Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Sense of craft: Sea Change House

Projects | With hills behind and the sea a block away, this home was a gentle introduction to the city for a couple used to open fields.

Projects | This Sydney apartment renovation by Retallack Thompson overcomes spatial challenges to add character and charm.

Projects | This private garden sanctuary is both an escape from city life and a retreat for a client who suffers from a sleep disorder.

Projects | A melange of styles and impeccably curated objects turned this Parisian apartment into a welcoming and warm home.

Projects | Xsite Architects’ zinc-clad house from 2008 stretches out to the sun and sea in a conservative Auckland suburb.

Projects | An apparently faceless building reveals itself as a layered and sculptural home that playfully controls light and shadow.

Projects | Designed to withstand cyclones, this thoughtful house in regional Australia boasts a high level of detail and craftsmanship.

Projects | A city-fringe penthouse apartment has been transformed into a sanctuary from the city and a place to entertain guests.

Projects | This highly crafted addition to an Edwardian home retains the existing building’s dignified formality.

Projects | This new home by Chenchow Little is a private sanctuary that maximises the impressive panoramic views to the Pacific Ocean.

Projects | This modern cedar-clad cabin reinterprets tradition as it mimics its surroundings, blending with the trees and making a bold statement.

Projects | In 2008, on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.

Projects | Extending ideas about climate-responsive architecture, this new home by Sparks Architects is poetic and emotionally charged.

Projects | The purity of Japanese architecture is energised by the daily performance of sunlight.

Projects | This cleverly stitched-together, barn-like family home represents the socially conscious ideologies of its designers.

Projects | This thoughtful addition relaxes the home’s original formality, brings focus to the garden and offers elements of surprise.

Projects | This “open and transparent” addition is tucked neatly behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s leafy inner north.

Projects | A slick holiday home in Nelson is luring its Singapore-based owners into making it their permanent abode.

Projects | Robust, tactile and honest, the design of this new house in Victoria responds instinctively to its setting.

Projects | A designer villa in Bali, inspired by Japanese minimalism, captures the essence of simplicity, luxury and relaxation.