Tag: Houses | Architecture Now

Houses Revisited: Le sublime

Projects | Wellington architect Hugh Tennent demonstrates his sensitive craft in the Marlborough Sounds in this home that was first published in 2008.

‘Cinematic sublimity’: Wallis Lake House

Projects | Nestled against a ridgeline and taking in views to the distant peaks of the national park beyond, this new home is born of dedication and collaboration.

‘Strangely beautiful’ bush architecture: Castle Cove House

Projects | An angular concrete form is an architectural riff on the rocky crags and crevices that characterize the steep topography of this harbourside suburb.

Houses Revisited: The art of graft

Projects | In another project from the archives, a Mt Eden addition where Megan Edwards deftly engineers a twenty-first century lean-to.

Houses Revisited: Easy stretch

Projects | In this project from the Houses archives, Megan Edwards demonstrates her mastery of the bungalow extension in an older Auckland suburb.

Houses Revisited: Together apart

Projects | ALIGNwork’s trans-generational beach house, first published in 2008, is a welcome sight at a very mixed development.

Good things in small boxes: The Cube

Projects | First Light Studio has created a secondary dwelling in Wellington’s Petone that proves that considered design comes in all shapes and sizes.

Architectural poetry: House in the Hills

Projects | Defined by its rectilinear parasol of timber batten, this house prioritizes clarity over pragmatism, geometric consistency over lavishness and poetry over function.

Old new and new old: Lake Hayes Cottage

Projects | Jeremy Smith considers the compelling proposition of re-use in this poetic preservation of a South Island cabin by Anna-Marie Chin Architects.

A future ruin in the garden: Almora House

Projects | Edged by an established garden and crowned by an undulating concrete roof-form, this home for collectors is a carefully cultivated expression in concrete and glass.

Island oasis: Anzac Bay House

Projects | This award-winning Waiheke home by JDA Studio Architects offers a young family privacy, expansive views and a sophisticated see-through pavilion.

Houses Revisited: Super tent

Projects | First published in 2008, this Tim Dorrington-designed beach house in the Far North is inspired by memories of holidays under canvas.

Houses Revisited: Rock steady

Projects | In 2008 near Wellington Heads, Novak & Middleton designed a solid house for a very discerning client: a fusion of Swiss client and Kiwi architect.

Houses Revisited: U with view

Projects | Robin O’Donnell balances prospect and protection on an Auckland clifftop site in this home from the 2008 archives.

Sounds of nature: House at Otago Bay

Projects | A monolithic home confidently emerges from the landscape, capturing distant views and forging a connection to the soundscape of its surrounds.

Natural order

Projects | Overlooking a sacred pā site, this Dunedin home responds to its sweeping views and the needs of a growing family with considered planning and humble forms.

A material experience: Balmain Rock

Projects | Taking a restorative approach to the renovation of a sandstone cottage, Benn and Penna has composed contemporary materials to pay homage to the original historic home.

Of law and sculpture

Projects | Architecturepublic has recently unveiled a Remuera home with significant sculptural forms that respond to height-to-boundary restrictions.

Houses Revisited: Right neighbourly

Projects | From the 2008 archives: Ken Crosson has designed a pair of townhouses in St Heliers that reject rampant individualism.

Houses revisited: Kiwi pav

Projects | Look back at this home on Auckland’s West Coast, where Simon Carnachan works up a modernist recipe for a casual beach house.