Home of the Year 2024: The finalists revealed

This year marks the 29th annual Home of the Year awards programme. With more entries received than ever before, the 2024 awards will be hotly contested.

As you are reading this, the Home of the Year judges – Megan Edwards, Jeremy Smith, Federico Monsalve, and our guest international judge Simon Storey – are deciding on a winner for each of the six categories: Green, Small, Rural, City, Alt & Reno and Multi-Unit Home of the Year. 

The overall winner will be named the 2024 Home of the Year, and be awarded with a $10,000 cash prize. 

The winning projects will be featured in the April/May issue of HOME, and across all HOME channels, with winners announced at an exclusive awards evening in Auckland in late March. 

We’d like to hear from you, our readers.

Peruse the finalists below and vote for the project you believe should receive the 2024 Readers’ Choice Home of the Year Award. 

Scroll through each of the project galleries, and cast your vote below. Voting closes at 5pm on Friday 8 March 2024.

Mangawhai Estuary House

Belinda George Architects

Parkinson Strange House

KOIA Architects

Evans Pewhairangi House 

Bonnifait + Associates

Bell House

Robertson Architects

Textured Bach

Nic Owen Architects

Leigh Road House

Belinda George Architects

Beach Hut

Strachan Group Architects

Brooklyn Minifab

Bonnifait + Associates

Villa 1899

Borrmeister Architects

Maungakiekie House

Space Division

Back House

Strachan Group Architects

Seaward House

Space Division

Boathouse Bay

Crosson Architects

Mesa Morningside

I Am Developer

Aalto

Ockham Residential

Aroha

Ockham Residential

Maungarahiri

Scarlet Architects

Sumner House

RTA Studio

Cass Bay House

MCAS

Complete your details below and choose the home or homes you believe should win to cast your vote.

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