Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Houses Revisited: McFarlane Street House

Projects | Revisit a project where a contemporary addition revitalises the service spaces at the back of an existing Wellington house.

Projects | This comfortable and unpretentious home is remarkably of its place and creates a compelling dialogue with the neighbourhood.

Projects | Built as an upside-down ship’s hull, this home brings the idea of an eternal, maritime summer to a completely different level.

Projects | An alteration to a Wellington house responds to the owners’ needs while discreetly experimenting with form and space.

Projects | A Japanese engawa – or porch – captures the panoramic view of Tasman Bay into this home’s sculptural, nautical form.

Projects | Privacy and community, work and play, contemplation and collaboration are all themes explored in this 1887 German villa.

Projects | Explore a Nelson house deriving from the investigation into the opportunities afforded by concrete tilt panel construction.

Projects | A ridge line retreat on Waiheke Island takes visitors on a considered journey of panoramic views.

Projects | We look back at this 2010 house in Northland. Suggestive of a refined barn, it serves as a place to watch over one’s land.

Projects | This Victorian terrace house in Melbourne brings the gardens inside, creating a nourishing and restful backdrop for life.

Projects | From the new book, Patterson: Houses of Aotearoa: we celebrate a beautiful beachside bach by Andrew Patterson.

Projects | Responding to its tricky triangular block, this house is an inversion of the traditional two-storey home.

Projects | With sparkling waters on one side and lush mountains on the other, this house is the stuff tropical dreams are made of.

Projects | This precisely curated extension to a Queensland home responds to the intensity of the sun and evokes a sense of calm.

Projects | A Sydney home subverts the physical and conceptual limitations of an “unapologetically suburban” setting.

Projects | Step inside the converted-warehouse Rotterdam home of this Dutch-New Zealand rising industrial design star.

Projects | This new beach house is an elegant and respectful re-imagining of the original modernist shack that once stood on the site.

Projects | This Ponsonby home was renovated with the hope of maximising the social and entertainment potential of its garden area.

Projects | This home in Melbourne’s Barrington blurs the spatial boundaries between inside and out.

Projects | This abode draws the eye to the celebrated view while inspiring a tactile connection to the interior of the house.