Dekton by Cosentino brings beauty, durability and sustainability to Dry River in New Zealand’s Wairarapa region, a rejuvenated 1950s bungalow that balances contemporary design with rustic charm.
Designed to embrace the wild terrain of its locale, Waitī House captures warmth, comfort and natural connection through a stone-and-timber palette built around premium oak flooring from Forté.
The Farmhouse sees Studio John Irving Architects propose a coastal sanctuary that transports beyond the traditional rural residential vernacular.
Integrated in amid the existing natural ecological elements, Sisters Sanctuary sees Edwards White Architects propose an openly connected home that sits seamlessly within the landscape.
Jewellery Box sees Crosson Architects push the form out to engage with surrounding views, elevating the everyday engagement between the home and the surrounds.
A serene retreat beyond the bustling streetscape of Wellington Central, Stravinskij Salon by Seear-Budd Ross exists as an evocative den of tactility and tone.
Herbst Architects has created a house that sits quietly above the dunes, respectfully crafted from stone and timber and designed to facilitate full enjoyment of its special site.
Storm Cottage sees Fearon Hay Architects propose a self-sustaining residence that provides the ideal balance of natural immersion and protection from the elements.
Naturally protected in place, Island Retreat sees Fearon Hay nestle the proposed form within a saddle in the landscape, outward facing and openly engaging of the surrounds.
Pompallier House sees Matter Architects infuse a light-inspired approach that draws a more meaningful connection between the built and the natural.
The growth of Auckland-based Stevens Lawson Architects is matched by its reputation, as the practice has become renowned for producing quality work across a vast array of differently scaled projects.
A limestone benchtop frames this renovated kitchen, which uses refined detailing to balance the history of the home with the needs of a modern family.
Forté Flooring have teamed up with The Wonder Group to create truly holistic timber experience showroom in Auckland where the material speaks for itself.
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.
Les Mills Auckland by Knight Associates, draws on the surrounding industrial feel to create a series of robust spaces that lure in willing movers.
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’s.
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.
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.
Red House sees Crosson Architects bring a robust and low maintenance approach to conjure a bold statement through colour and form.
Courtyard House sees Strachan Group Architects take noted cues from the surrounding rural setting, proposing an aptly robust and resilient 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.
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.
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.
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.
