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Te Whare Mara, is a sophisticated and contemporary garden in Wellington that’s native planting scheme promotes an indigenous landscape and identity.
Te Ari Prendergast contemplates the cultural intricacies of Tairāwhiti Gisborne Airport by Tennent Brown Architects in collaboration with Architects 44.
Richard Naish contemplates what makes a good house as he visits studio/LWA’s award-winning Our House in Westmere, Auckland.
A light and breezy kitchen fits seamlessly in the renovation of this classic Auckland villa.
This Christchurch kitchen marries chic styling and culinary ease, first published in 2012.
Architect Simon Clarkson and kitchen designer Leanne Larking have created a ‘green’ kitchen that doesn’t compromise on style.
Abigail Hurst contemplates the multiple forces at play in Rolleston’s new multifunctional library, Te Ara Ātea by Warren and Mahoney.
In the Auckland City Mission’s HomeGround, Stevens Lawson Architects has designed a building to support our most vulnerable with compassion and dignity.
This new home built on a rare subdivided section in Auckland’s Mt Albert is a prime example of densification done well.
Architect Anna-Marie Chin visits the Central Otago House in Alexandra by RTA Studio and is impressed with the play of sculptural wedges and light.
A modern house designed by Richard Middleton makes the most of its established setting, first published in 2012.
An exercise in thoughtful use of space and materials by Matter Architects, first published in 2012.
Auckland architect Mark Frazerhurst has designed a holiday house for friends that is hardwearing without compromising good looks, first published in 2012.
Ian Lochhead on Te Pae, Christchurch’s new $450-million convention centre by Woods Bagot in association with Warren and Mahoney.
A flood-prone site in Mairangi Bay has become home to a childcare centre with a difference.
Simon Wilson is an Auckland-based photographer and filmmaker, specialising in architecture and interiors.
Bespoke commercial interiors specialists Cachet Group has transformed 205Q Hive and Lobby on Auckland’s Queen Street for its clients Roxy-Pacific Holdings, with a vibrant new look featuring a selection of Warwick Fabrics.
Bill McKay explores the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangārei by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, in collaboration with HB Architecture, Springmann Architektur and the Hundertwasser Non Profit Foundation.
A curated journey to the shoreline is forged through the renovation of this home in Cass Bay, near Lyttelton.
A house at the foothills of the Richmond Ranges, designed by architect Guy Herschell, finds inspiration from local forms, first published in 2011.
A series of solid buildings are lightly linked in this west Auckland house, designed by Context Architects, first published in 2011.
Sarah Scott Architects have designed a warm and inviting holiday house in Wānaka, that works for every season, first published in 2011.
In the new 2degrees headquarters on Auckland’s Fanshawe Street, an Escher-like stair moves up, down and sideways, breaking down the silos and dialling up the fun. Amanda Harkness visits the Warren and Mahoney-designed workplace.
A clever floorplan allows for maximum outdoor space while providing sea views and boat storage on a limited site.
Melbourne-based John Gollings is a renowned, prolific photographer who has been photographing buildings for more than 40 years.
University of Auckland Social Sciences Building (B201) awarded highest Green Star rating.
This thoughtful collaboration between an Italian architect and his Cantabrian clients offers both a sense of enclosure and one of release, with a subtle nod to the architect’s Roman roots.
Lance Herbst’s small apartment building in Parnell is a top-end model of clarity, first published in 2006.
Jonathan Smith has designed a modest, modern house that makes the most of a challenging section, first published in 2011.
The Architecture Office have brought a little bit of suburbia to a city edge apartment, first published in 2006.