House on a rock
5 April 2022
A large boulder discovered during excavation of a Port Hills site became a central feature of this home designed by architect Ken Powrie for his family.
Homes
Home of the Year 2022: Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects
31 March 2022
The 2022 Home of the Year is Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects, a home of heft and craft near Lake Hayes in Arrowtown.
Interior and City Home of the Year 2022: Clifftops by Bossley Architects and Sonya Cotter Design
31 March 2022
A sculptural, luxury home with an impressive art collection responds beautifully to its views of Rangitoto Island.
Small Home of the Year 2022: The Treehouse by Thomas Lawley
31 March 2022
An arts and engineering student and his father rebuild their childhood treehouse bigger, better and almost entirely from recycled materials
Rural Home of the Year 2022: Black Ridge by Toby Chapman-Smith and Benjamin Connor
31 March 2022
A strikingly clear and simple form that rises past many constraints due to site and remoteness. Simple, well detail and clear planning.
Green Home of the Year 2022: The Black House by Stacey Farrell
31 March 2022
Within a suburban and semi-alpine context that is prone to landslides, this home stands out by its aesthetics and passive ethos.
City Home of the Year 2022: Coxs Bay House by Guy Tarrant Architects
31 March 2022
A relatively modest-scale courtyard home that’s both welcoming and well connected to its sloping site. It takes craft and materiality serious
Multi-Unit Home of the Year 2022: One Central by Architectus
31 March 2022
A great response to an urban context in post-earthquake Christchurch. Impressive masterplanning which includes the creation of bump spaces and community creating zones.
Alt + Reno Home of the Year 2022: Faith and Doubt by Crosson Architects
31 March 2022
The repurposing of a church and its hall into an active, quirky, fun family home that respects its history yet offers something new.
Back in black
29 March 2022
Concealed on a bush-clad hillside site above Piha, the dark facade of this home mimics the tones of the ironsand on the beach below.
A contemporary home of rhythm and green
27 March 2022
This family home, on the edge of Cox’s Bay Reserve in Westmere, Auckland, was conceived as a place of privacy — a contemporary urban abode incorporating considered moments of whimsy.
Weaving the architecture of California and Scandinavia into a Kiwi beachfront home
20 March 2022
This home on a golf course in Mangawhai, designed by Studio John Irving, is inspired by an international, relaxed expression of luxury and leisure.
A sleek pavilion at Lake Rotoiti
10 March 2022
The simplicity of this rural setting gave way to an expertly conceived design allowing for considered moments of solitude on the lakefront. A charcoal-toned roof and vertical timber cladding ensure the form blends into the hills behind, which are blanketed in verdant natives.
A clifftop home perched between land and sea
15 February 2022
Perched on a cliff above Red Beach in Whangaparoa, this house of blackened concrete and waxed steel delivers an unexpected lightness of form.
Reimagined glory
8 February 2022
Marrying the elegance and style of New York with the outdoors lifestyle of Auckland, this elegant Remuera house delivers the best of both worlds.
Moonlight on the hill
7 February 2022
This home on Moonlight Bay Road hangs perilously above the Tasman Sae a mere five minutes’ drive from downtown Raglan.
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House on a rock
A large boulder discovered during excavation of a Port Hills site became a central feature of this home designed by architect Ken Powrie for his family.
Home of the Year 2022: Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects
The 2022 Home of the Year is Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects, a home of heft and craft near Lake Hayes in Arrowtown.
Latest video features
Product of the week
Latest features
House on a rock
A large boulder discovered during excavation of a Port Hills site became a central feature of this home designed by architect Ken Powrie for his family.
Home of the Year 2022: Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects
The 2022 Home of the Year is Terrace Edge by Anna-Marie Chin Architects, a home of heft and craft near Lake Hayes in Arrowtown.