Tag: Houses
RSSBehind the scenes: Remuera renovation
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Go beyond the everyday face of this Remuera home, originally built in the 1940s, to discover an unexpected touch of star power.
Houses Revisited: Sympathetic intervention
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We revisit a project from the March 2009 issue of Houses where Michael Fisher takes an Auckland art deco house through the rehab process.
Houses Revisited: High society
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From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.
Houses Revisited: Return of the native
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A Hawke’s Bay home from Herriot Melhuish O’Neill expresses Waimarama’s changed circumstances and its continuity of spirit.
Volume and drama: White House
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This crisp addition to an Australian Federation home exuberantly manoeuvres light, space and monochrome materials to masterfully meet the brief.
Poured pleats
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Jack McKinney Architects has transformed a Ponsonby streetscape with a dramatic gesture that is equal parts theatre and sculpture.
Lessons in scale, proportion and materiality: Albert Villa
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This addition to a historic weatherboard cottage captures vistas from new living spaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.
Safe harbour: Vikki’s Place
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In responding to the client’s need for a home that caters to a unique family structure, the architects have achieved a fluid and unfussy home.
Landing place: West Meadows house
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With lakeside views and an alpine backdrop, this award-winning South Island house is perfectly positioned to be a home for all seasons.
Elastic geometry: Glebe House
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Crafted with deference to the sculptural potential of architecture, this compact family home with “elastic” geometry is a lesson in tectonic editing.
Garden room: Mount Stuart Greenhouse
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This addition to a grand early-20th-century home reads as a generous garden room that captures the scale and movement of the nearby cypress tree.
Surprising grandeur: Fitzroy Terrace
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New shifts in volume and dramatic apertures to the sky in this Victorian terrace house create the illusion of impossibly spacious proportions.
A calming plan: Courted House
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Embracing the elements inherent in traditional courtyard houses, this home is poised, powerful and surprisingly flexible.
Dramatic contrast: Mayfield Ave Residence
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Wanting a larger outdoor space while also seeking an increase of the internal floor area seems mutually exclusive… or is it?
Black beauty: Kinloch House
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A fresh take on an unconventional building material has resulted in an energy-efficient, low-maintenance house that is turning a lot of heads.
Dichromatic duo: Hello Houses
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Perpetuating the verandah culture that exists in Port Fairy, this pair of houses makes a friendly addition to the neighbourhood.
Uncompromising geometry: Hawthorn House
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Two monolithic pavilions shrouded in concrete result from a skilful balance of architectural expression, material composition and comfort.
Elemental: Jack’s Point house
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This home is at ease within the rugged nature of Queenstown’s landscape.
In Focus: Building smarter (part one)
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We look at what building smarter means for New Zealand and two efficient construction methods as better ways to build in the future.
Encore: Saratoga House
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We visit a Herne Bay home with a honeyed glow and a sweet-sounding past, transformed by Verso Architecture + Interiors.