Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Natural history: Valley Crescent House

Projects | Made up of three gable forms, this lakeside home in Wanaka has incredible views from every room.

Kaleidoscope in motion: LA house

Projects | In this bombastic Los Angeles home, US designer Kelly Wearstler lets colour and pattern fall, shift and splatter with gusto.

Island roots: Pauanui Beach Home

Projects | This ocean home proudly displays its owners’ Polynesian heritage through well-considered architectural moves.

Patina and texture: 102 The Mill

Projects | The exposed structure of this former timber factory encourages consideration of the house’s sum, but also its parts.

Calligraphy and stone: The Books House

Projects | This Sydney home burrows within rocks and reflects its owners’ passion for books and Chinese culture.

Australia’s best houses announced

Awards | See the winners of the nine categories from the Houses Awards 2018, plus the Australian House of the Year.

Crown on the dunes: Panopticon House

Projects | Arising from the undulating dunes of Cape Otway, this house combines a classic nine-square plan with a floating, independently resolved roof profile that controls and enhances panoramic views.

Natural luxury: Swiss holiday home

Projects | Designed by Pierre Yovanovitch, this Swiss apartment embodies the luxury of natural materials and custom design.

Place to be: St Benedicts flat

Projects | An Auckland apartment with street cred is transformed into a cool, urbane version of itself through colour and texture.

‘A powerful form’: Lune de Sang Pavilion

Projects | In a slow-growth forest in the Byron Bay hinterland a powerful, monumental concrete structure has been designed to endure.

Taking flight: Paihia House

Projects | A new house with a dramatic gull-wing-shaped roof offers views over the Bay of Islands from every room.

‘A neat trick’: Two Halves House

Projects | Responding eloquently to its lightly forested, sloping site, this earth-toned house has been split into two.

Precise and proud: Light Saw House

Projects | A turn-of-the-century weatherboard cottage on Melbourne’s Merri Creek has been transformed into a light-filled family home.

Victorian urbanite: Melbourne house

Projects | Part monolith, part Victorian: this Melbourne house is entirely influenced by and devoted to the art that hangs within it.

The living kitchen

Review | Discover what New Zealand designers are using to create kitchens with heart.

Gold standard: Freemans Bay Apartment

Projects | Downsizing has by no means equated to downgrading for the owners of this apartment in Auckland’s inner suburbs.

Natural ease: Tanner House

Projects | This thoughtful extension to a heritage house in Melbourne offers both drama and intimacy.

Permanent holiday: Omaha House

Houses | The owners of this beach house hope to make it their full-time residence one day.

Of the earth: Californian retreat

Projects | On a property encompassing a walnut orchard, this family escape treads lightly on the earth from which it has been built.

Revisited: Fulcher Residence

Projects | Balancing solidity and lightness, this 1960s house is indicative of the enduring relevance of architect Peter Heathwood.