blending with the trees and making a bold statement.

Rural accents

Rural accents

Posted: 17 Aug 2017

The Smoko Room and Sawmill Brewery sit on a rural setting and take pride in their farming and agricultural surrounds.

A sophisticated 'esky': Tent House

A sophisticated ‘esky’: Tent House

Posted: 16 Aug 2017

Extending ideas about climate-responsive architecture, this new home by Sparks Architects is poetic and emotionally charged.

Crafty rooster: Kelburn Townhouse

Crafty rooster: Kelburn Townhouse

Posted: 16 Aug 2017

In 2008, on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.

Salute to the sun: Nagano House

Salute to the sun: Nagano House

Posted: 7 Aug 2017

The purity of Japanese architecture is energised by the daily performance of sunlight.

All in the family

All in the family

Posted: 4 Aug 2017

Camille Khouri discovers a multi-disciplinary studio that designed its own home and handcrafted a large portion of its interior.

Coastal barn: Glass House Residence

Coastal barn: Glass House Residence

Posted: 2 Aug 2017

This cleverly stitched-together, barn-like family home represents the socially conscious ideologies of its designers.

Ocean gaze

Ocean gaze

Posted: 31 Jul 2017

Designed for a jet-set family, this Monaco apartment strikes a seemingly effortless balance between comfort and style.

Garden revolution: House Au Yeung

Garden revolution: House Au Yeung

Posted: 24 Jul 2017

This thoughtful addition relaxes the home’s original formality, brings focus to the garden and offers elements of surprise.

Bush modernism: Ivanhoe House

Bush modernism: Ivanhoe House

Posted: 19 Jul 2017

This “open and transparent” addition is tucked neatly behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s leafy inner north.

Alt country: Bendigo House

Alt country: Bendigo House

Posted: 17 Jul 2017

Set among native bushland on the outskirts of Melbourne, this multi-generational home exudes a very urban sophistication.

Black Building – Mackelvie Street Precinct

Shared space: Black Building

Posted: 4 Jul 2017

RTA Studio’s dramatic new office/retail/carparking building creates a unique monochromatic precinct just off Ponsonby Road.

A sliver above the ranges

A sliver above the ranges

Posted: 3 Jul 2017

A slick holiday home in Nelson is luring its Singapore-based owners into making it their permanent abode.

Artisanal values: Fish Creek House

Artisanal values: Fish Creek House

Edition Office

Robust, tactile and honest, the design of this new house in Victoria responds instinctively to its setting.

Residential buildings
Doors wide open: Bali Villa

Doors wide open: Bali Villa

Posted: 26 Jun 2017

A designer villa in Bali, inspired by Japanese minimalism, captures the essence of simplicity, luxury and relaxation.

Modernist evolution: McLeod House

Modernist evolution: McLeod House

Ian Moore Architects

Perched high on a rocky outcrop, this expressive home in Sydney reveals a strong connection with mid-century modernism.

Residential buildings
Wellington International Airport Terminal: South Extension

Wellington Intl Airport: South Extension

Posted: 20 Jun 2017

Wellington Airport’s latest addition by WaM features a ‘net’ of angled cross-frames that stretch between existing buildings.

Hot House: Hidden Pavilion

Hot House: Hidden Pavilion

Posted: 19 Jun 2017

This abstract meditation space in the middle of a forest is deeply intertwined with the woodland that surrounds it.

Suburban sculpture: Bardon House

Suburban sculpture: Bardon House

bureau^proberts, PHAB Architects

Drawing in surrounding bushland, this new home in Brisbane intimately engages with its context and climate.

Residential buildings
Garden the blue sky

Garden the blue sky

Posted: 12 Jun 2017

This architect’s penthouse boasts enviable green spaces and a vertigo-inducing outdoor bath.

‘Future retroism’: Bobhubski

‘Future retroism’: Bobhubski

March Studio

This “1970s Japanese spaceship” home in Falls Creek, Australia is designed with both playfulness and pragmatism.

Residential buildings
Island ingenuity: Wilson’s Cottage

Island ingenuity: Wilson’s Cottage

James Davidson Architect

This cottage sensitively and intelligently responds to its World Heritage-listed site on an island off the coast of Queensland.

Residential buildings
Shapeshifter: Bronte House

Shapeshifter: Bronte House

Archer Office

An adaption of a beachside terrace in Sydney by Archer Office that feels “generous, considerate and creative.”

Residential buildings
New York state of mind

New York state of mind

Posted: 29 May 2017

This layered and luxurious makeover in the Big Apple transforms an apartment into a veritable home.

Electric by design

Electric by design

Posted: 25 May 2017

Simon Bush-King unravels the new, quirky design within a former electricity company headquarters in Antwerp.

Sense of place: Ōtāhuhu Train Station

Sense of place: Ōtāhuhu Train Station

Posted: 23 May 2017

Ōtāhuhu’s new train station delivers a rich, multi-layered experience, as well as a sense of our place in the South Pacific.

Paris without a map

Paris without a map

Posted: 22 May 2017

From Mondrian to Margiela: a very personal blending of influences make this French apartment a veritable tour de force.

The skyline shifter

The skyline shifter

Posted: 18 May 2017

Ground is soon to be broken for The Pacifica, an apartment complex that will be Auckland’s highest residential tower.

Virtue of restraint: South Melbourne House

Virtue of restraint: South Melbourne House

Powell and Glenn, Edwina Glenn Interior Architect

Showing restraint and simplicity, a new home by Powell and Glenn is animated by the changing light and shade.

Residential buildings
Made to measure: Moscow Apartment

Made to measure: Moscow Apartment

Posted: 15 May 2017

This Moscow home shows how custom-designed spaces, furniture and fittings can take the uniformity out of apartment living.

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