Tag: Houses
RSSFamily camping holidays inform a unique design
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A willingness to explore new concepts for outdoor living sees a re-imagining of the Kiwi camping experience.
The houses that bind us
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Ngāmotu New Plymouth local, Kareen Durbin, writes on the power of three regional buildings of distinct character and uses, to promote cross-cultural connection.
Levity and gravity
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John Walsh explores Omata Beach House, winner of the 2023 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing, by Herbst Architects and finds a pavilion on a plinth that seems as though it’s grown out of the land.
East and West meet in this Californian classic
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In the Big Cottage, Bob Burnett Architecture merges a classic Californian Bungalow style with a Japanese design ethos in this Christchurch home.
Country manor come to town
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Pip Cheshire navigates the striking arrangement of formal and informal space at RTA Studio’s Zed House, located in the affluent suburb of Fendalton, in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Where mysteries live
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Jasper van der Lingen is entranced by Warren and Mahoney’s Flock Hill Station in Canterbury — in a dream-like setting of silent mountains, still lakes and framed skies.
Architects in Profile: Megan Edwards
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A Q&A with Megan Edwards Architects, creators of homes imbued with a strong sense of identity and place.
Curved encampment: Bowden House
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Jon Rennie finds delight in architect Belinda George’s elegant response to her client’s childhood memories of campsite living.
Master Builders House of the Year 2022 Awards
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Celebrating building excellence in New Zealand since 1991, the Registered Master Builders House of the Year celebrates the best homes, renovations and builders across Aotearoa.
Duplex with a difference
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Guy Marriage is impressed by the joy of Patchwork Architecture’s three-dimensional, Escher-like cliff-side edifice, Party Wall, in Wellington’s Kelburn.
Marking a milestone: The View House
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A dream manifested into reality at an unlikely time for this carpenter-come registered architect as he completed his first house amidst Covid lockdowns and delays.
Densification perfection
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This new home built on a rare subdivided section in Auckland’s Mt Albert is a prime example of densification done well.
Shipshape in Rothesay Bay
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A clever floorplan allows for maximum outdoor space while providing sea views and boat storage on a limited site.
Houses Revisited: Rationalist house
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In this large Christchurch house, Wilson and Hill Architects continue their exploration of contemporary Modernism, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Up periscope
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RTA Studio navigates through a minefield of rules and regulations at Torpedo Bay, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Modern manners
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A Remuera house by Godward Guthrie Architecture is respectful but not too formal, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Strait on
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On Wellington’s wild southern shore Rafe Maclean has designed a brave little house for his family, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Retro slick
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Working with design-literate clients, and his builder brother, Michael Melville has fused seventies suburban optimism and contemporary experimentation, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Pastoral idyll
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The art in this Gerald Parsonson house in the Wellington hinterlands is visible on the inside and the out, first published in 2006.
Houses Revisited: Dune days
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At ostentatious Omaha Aimer Naismith Architects have acknowledged the simpler bach tradition with the design of this home, first published in 2006.