Monastic yet welcoming, this small home shows the power of contained design. We speak to architect and owner, Braden Harford, about his award-winning home [jwp-video
HOME Editor Simon Farrell-Green gives us personal account of the whirlwind Home of the Year 2018 judges’ journey. Find out what the judges thought of
Sitting up on steel plinths with a sheltered internal courtyard, discover how Herbst Architects have taken a standard footprint and cleverly twisted it in on
By designing three separate spaces instead of one building, Cymon Allfrey was able to create a unique getaway that inspires genuine holiday living [jwp-video n=”1″]
This award-winning home has an incredible interior with polished black floors, black timber ceiling and striking furniture and finishes sourced from Asia [jwp-video n=”1″] Q&A
Despite being enclosed by eight neighbours, this award-winning home manages to achieve privacy with an ingenious interior courtyard [jwp-video n=”1″] Q&A with Andrew Sexton of
Architect Guy Tarrant discusses the design concepts behind his commended contemporary home and how he managed to maintain the rhythm of the surrounding heritage streetscape
Designed by award winning architects Lance and Nicola Herbst, this Piha holiday home floats among the pōhutukawa. At once elemental and polished, it’s a striking
On a vertiginous site above Onetangi beach on Waiheke Island, Lance and Nicola Herbst create their most layered home yet [jwp-video n=”1″] A stunning clifftop home
Marshall Cook clearly expressed his own well-formed language in his contemporary family home on a tight inner-city site. With its ideas for mixed use, communal-style
With Altherm Window Systems as the key sponsor for the ninth year, Home of the Year continues to celebrate New Zealand’s leading residential architecture. But
We look back fifteen years to a home that was designed by Hugh Tennent. With a lodge-like sensibility, we rediscover how this home bends and
We look back twenty years ago to when Tim Need bought a house under order for demolition and salvaged the materials to build his own
On the outskirts of Hanmer Springs, this family holiday home draws on memories of camp grounds and small alpine buildings. [jwp-video n=”1″] A family getaway
Discover how Architect Guy Tarrant has negotiated a tricky heritage overlay to create a contemporary house very much at home on a street of villas
Surrounded by neighbours, down a long driveway, a courtyard home by Andrew Sexton Architecture more than overcomes its infill site [jwp-video n=”1″] New Zealand’s best
Monastic yet welcoming, this small home in Christchurch by Braden Harford, of Maguire and Harford Architects, shows the power of contained design [jwp-video n=”1″] A
Just like the winner of Home of the Year, Glenfiddich is an example of pure craftsmanship and design. Glenfiddich is proud to support Home of
From a small concrete home in Christchurch to an impressive treetop retreat in Piha, we round up all the incredible winners from Home of the
Following a nationwide search HOME has announced the winner of Home of the Year 2018. Introducing the winner of Home of the Year 2018 We
Check out the inspiring homes that made the finalists in Home of the Year 2018 [jwp-video n=”1″] Cymon Allfrey designs a unique bach for his
Clustered around a central courtyard like a ‘camp’, this family retreat in Hanmer Springs is an interesting take on a bach. Take a tour through
Nestled in a pohutukawa grove in Piha, the fifth finalist in Home of the Year 2018 is a striking example of architecture. [jwp-video n=”1″] The
Introducing the third finalist for Home of the Year 2018 – a small courtyard home in Wellington that manages to create a sense of privacy
The second finalist for Home of the Year 2018 is an incredible clifftop home on Waiheke Island that takes architectural design to the next level
We begin the countdown to Home of the Year 2018. Watch and find out which incredible home was the first to make it into the
After much deliberation, the Home of the Year judges have narrowed down the list to 12 homes. Get an inside look at this year’s shortlist
Meet Mel Bright; HOME New Zealand’s international judge for Home of the Year 2018. Bright speaks in Wellington on February 13 and Auckland on February 15 for
Do you have the next Home of the Year? Entries to New Zealand’s most prestigious residential architecture awards are now open [jwp-video n=”1″] Home of
The 2017 Home of the Year is a house for a young family by a young architect in a provincial town – and yet it has
10 years ago a restrained holiday home by Herbst Architects was named the runner up for the 2007 Home of the Year. We revisit with
We return to the container-inspired home by Architecture Workshop that was the runner up for Home of the Year over 15 years ago A compact,
It was 1997 and two townhouses in Westmere, Auckland, were named Home of the Year. We look back at the runner up, a home in
From humble beginnings, Home of the Year has become the country’s most prestigious prize for residential architecture. We look back at the award’s 22 diverse
The finalists in Home of the Year 2017 share some important commonalities. Samsung discover the six design trends that hold the key to a winning
Listen as HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green chats about the winner and runner up of Home of the Year on the RNZ Sunday Morning show [jwp-video
From an urbane courtyard house in Point Chevalier to a rural retreat in Mahurangi we look at the winning homes from this year’s Home of
An inner-city home on a tight, steep Wellington site wins the title of Best Small home at this year’s Home of the Year awards [jwp-video
Christopher Beer Architect wins the supreme award for Home of the Year 2017. Discover the story behind the project and get to know the category
HOME celebrated the best of New Zealand architecture at the 2017 Home of the Year awards, the country’s most prestigious prize for residential architecture An
After a nationwide wide search and much deliberation, HOME announce the winner of this year’s coveted Home of the Year award Introducing the winner of
HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green announces the sixth finalist for Home of the Year 2017 [jwp-video n=”1″] Discover the last finalist for Home of the Year 2017 HOME
Introducing the fifth of our six finalists for Home of the Year 2017! Watch as HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green takes us through this unique home
Watch as HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green announces the fourth finalist for Home of the Year and discover what makes this place so special [jwp-video n=”1″]
We’re officially half way through the final six for Home of the Year 2017. Watch to find out which home has filled the third finalist
The count down to Home of the Year 2017 is well underway! Watch and see HOME editor Simon Farrell-Green reveal the second of the six
We begin the countdown to Home of the Year 2017. Watch to discover which home is the first to make it into the final six
Get a sneak peak of the 15 homes that made the short list for the 2017 Home of the Year awards [jwp-video n=”1″] See the
Combining monumental heft with deft design moves, Daniel Marshall creates a surprising new family home The gentle northern slopes of Auckland’s Remuera seldom see homes
A group of Wellington apartments by Parsonson Architects slots 16 bedrooms onto the site of a single villa – and wins HOME magazine’s Best Multi-Unit
Entries for Home of the Year 2017 are now open. Find out how you can take part in the country’s most prestigious awards for residential
A finalist for 2016 Home of the Year and winner of Best City Home 2016, a new home in a tough semi-industrial neighbourhood brings family
Tucked away in a valley on the Coromandel Peninsula, the 2016 Home of the Year by Herbst Architects combines rusty allusions to local farm buildings
This Remuera home by architect Daniel Marshall was a finalist in the Home of the Year Awards 2011 with its pared-back material palette of pre-cast concrete
From apartments in Wellington to rustic homes on the Coromandel, to luxurious harbourside abodes in Auckland. How do you choose a Home of the Year?
See inside Home of the Year 2016 winner for Best Small Home that has us wanting to move in right away. [jwp-video n=”1″] HOME magazine’s
A Coromandel home clad in a skin of rusty recycled corrugated iron is the winner of the HOME magazine’s Home of the Year 2016, New
HOME magazine is announcing the winner of its Home of the Year award on Wednesday night. We’re already in love with the six finalists in the
HOME magazine is announcing the winner of its Home of the Year award on Wednesday night. We’re already in love with the six finalists in the
HOME magazine is announcing the winner of its Home of the Year award on Wednesday night. We’re already in love with the six finalists in the
HOME magazine is announcing the winner of its Home of the Year award on Wednesday night. We’re already in love with the six finalists in the
HOME magazine is announcing the winner of its Home of the Year award on Wednesday night. We’re already in love with the six finalists in the
HOME’s editor Jeremy Hansen talks us through one of the finalists in Home of the Year 2016, the Villameter House by Anthony Hoete. [jwp-video n=”1″] Stay tuned
David and Wendy Hendl gave their old friend, architect Marshall Cook, free rein to come up with a design that suited their home’s vineyard location
Richard Naish of RTA Studio won the Home of the Year 2015 with the design of a home for himself and his family in the
Inside the Auckland home by architect Richard Naish of RTA Studio took out the HOME magazine Home of the Year award in 2015 [bjd-responsive-iframe src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/0IhpWZIVJxk”
The judges have toured the country, and made their choices. Now HOME magazine is delighted to announce the finalists in the Home of the Year
Exciting news: the great Seattle-based architect Tom Kundig, designer of some of the most sublime cabins you’ve ever seen, is visiting New Zealand in late
Can your home scoop New Zealand’s richest architectural prize? HOME magazine is calling for entries for its 21st annual Home of the Year awards. This
Under a Pohutukawa, a home by Herbst Architects, building inside a mature forest. [jwp-video n=”1″]
The surprising form and hue of this Titirangi home brings joy to everyone who encounters it. Discover the story behind this 2015 Home of the
Higher-density living in Auckland is starting to look more appealing, as two Home of the Year-winning studios weigh in with some of the most
We’re delighted to announce that an Auckland home designed by architect Richard Naish of RTA Studio for his own family has been selected as the
The judges have visited the homes, and some tough calls have been made. So we’re delighted to present the six finalists in the
Cheshire Architects win the 2014 Home of the Year award for their tiny, twin cabins nestled in an inlet of the Kaipara Harbour 2014: Nat
The 2013 Home of the Year winner is a curvaceous home designed by Stevens Lawson Architects that perches on the headland on Waiheke Island 2013:
Nestled amongst dark branches of gnarled pohutukawa is the Piha house by Herbst Architects, the winner of the 2012 Home of the Year award [jwp-video
From Kare Kare beach, the Home of the Year 2011 is invisible but for a slot of sky reflected in the long horizontal windows of
2010: Stevens Lawson’s Wanaka geometry It started with a piece of paper, a square of white parchment standing in for golden contours beside a sparkling
The 2009 Home of the Year stands proudly in a beautiful landscape on Waiheke Island, two tall cedar volumes that act as bookends to the
Named ‘Signal Box’, the 2008 winner sits on a discreet back-section near the Masterton railway station combining imagination and great practicality 2008: Melling Morse’s Signal
2007: Harbourside darkness by Stevens Lawson The winner of the Home of the Year 2007 is an enigmatic dwelling that lies above tidal mudflats in the
An intimate embrace of native and exotic trees facing the waters of Wellington harbour, and tended by the same family of fanatical gardeners for a
When the team from Mitchell Stout architects first ascended into the King Country, they were not disappointed by the destination 2005: Mitchell & Stout’s King
An alluring combination of solidity and symbolism is embodied in this Bay of Islands holiday home – the winner of the 2004 Home of the Year Award
Architect Ken Crosson’s seductively simple bach on Otama Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula won our Home of the Year award in 2003 and the Home
2002: Stevens Lawson’s first win If this Auckland home was a person, you could perhaps describe it as being contemporary, but aware of the past,
Gerald Parsonson’s combination of cutting-edge architecture and family comfort produced this light and dynamic bach that won the 2001 Home of the Year 2001: Gerald
Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon were just 27 and 28 respectively when they won the Home of the Year award in 2000 with this retreat
Gerrad Hall won the 1999 Home of the Year, aged 28, with the first house he ever designed: a courtyard house on a tiny Auckland
