The two-storey Rāwhiti Bach house by Studio Pacific Architecture is reminiscent of a quintessential NZ beach house with generous and airy spaces opening to the sea.
Zoolab House by Kerr Ritchie was designed for a busy family that relocated to Queenstown after the Christchurch earthquakes. It sits on an elevated rural site around existing earthworks and stone.
Bardon house by Sumich Chaplin Architects is set in a small residential enclave on the western edge of Lake Wanaka, the site has views north to the mountains and east over the water’s edge.
The new River House by AW Architects is sympathetic in scale, responding to the site conditions and protecting the distinctive natural qualities of the site.
Clyde Crib by Mason & Wales Architects is situated in Picnic Creek, a rural-residential subdivision on a terrace overlooking the Clutha River in the small Central Otago township of Clyde.
Teranui by ata, “One bach to cater for two families” was the brief. Sounds simple but it meant providing multiple private spaces whilst not compromising the campground-esk feel on a 127m2 footprint.
Located on a tiny steep hillside section, this modern Red Rock family home by Borrmeister Architects has been designed to connect the openness of Sumner beach with the forested slope of Scarborough.
Situated at the head of a row of same-styled houses, this Twin Peaks property by Maud overlooks the backs of heritage commercial buildings, with their collage of brick outbuildings and additions.
This modern contemporary family Wings home by Borrmeister Architects Ltd was built for a young family on a spacious lifestyle property, located in Halswell, Christchurch.
The Studio 19 Rural House by SGA Ltd project is a three-bedroom retreat on a rural site in Waimauku Auckland, design consequently conceived in two modules, one for sleeping and one for living.
Triple Gable House by Phil Redmond Architecture & Urbanism is a response to our profession being pushed out of the typical subdivision/group housing market.
Situated on Hawea Flat near the Hawea River this contemporary Mason & Wales house is grounded in local schist stone, while the floating roof form rests like wings above timber columns.
This Hobson Bay House by Julian Gutherie Architecture was inspired by the harbour edge war bunkers in Auckland, dug in to the cliff while open to the sea.
The Cliffs House sees Mason and Wales Architects reference the familiar modest rural dwelling in form, scale and finish and propose a home of appropriate purpose.
Enveloped by dense native forest-covered mountain ranges on New Zealand, the Karangahake House by Make Architects is a prefabricated family home that embodies efficiency and eco-friendly values.
Sitting in Pohutukawa trees in an affluent suburb in Auckland, Herne Bay Hideaway by Lloyd Hartley Architects is the transformation of an existing 1960s house into a private oasis for a young family.
Located on the shores of Lake Hawea, twenty minutes’ drive from Wanaka, this newly designed residence by Condon Scott Architects capitalises on exceptional views of the lake and Southern Alps.
The Family Bach by Cymon Allfrey Nestled in a semi-rural corner of Hanmer Springs in North Canterbury, our retreat was conceived as an inter-generational family asset.
RED ROCK LANE HOUSE by OBJECTS LTD nestled into an existing terraced site this hillside house has been positioned to enjoy panoramic views from Shag Rock to the Southern Alps.
Located at east coast of New Zealand in Waiheke, Beachfront House by Studio John Irving Architects balances between public and private spaces under two gabled roofs that mimic the slope of the hill.
The orientation and design of this holiday home for a family of four on Kawau Island makes a hero of the view that stretches from the headland across the Bon Accord harbour and out to sea.
Taking its design cues from the utilitarian forms of a tent and a shed, this Titirangi home for an extended family is a duo of compact buildings that uses a humble set of materials.
Riverside house by 360 Architecture is an elegant and sculptural family haven located on a highly constrained site bounded by two major arterial routes in a desirable corner of Hagley Park.
Envisioned as a home to engage with both the sense and nature, Castle Rock House by Herbst Architects is located three hours north of Auckland and is an experimentation into the traditional kiwi bach.
A weekend get-away, Muriwai House by Julian Guthrie Architects sits at the edge of the weathered cliff and mimics the surrounding windblown manuka trees.
The Blackbird house by Rogan Nash Architects is an elegant gable which peers through the surrounding urban landscape whilst being modern and design-driven.
Rogan Nash Architect design plays on the Frank Lloyd Wright concept of Compression and Release which in this de-sign is imagined as The Stage and The Cave.
This central Auckland suburb residence is a simple L-shaped composition of stacked forms nestled along the high ridge line within a confined Remuera internal site and accessed via a private driveway.
10x10 House by Patchwork Architecture situated on the corner of a busy suburban street in Wellington, we were tasked with another slippery slope in the city.
House Under Eaves by MRTN Architects is located in a new subdivision in the Auckland suburb of Point Wells. This new house was one of the first built on a flat site that has been split up.
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