Evan Mayo of Architecture Bureau discusses making way for the new while still retaining enchanting elements of this once classic-Kiwi holiday home This Mount Maunganui home
When Berridge and his client Jennifer Bartlett decided they wanted the kitchen upstairs where the light was best, the result was a space with an 11-metre-long counter
Obsessive attention to detail transformed this small space into a natural extension of the apartment and an elegant nod to 1920s style. HOME What
A view was a prerequisite for Heidi Correa and her family when hunting for a weekend home at Palm Beach north of Sydney This modernist house
Although their house was small and pokey, architects Julian Mitchell and Rachel Dodd built a deck first which created some much-needed extra living space A
This Waiheke holiday home creates a balance between public and private living. John Irving of Studio John Irving discusses the inspiration for the design The
From our lifestyle and cooking habits to material and appliance choices, we discover the latest kitchen trends with the lead designers from Fisher & Paykel
Lloyd Hartley Architects have cleverly reworked the dead space of this entryway into the perfect spot to linger a little longer Clever architecture has transformed
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 skylight, clever tile design, and black and white accents create a sleek small space in this Mairangi Bay family bathroom Architects Ben Lloyd and
This new-build plays an important role in Wellington’s Oriental Bay. See how clever design has created public and private living spaces Around Wellington, Oriental Parade
A mixture of intelligent design and collaboration was the key to overcoming the many challenges that faced the completion of this hillside home Collaboration was
This playful new house, designed by Chris Kelly from Architecture Workshop, delicately balances public and private personas in Wellington’s Oriental Bay Q & A with Chris Kelly of
In Meadowbank, Auckland, a 1970s marvel by the late Claude Megson is still full of swagger and complexity after being unaltered for four decades Q
A newly renovated, petite St Heliers ensuite bathroom by Studio 106 Architect goes big on rustic texture while managing to keep things modern Architect Dion
It took 10 years and two major earthquakes, but this house built on a steep hillside section in Lyttelton was worth the wait Q &
A new home at Waimauku by Herbst Architects draws inspiration from ‘the African way of living’ to create a home that embraces outside as much
An architect and an industrial designer succeed in melding beach and city together flawlessly in their family home in Westmere, Auckland A family home succeeds
Designer Yvette Jay used Carrara marble tiles to bring elegance to this small Grey Lynn apartment bathroom The details Designer Yvette Jay Location Grey Lynn, Auckland
Rather than seek to respond to the site, a new home at Waimauku by Herbst Architects defines the landscape around it with an interplay of
An architect and an industrial designer succeed in melding beach and city together flawlessly in their family home in Westmere, Auckland Q & A with
An Omaha Beach holiday home’s ensuite bathroom emphasises light and relaxation while managing to accommodate a generous shower space and vanity Designer Julian Guthrie Location Omaha Beach
A ‘counter-intuitive’ design transformed this old villa into a contemporary, private space without compromising the 110-year-old building’s integrity A villa renovation that blends then and now
A sensitive renovation of a heritage-listed Auckland apartment brings light and space without sacrificing any of its charm The Brooklyn building on Emily Place, Auckland Auckland should
A family home in Central Otago’s Gibbston Valley opts for pared-back simplicity in a lavish landscape In the 1960s, the average New Zealand house size
Creating a perfectly simplified home in Central Otago was a welcome exercise in leanness for its owners and architects. They share their top tips for
This beautifully pared-back home on Banks Peninsula comes with a fascinating story – not only was it originally designed as a temporary home that ended
Originally designed as a small, transitional home, the owners of this little studio on Banks Peninsula inadvertently found this 65-square-metre home fulfills all their needs [jwp-video n=”1″] The five rules
The landscape of the Cardrona Valley is big; the 72-square-metre holiday home there that architect Richard Naish of RTA Studio designed for himself and his
A Waiheke Island getaway morphs into a petite, permanent home Waiheke home by Vaughn McQuarrie The morning after the Brexit referendum, I took a ferry
Working within a modest footprint, architect Vaughn McQuarrie injected drama into the design of this simple Waiheke Island home The 5 rules of designing a small
A Cardrona Valley getaway designed by RTA Studios offers big lessons on a small scale A Cardrona Valley hut by RTA Studios that thinks big
An architect designs a studio with bach connotations for an exposed Wellington site with top views Thurston Studio, Wellington Architect: Cushla Thurston Floor area: 45m2 In 2006,
This family home may be petite, but it cleverly provides the owners with everything they need Family home, Wellington Architects: First Light Studio Floor area: 86m2 It
A Wellington couple transformed the flat, barren space at the back of their property into an open-plan studio with sweeping views – all in just 45m2
Depending on the owners’ needs, this flexible space provides an intriguing retreat for guests, as well as executive meetings Torea Studio, Nelson Architects: Tennent Brown Architects
A visionary mid-century social housing project in Wellington stays relevant Centennial Flats Year: 1940 Location: Wellington Architect: Gordon Wilson Everything happens in cycles. Wellington’s Centennial Flats
Wellington’s best apartments are stacked over three levels on top of an existing three-storey building; another example of density done well Wakefield Apartments Project Year: 2001
In Wellington, a set of three intricately planned apartments that sit atop a hefty 1900s warehouse provide the ultimate example of density done well Wakefield Apartments
This unusual home and office in a conservative Christchurch neighbourhood pushes the design boundaries When a tall, thin, aluminium-clad tower rose between Christchurch’s Merivale post office
This tiny tower was designed as a challenge: a chance to consider new forms of accommodation and new typologies within one of the most conservative
A group of 1970s townhouses in Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, offer lessons in smart planning that most cities still seem to ignore These Freeman’s Bay townhouses are
A kitchen by IMO does heavy duty daily for an Auckland family Designer: IMO, in a home by Paterson Architecture Collective and Glamuzina Architects. Brief: For a family
A generous ensuite with an industrial edge was the brief for this inner-city Auckland home, a finalist in 2016’s Home of the Year Awards Architects: Andrea
A finalist in the Home of the Year 2016, this Auckland home makes kitchen design look simple. Architect Anthony Hoete explains the project… Architect: Anthony
An industrial-style kitchen fits right into this Auckland home designed by Andrea Bell and Andrew Kissell Architect: Andrea Bell and Andrew Kissell. Brief: A simple and robust kitchen
Although petite, this Auckland kitchen doesn’t scrimp on style. Architect Henri Sayes of Sayes Studio discusses how good kitchens don’t have to be large Architect
New Zealanders Neha Belton and Tulia Wilson bring fresh new focus to their modernist Sydney pad [jwp-video n=”1″] When Neha Belton and Tulia Wilson
A young Sydney-based Kiwi family transformed the “worst house on the best street” in Sydney’s Woollahra into a stunning example of modern design [jwp-video n=”1″]
A rural retreat in the Wakatipu Basin by Bureaux combines modernity with rusticity Design notebook, Q&A with architects Jessica Barter and Maggie Carroll This is
Wellington architect Jon Craig created his last home in a street dotted with his earlier designs, and infused it with a spirit of optimism for
The late Julian Dashper’s fascinating Auckland studio, with its neat arrangements of art and ephemera, remains just as he left it when he died in
A hilltop home by Fearon Hay in rural west Auckland balances heft and finesse [jwp-video n=”1″] In the rolling green foothills of the Waitakere ranges,
Built in an old orchard in Arrowtown, this family home of sharp angles and galvanised steel isn’t afraid to stand out from the crowd [jwp-video
Sydney-based architect Domenic Alvaro usually designs multi-storey apartment buildings in Sydney. But the techniques he’s applied in this small building can be easily adapted in
A young couple re-imagines suburban back-section living with a compact optimistic new home Never mind it was in the suburbs. It wasn’t the possibility of
A rural retreat in the Wakatipu Basin by Bureaux combines modernity with rusticity and pays homage to farm-style buildings from around New Zealand This
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 compact bach by Fearon Hay was designed as a prototype for a flexible design that can be put down in a number of locations Architects
This simple compact bach designed by Fearon and Hay has a warm and nurturing interior, which is the ideal counterpoint to the bach’s wild and
On a show-stopping site near the Whangarei Heads, Herbst Architects create a holiday home for a family of four that could house 30 people Design Notebook, Q&A
A clifftop Waiheke location provided a fascinating challenge for architect Wendy Shacklock – to create a home that was both comforting and exciting It
New Zealand-born interior designer and furniture designer Christopher Hall’s petite London pad is decorated to perfection, and located just a few minutes’ walk from the
Christchurch-based architect Nicholas Faith designs a home for a relatively small Auckland site that’s so robust, it’s basically bullet-proof This Auckland new-build is inspired by
Expat New Zealander Debbi Gibbs engaged Resolution: 4 Architecture to build a prefab pavilion on this special lakeside spot in New Jersey As much as the
A Wanaka home designed by Wellington-based firm Lovell & O’Connell Architects is a bold, distinctive design on a street of nondescript houses Concrete, cedar and
This majestic ‘farmhouse’ designed by Andrew Patterson and his team on Annandale, a sheep and cattle station of approximately 4000 acres with more than 10 kilometres of coastline
Discover this glamorous and romantic ‘studio’ made from concrete and stone on the Banks Peninsula designed by Andrew Patterson An isolated yet beautiful stone bunker by Andrew Patterson
On a show-stopping site near the Whangarei Heads, Herbst Architects create a holiday home for a family of four that could house 30 people A lightweight
Three enterprising youngsters throw in their desk jobs to design and build a house on a steep Whanganui hillside. Words by Nicole Stock. Photos by Paul
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?
Children should be raised in the suburbs? A new Auckland city home says “think again” [jwp-video n=”1″] It’s a widely held belief that children
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
When a long-admired 1920s abode came on the market, this energetic family in Sydney jumped at the chance to make it their dream home Jane
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
Tim Heath designs a compact home and painting studio perched above Otago Harbour “They wanted a small house on a minimal budget.” These words are
Tim Heath designs a compact home and painting studio perched above Otago Harbour Design notebook Q&A with Tim Heath from Architectural Ecology What were you
Architect Andrew Patterson designs a new Auckland home inspired by the symmetry and severity of late 1960s Italian modernist buildings Q&A Architect Andrew Patterson of
The luxury of space affords an elegant ensuite, as well as his-and-hers areas in this space designed by interior designer Sonja Hawkins At a glance
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”
