Danish modernism, Kiwi nostalgia, and a touch of grandeur converge on a one-of-a-kind site in Mangawhai, where a home of red brick and glass is dwarfed by an undulating dunescape.

Danish modernism, Kiwi nostalgia, and a touch of grandeur converge on a on-eof- a-kind site in Mangawhai, where a home of red brick and glass is dwarfed by an undulating dunescape.

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Pavilion in the clouds

Five simple elements and the well-placed delivery of a stunning view define this minimalist, Hawke’s Bay home by Dorrington Atcheson Architects.

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Urban bach

When a client’s brief is to “come up with something you think looks good”, the parameters are so open and the trust so complete that it can feel overwhelming. However, architect Phil Smith had known Martin and Christina Russell for close to a decade. If they were relaxed, so was he.

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Corner villa

This clear insertion into the back of a century-old Wellington villa provides an extra 135 square metres and a myriad of spatial experiences for the owners.

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Sculpture on the ridgeline

This Leigh holiday house by Belinda George Architects offers spatial variation, highly contrasting experiences, and a bespoke solution that reflects its owners’ personalities.

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A place to converge

There’s a gentle melody to this Coromandel holiday home, which was designed to entertain and accommodate anywhere from two to 30 people with ease. It is a place that effortlessly opens and closes — to the ocean, the light, and the sky.

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Rising from the dunes

Danish modernism, Kiwi nostalgia, and a touch of grandeur converge on a one-of-a-kind site in Mangawhai, where a home of red brick and glass is dwarfed by an undulating dunescape.

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Colour Blocked: The 2024 Resene Colour Award Winner

When you devour design in all its guises, it’s natural to want to test out ideas you pick up along the way. Fortunately for Kate Rogan and Eva Nash of Rogan Nash Architects, their business is fertile ground for such evolved experimentation

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Synchronicity

Wellness entrepreneur Matt Chapman was intrinsically drawn to a piece of land on the Wanaka lakefront he called ‘the edge of the world’. It was here that he felt a sense of peace and an irresistible energy.

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The Chodge: A house within a house

About 15 years ago, Darryl and Lee-Ann Church happened upon a for sale sign as they were driving to their child’s school camp at Lake Whakamaru. The land was part of a working farm, a property spanning 175 hectares that would ultimately be jointly owned by the purchasers of 50 new blocks within its boundaries.

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Garden of trees

Located down a densely populated driveway, this steep, small site didn’t have a lot of obvious benefits. What it did present was a number of questions, the answer to each offering a topical narrative on where to from here when designing stand-alone homes for family life in our cities.

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One one two

On a piece of Christchurch real estate with some serious architectural heavyweights as neighbours, this home had to do justice to the area’s rich design legacy while embracing a contemporary approach to a prominent, public-facing corner site.

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Arrowtown’s new Roman

This monopitch, minor dwelling by Assembly Architects was inspired by Roman domus, tripped up by gladiatorial battles against local design parameters, and boasts a tasteful play of translucency and light.

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Set in stone

That recurrent trope of ‘compression and expansion’ in architecture has been given a beautiful, rocky interpretation above Alexandra and looking across to the Hawkdun Range.

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New Zealand’s first 3D printed concrete house

Tucked away on an idyllic semi-rural site in Paremoremo, on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand’s first — and the southern hemisphere’s largest — 3D-printed concrete house marks a bold move forwards, and a golden opportunity to make architecture more accessible.

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Is this New Zealand’s best renovation?

With help of a meticulous brief, exacting craft, and impeccable taste, this 1916 Arts and Crafts house in Remuera, Auckland, has been brought into the modern era in a manner true to the spirit of its original style.

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Beautiful rhythm

A restricted material palette, a modernist soul that is part Californian, and a touch of Japanese — all combine to form an entirely picture-perfect Waiheke home by Rowe Baetens Architecture.

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A little chat with Miles

Part homage to the late Sir Miles Warren, part allusion to the owners’ Dutch and farming roots, this house by PRau is a beautiful amalgam of influences and materials.

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In the Coromandel, a home with a humble profile and a thoughtful design makes the most of a stunning location.

This sculptural Northland bach is a perfect north arrow on a remote farm high above the sea.

Built with awe-inspiring attention to detail, this Arrowtown home is a fresh interpretation of a familiar Otago rural vernacular.

Part gallery, part sculptural abode, this award-winning home above Takapuna Beach is surprisingly secluded.

A hilltop home in Dunedin becomes a gallery of sorts, its form an object of art itself – one of warmth, playfulness, and urbanity.

With the sun on its bow and the community at its stern, this is a house in which the elements are always front of mind.

A mature and restrained response to an awe-inspiring location. The architect has combined a wide range of influences — from Sri Lankan to,

This Auckland home delightfully reimagines city living, marrying privacy with insightful and intimate layers of connection.

oct – nov 2024  — Issue #514