Tag: Houses | Architecture Now

Jewel on the hill: The Knoll

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Review | Four New Zealand designers and homeowners share insights from their favourite bathroom projects.

Projects | A language of movement is expressed here: as if shaped by the wind, the sun and the ways in which it is used and moved through.

Projects | This house by the late Canterbury architect Peter Beaven is a gradual revelation.

Projects | Three generations of Bauhaus-influenced artists grace this hillside home.

Projects | A subdivided section offers the opportunity to illustrate how a house can fit within a snug site.

Projects | Light-filled and airy, this dwelling re-imagines the suburban home and experiments with new modes of multi-generational living.