Introducing the first finalist for Home of the Year 2019 – a little house near Queenstown which looks like it was carved out of the schist hillside it sits on First finalist Home of the Year 2019 Project: Bivvy Hut Practice: Vaughn McQuarrie Architects Location: Queenstown, Central Otago Judging
Home of the Year 2019 is Altherm Window Systems’ 10th year as principal sponsor. To celebrate, we’ve collected a handful of South Island architectural highlights from their decade of extraordinary commitment. If building in the North Island tends toward airy pavilions and timber sheds, then
HOME magazine has released the 10 houses that made it onto their Home of the Year 2019 shortlist. Watch the video below to see which projects were chosen When the entries to Home of the Year come in, the HOME team gets an insight into
Featuring in Home of the Year over the past decade, this collection of beach homes is an example of New Zealand architecture at its best In recent years, the size and scale of what we build at the beach might have changed – designs are
Known as New Zealand’s most prestigious prize for residential architecture, don’t miss your chance to get your entry in for Home of the Year 2019 Is your house a winner? Home of the Year 2019 entries are now open Home of the Year is New Zealand’s
Home of the Year 2019 is Altherm Window Systems’ 10th year as principal sponsor. To celebrate, we’ve collected some architectural highlights from their decade of extraordinary commitment How clever urban design is celebrated through Home of the Year Thanks to intense population growth in our
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 Q&A with Braden Harford of Maguire and Harford Architects What were the main considerations in designing your own home? I tried
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 each of the finalists and winning homes Home of the Year Winner – Piha, Auckland Project: ‘Kawakawa House’ Practice: Herbst Architects
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 itself to create this incredible holiday home Q&A with Lance Herbst of Herbst Architects What was the brief like? The brief
By designing three separate spaces instead of one building, Cymon Allfrey was able to create a unique getaway that inspires genuine holiday living Q&A with Cymon Allfrey of Cymon Allfrey Architects How is the bach the antithesis of your townhouse? We were focused on creating
This award-winning home has an incredible interior with polished black floors, black timber ceiling and striking furniture and finishes sourced from Asia Q&A with Lance Herbst of Herbst Architects Owner Andrew Glenn sees an Asian influence in your work, and that’s certainly present here. A
Despite being enclosed by eight neighbours, this award-winning home manages to achieve privacy with an ingenious interior courtyard Q&A with Andrew Sexton of Andrew Sexton Architecture The site is flat, for Wellington, but surrounded by neighbours. What were your initial thoughts? Our initial sketches were
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 How Architect Guy Tarrant created a modern villa to fit into a heritage street Q&A with Guy Tarrant The street
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 response to a difficult site As you drive along Marine Parade at North Piha to our Home of the Year
On a vertiginous site above Onetangi beach on Waiheke Island, Lance and Nicola Herbst create their most layered home yet A stunning clifftop home on Waiheke wins Best Interior at Home of the Year The night Andrew Glenn and Jonathan Rutherfurd Best moved into their house
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 living and courtyard design, this home is more relevant today than ever Why the design of 2008 Home of the