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.
Introducing NIDO by Windsor Architectural Hardware, a new range of door hardware defined by clean lines, robust materials and quality craftsmanship.
VOLA’s Brushed Gold range captures the essence of luxury through a heightening of the everyday, where the tactile and textural considerations of the finish add an intentional richness.
Buckletons Bach sees RTA Studio combine a naturally led and elemental approach in crafting an occasional home set to endure for years to come.
Birch Park sees Matter Architects propose a robust and textural multi-generational home that embraces its siting and expresses its connection with the natural environment.
Lilian sees CTRL Space utilise the warming and familiar tones or darkened timber and softly rendered plaster walls to create a series of spaces to convene, gather, be fed and tackle a tipple or two.
Fielding House sees Cheshire Architects’ founding principal Pip Cheshire, speaks to the journey from initial sketch to completion, inspirations and responding to site.
Generational House sees Studio2 Architects draw from a grown relationship with the client and expresses their connection to timber in crafted and highly detailed moments throughout.
Designed around the twin ideals of ‘kitchen perfection’ and ‘design freedom’, Fisher & Paykel’s latest Minimal Range of cooking and companion appliances is a marriage of form and function.
Seear-Budd Ross used a refined palette of travertine and walnut to imbue this 1910s villa in Wellington with a warm, calm, inviting atmosphere and to create cohesion in the design.
Fold House sees Bossley Architects respond to the generous coastal landscape, embracing the expansive views while sitting close to the undulating site below.
With restraint and considered rigour,Wanaka Wedge House by Actual Architecture Co is inspired by both simplicity and drama while being deeply connected to place.
A collaboration between interior designer Katie Lockhart and Bremworth resulted in the creation of the custom carpet that grounds the spaces, imbuing a sense of warmth and vitality.
Getaway House sees Studio John Irving combine a coastal approach with the refinement of a residential home in an urban context and create a home of familiar gabled forms in the landscape.
Crow’s Nest sees Red Architecture answer a less than conventional brief to create a home whose upper level can be relocated.
V Beach House sees Studio John Irving draw from the site’s terrain and environmental cues, to propose a home that engages committedly with its site and opens up as an embrace of the ocean.
Hilltop House sees Cheshire Architects take referential cues from the site’s existing agricultural narrative and composes a considered series of volumes that embrace its remoteness.
Cheshire Architects combine textural and soft elements together within the rectangular form of the home to enhance its natural setting, immersing Fielding House in its surroundings.
Crafting a contemporary language based on the proportions and principles of the neoclassicist style underpinning the original villa, Keshaw McArthur unites old & new through restraint and simplicity.
Desmond House sees Warren and Mahoney utilise a geometric approach, creating a home that closely hugs the earth and reflects an exploration of materiality.
Recognised globally as a leader in environmentally responsible design, New Zealand based David Trubridge is arguably one the world’s preeminent lighting and furniture designers.
Oneroa sees Vaughn McQuarrie combine a considered approach with a curated outlook to create a home that takes full advantage of its location.
Te Arai Beach House by Fearon Hay and Sonja Hawkins takes form as a contemporary interpretation on a traditional cabin, inspired byits unique setting between the forest and the ocean.
With more than 35-years’ experience crafting hand-finished door and window hardware, Windsor Architectural Hardware is motivated by a commitment to quality and a desire to go beyond traditional door.
A recent kitchen renovation by Cheshire Architects is a seamless insertion into Ron Sang’s iconic Brake House thatdeftly continues the language of the original.
The Cardrona Hut sees RTA Studio combine a reference to the surrounding context to conjure an occasional home that reflects a localised vernacular.
Rufus Knight’s work today demonstrates the power of that original intuitive impulse that sought to explore and create connections throughout the spectrum of creative modalities.
A collaborative project by interior designer Carole Whiting and owner Daniel Varcoe, Britomart Apartment is a considered yet dynamic ode to contemporary art and design.
The release of Fisher & Paykel’s latest range of premium integrated refrigeration is designed to complement and extend the Series 9 Column Refrigeration models launched in 2018.
The Wanaka House sees RTA Studio combines a respectful and contextually appropriate approach to propose a home of purpose, warmth and refinement.
Oliver’s Ridge sees Team Green Architects combine principles of restraint with extended rigour to propose a home that is responsive, consciously health-driven and energy efficient.
Windsor Architectural Hardware is opening a new door for Australian architects and designers, expanding into the Australian market with the introduction of its high-end Italian brass hardware.
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Since launching his eponymous studio 18 years, Auckland-based furniture designer Simon James has honed a refined, pared-back design sensibility.
Banks Peninsula House sees Make Architecture and Lume Design propose a home that expresses an inherent honesty, combined with refined detailing and an uncomplicated sense of simplicity.
Awaawaroa Bay sees Cheshire Architects bring a simplified elegance to the occasional home, combining familiar forms in an immersive and curious way.
Cascata House sees Gary Todd Architecture combine a contemporary approach to materiality and form, while encouraging a connection to the surrounds.
Taumata sees Warren and Mahoney Architects take influence from the site’s unique context and propose a home that sits hugging its landscape.
Anzac Bay House sees Vaughn McQuarrie create a sense of drama through scale and proportion and inject warmth through materiality to create a harmonising balance.
Occupying a site with direct access to the beach, Herbst Architects’ Papamoa Beach House unfolds in response to its two aspects.
Mahoenui sees Bindon Design Group combine the familiar with a bold expansion of the original footprint to create a generously proportioned and outwardly-focused home.
Bivvy House sees Vaughn McQuarrie combine a inimitable robustness with an enveloping understanding of the surrounding context and contours.
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Extending a Legacy – Auckland House by Cheshire Architects & Lucas Design Associates
Cooper House sees Cheshire Architects combine an acute understanding of the terrain and its context with a sense of luxury and refinement to propose a restful enclave.
Franklin Road by Jack McKinney Architects and Katie Lockhart Studio begins as a traditional Edwardian villa and concludes as a small yet perfectly formed new addition.
Wanaka House sees Pac Studio combine a refinement in detail with a familiar cabin aesthetic and materiality to become a pull for gathering people together.
Diagrid House explores concrete as a sculptural matter. Interpreting the material’s various forms and qualities, Jack McKinney Architects expresses the beauty in the raw and imperfect.
Thornton-Hasegawa House sees Bonnifait + Giesen Atelierworkshop propose a slight-footed structure that touches the earth lightly while overcoming a challenging site.
Blanks Bach by Bonnifait and Giesen Atelier Workshop combines the effortlessness of the traditional New Zealand bach with the consideration and robustness of a permanent urban residence.
Abodo Wood is changing the way dark timbers perform by providing their products with an increased level of protection against environmental pressures and the natural aging process.
Hovering over a significant wetland, Chris Tate Architecture’s V House, expressed through long planes and simple junctions, takes inspiration from modernist masters.
Crosson Architects’ Whangapoua Beach House responds to the landscape, combining a restraint approach and restricted palette to propose an efficient use of space and materiality.
Crosson Architects Tutukaka House sits like fort in its remote location, combining dark resilient forms and materiality with contrasting translucent elements to create a dynamic interplay of extremes.
Influenced by the architectural vernacular of its surrounding alpine region, Country Residence sees Bureaux express the home’s storied context through materiality, composition and form.
Black and White House sees Studio John Irving propose a home of contrasts, where the old and new are defined by each end of the spectrum of the monochromatic scale.
With its apex pointing northward, Studio John Irving’s The Dart is set on a dramatic and windswept hillside, anchored to the site by the strength and simplicity of the form.
Set amongst the treetops on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island, Vaughn McQuarrie Architects Palm Beach House is a contemporary interpretation of New Zealand’s traditional bach vernacular.
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A Bold Form Responds to a Storied Site – Kaipara Harbour House by Crosson Architects
Taking heed from its rugged west-coast location, Kaipara Harbour House by Crosson Architects is inspired by the burial ground of ships it sits upon. Akin to upturned hulls in the sand.
Wrapped in local Totara wood, Matakana Barn by Strachan Group Architetakes inspiration from the surrounding vernacular.
Nestled on the dunes of the Coromandel Peninsula overlooking the ocean, Hahei House is a sensitive and considered response to the site’s unparalleled natural beauty.
Headland House by Stevens Lawson Architects takes inspiration from traditional Maori pā forms and the geometry of the landscape that slopes and curves down to the water’s edge.
