New Zealand designer Tim Webber is renowned for creating high quality, timeless furniture pieces and objects that blur the line between art and design.
Light and Clay sees Crosson Architects conceal the complex workings of the traditional family home within a seemingly contained outer shell, cleanly engaging with the surrounds.
Despite spatial difficulties presented by a heritage listed building, Jack McKinney Architects has created a vibrant and enticing place to be with Spanish restaurant Alma in Auckland.
When asked to design a new store for Deadly Ponies in Auckland’s Newmarket, Katie Lockhart sought to reflect and build upon the leather accessory brand’s existing design language.
Boat Sheds sees Strachan Group Architects and Rachel Rush combine rhythm and repetition to reflect the owners and their passionate connection to beach and boat culture.
Heron House sees Pac Studio draw on simplicity and a sense of removal to conjure a home of slightness and necessity, tucked amongst established surrounds.
Designed by Jack McKinney Architects with interiors by Cameron Ireland, Poured Pleats in Auckland is a contemporary extension to an Edwardian villa defined by a pleated concrete roof.
Hapua Street House sees RTA Studio reference the familiar peaked silhouette in conjuring a bold yet sensitive home, as a crisp addition to the streetscape.
Waipapa sees Strachan Group Architects simplify the approach, reducing variations in the materiality as a strengthening of form and blurring boundaries in the process.
Matapouri Pavilion sees HB Architecture propose a contemporary and crisply articulated structure to sit sensitively in its unique location, openly embracing the surrounding nature.
Jack McKinney Architects celebrates the existing garden as the musing heart of Under Ivy, protecting and reinstating landscape elements to further add to its abundance and instil a sense of calm.
Herne Bay Road House sees Bureaux draw on the existing character of the home. Within a relatively unchanged exterior, a jewel box of considered detailing awaits.
Sandringham House sees Bureaux draw on elements of endurance and timelessness to propose a home crafted to live steadily and aptly along with its family, able to grow and adapt with them.
House Under Eaves sees MRTN Architects draw on the natural patina and ageing of timber to enhance the feeling of immersion, while proposing a vernacular of its own.
Since starting her eponymous Auckland studio 15 years ago, interior designer Katie Lockhart has built a revered reputation by creating artful residential and commercial projects.
A successful home reflects its inhabitants, and facilitates retreat and connection as needed. Studio John Irving Architects and Knight Associates have coaxed a bright contemporary home.
Heke Street sees Mitchell Stout Architects reference Japanese sensibilities of space articulation in making the efficient and compact home, supported by its backbone of restraint.
New York Grill sees CTRL Space take an encasing approach and, through a textural journey of materiality and tactility, create an approachable enclosure to dine and escape.
Nestled amid the sand dunes and grasses of Waihi Beach, Bowentown Bach by Edwards White is a dark timber-clad form that gives way to warm, embracing interiors.
Green Walls and Gables by Matter takes cues from the typical contemporary vernacular to create open and shared family zones, emphasised by visual connection.
Hotel Ponsonby sees CTRL Space collaborate with restaurateur Hugo Baird to infuse a sense of community in conjuring the all-inclusive meeting space of the familiar gastropub.
DNA House sees Crosson Architects wrap the remote rural home in a veil that protects and dampens incoming light and winds, while offering a sense of privacy and enclosure in such an exposed siting.
Thornton-Hasegawa House sees Bonnifait + Giesen Atelierworkshop propose a slight-footed structure that touches the earth lightly while overcoming a challenging site.
In Coromandel Bach, Crosson Architects combines a raw robust quality together with a sharp geometry to create an occasional home that is innovative yet responsive to its context.