Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Transgenerational living: Thornbury Townhouses

Projects | Behind what appears to be a single house in a suburban neighbourhood, two homes offer enough flexibility for both households to enjoy their different stages of life.

Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House

Projects | Touching the earth lightly, this off-grid house by Chrofi located in a beachside forest, displays the potential for prefabrication to deliver high-quality design in any location.

Gallery house

Projects | Jeremy Smith discovers the Wrightmann House in Christchurch, where considered architectural curatorship by Athfield Architects has given every wall a voice.

Houses Revisited: A beachy bach

Projects | Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style.

Houses Revisited: Light heavyweight

Projects | In Auckland’s most established suburb, Malcolm Walker demonstrates a deft touch with shape and space with this house from 2007.

Houses Revisited: Float on

Projects | In another 2007 project from Gerald Parsonson, an assured house at Peka Peka rides the dunes rolling inland from an untamed coast.

Domestic joy: Harry House

Projects | Wrapped in charred timber cladding and hugged tightly by a lush suburban garden, this discreet addition to an existing cottage expertly balances function and folly.

Projects | Megan Edwards visits Patchwork Architecture’s award-winning project in Wellington and finds a playful, elegant and environmentally efficient architectural solution on a scrap of leftover hillside.

A tale of three houses: Gibbons Architects

Projects | Taranaki-based architects Brady and Sarah Gibbons have been part of the growing architecture scene in this up and coming region since 2013. We explore some of their recent work.

Houses Revisited: Hard case

Projects | Tough materials and flexible spaces characterise Archimedia’s Hamilton house by the Waikato River, from the Houses magazine 2007 archives.

Houses Revisited: Buffed up

Projects | Strict conditions on a vulnerable coastal site lead Godward Guthrie to develop clever solutions in the design for this house from 2007.

Simple yet sculptural: Marine

Projects | This rear addition to a heritage cottage on a raised corner block sits in harmony with the existing structure and enhances its cherished “ramshackle” nature.

Houses Revisited: Layered approach

Projects | North of Auckland, Herbst Architects again produce a sophisticated response to climate and context in this house that we revisit from 2008.

Houses Revisited: Suburban values

Projects | With this project from 2008, Edwards White Architects creates a relaxed house in a Hamilton subdivision that is a model Kiwi family home.

Houses Revisited: The shed as read

Projects | Revisit this 2008 project where Antanas Procuta Architects (now PAUA) has some fun with an archetype in a Waikato farm manager’s house.

2020 in Review: Top 5 houses

Projects | Take a look at our most popular houses of the year. From Otago to Northland, these residential projects have shown Kiwi architecture at its finest.

‘A mini urban landscape’: Cantala Avenue House

Projects | A nuanced understanding of the context’s colourful heritage, as well as its local quirks and character, is embedded in this neighbourly family home.

Houses Revisited: Crafty rooster

Projects | From the archives: Visit a home on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, where Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.

Houses Revisited: Like different, man

Projects | Andrew Sexton’s reworked bach on the Wairarapa coast is appropriately resistant to modern pretensions in this project from the 2008 archives.

Houses Revisited: Advanced pose

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