Home of the Year / Homes

Home of the Year Awards second finalist: Coromandel House by Herbst Architects

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 award, and don’t know how the jury managed to pick a winner. Here, HOME’s editor Jeremy Hansen talks us through one of the finalists, the Coromandel House by Herbst Architects.

[jwp-video n=”1″]

Stay tuned over the next few days for the other finalists. We’ll be revealing the winner live at 7.30pm Wednesday night. And thanks to our award sponsors, Altherm Window Systems.

Latest video features

SHIFT HOUSE BY STUDIO2 ARCHITECTS

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

Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects

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

The Dart by Studio John Irving Architects

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

Zonnebries by Strachan Group Architects

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.

Trending articles

Design News

Golden hour

A return to earthy, grounded hues is evident in interiors; colours that feel both timeless and distinctly of the moment.

Homes

Queen of the lake

The master plan of a dwelling comprising three separate buildings, originally conceived in the 1990s, has been completed by Sumich Chaplin Architects linking the three

Homes

Set sail

Designing for a site in the glowing headlands of Te Rae Kura, +MAP Architects envisaged a home that could be sailed like a ship —

Design News

In portrait

The Portrait Chair by Simon James draws inspiration from the Brutalist architecture of the 1950s, reimagining it as a modern take on the club chair.