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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
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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
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Behind a regular villa facade, John Reynolds and Claire McLintock’s revamped Auckland home offers all sorts of surprises This villa facade hides all sorts of
A traditional villa facade hides a soaring, chapel-like quality at the rear of the house, with monumental walls of concrete, a huge window and triangular skylight DESIGN
This economically sized, linear home by Kerr Ritchie Architects hugs the Dunedin cliff side, maximising the sunlight Q&A with Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Kerr Ritchie
Julian Guthrie lends masterful touches of drama to the kitchen of this clifftop home Architect Julian Guthrie with Lindon Harris of Johannes Erren Cabinetmakers Brief A
Ceramic artist Amanda Shanley’s new Otago Peninsula home by Kerr Ritchie Architects looks at Dunedin from a lofty perch Ceramic artist Amanda Shanley’s Otago Peninsula
Architect Gerald Parsonson reinvents a near-decrepit Kapiti Coast bach As invitations go, it wasn’t the most enticing. Rob and Helen Goldblatt were told by friends
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
Parsonson Architects reinvigorate what was once the ‘ugliest house on the Kapiti Coast’. We catch up with architect Gerald Parsonson to talk about the renovation
New Zealand artist Ruth Buchanan tests an affordable housing model in Berlin, which provides room for wider community use and emphasises shared spaces An affordable
At 1200 square metres, this Bay of Islands ‘bach’ is a big dose of A-grade holiday home Q&A with architect Pete Bossley The trend these days
With housing affordability worsening in parts of New Zealand, a New Zealand artist in Berlin and a group of her peers have found a solution
An architect and artist design a vivid, adaptable Awhitu Peninsula studio as a place to retreat and create. If you want to visit architect
Design notebook: Q&A with Julian Guthrie This is a big home – how do you maintain architectural control on a large canvas like this? Space is
The owners of this Bethells Beach home are strong horsewomen with a deep connection to the land. “The house is like a portrait of them,” says architect
In Auckland’s Western Springs, a series of “combative” discussions between artist Stephen Bambury, his wife Jan and architect Pip Cheshire results in a light-as-air fusion of art and
Step inside the reinvigorated home designed by the modernist architect Franz Iseke in 1971 for Thames’ chief surgeon Design notebook Q&A with Greg Smith of Lost
A classic home in Thames is nursed back to health by a long-time admirer Dean Sharpe never forgot the first house he fell in
Inspired by historic gun emplacements on nearby Bastion Point, architect Julian Guthrie creates a clifftop home for the ages. Photos by Patrick Reynolds. Fearing a Russian
With animals outside and a wild collection of art and antiques indoors, a home by Stevens Lawson Architects on Auckland’s west coast feels like something
A watery retreat by Herbst Architects makes outdoor living easy A pool house with a difference It wasn’t your average architectural project. For starters, the
Architect Malcolm Walker designs a holiday home with a compact footprint on a stunning site A Rakino Island getaway that keeps things simple The single
As summer strikes, we’ve uncovered four stylish ways of taking to the waters, with pool designs that make outdoor living easy
We catch up with architect Julian Guthrie, who designed this home on a cliff above Muriwai Beach that sits rock-solid in sunshine and storms Design notebook, Q&A with
Fearon Hay transforms a petite Auckland back yard into a summery paradise A small Auckland backyard becomes a tropical paradise Poorly designed pools can feel
Malcolm Walker’s design for this holiday home picks up on the architectural language of Vernon Brown’s work from the 1930s to the 1950s Q&A with architect
A tiny concealed space in a small warehouse conversion is a labour of love Architect Ben Daly’s brief for this Wellington bathroom was to
A pool and pavilion by Pattersons on Canterbury’s Banks Peninsula is a getaway all its own It is a modern pool in the grounds of
Inspired by the tramping huts that dot New Zealand’s national parks, Richard Naish gets back to basics with a rustic red getaway shed New Zealand
[jwp-video n=”1″] An architect’s own sleek-but-simple holiday getaway Evelyn McNamara‘s holiday home on Waiheke Island is something of a statement, and we’re not just talking
High on a Lyttelton hilltop, a new building by Michael O’Sullivan makes for a spectacular creative getaway Q&A with Michael O’Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan Architects
The Canadian owners of this Auckland home by Fearon Hay escape brutal northern hemisphere winters for this stunning beach-side location A Canadian couple build a holiday house in Auckland
Peter Gordon’s London home is a sweet retreat in a near-famous street Q&A with Peter Gordon Your street has a lovely austerity about it. But
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
It is small – 120 square metres – and perfectly formed. It is also a lesson in how a little can turn out to be
Near Gisborne, Jeremy and Anne Salmond create a home and eco-sanctuary, regenerating a once-magnificent landscape A home and eco-sanctuary alongside the Waimata River Follow the snaking
It made its debut on Grand Designs NZ, and this new home by Paul Clarke named ‘The Crossing’, brings its owner surprising happiness You move
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
Architect Michael O’Sullivan finds freedom in designing a small home for his family, which was shortlisted for Home of the Year in 2009 This 112-square-metre
A developer does his bit to densify Christchurch’s inner-east suburbs This Christchurch townhouse is an example of density done well When Jeremy Williams asked his
The brief Morgan Cronin received for this Parnell kitchen came from friends and was very relaxed; They needed a functional space that suited their family
Measuring just 40-square-metres in size, this petite holiday home in the Coromandel packs a powerful design punch This tiny cabin in the Coromandel is an
This Wellington couple solved their affordability problem by building a home with a modest footprint An affordable Wellington home on a modest footprint Small home:
A family of four takes to compact living with ease in this Mt Albert, Auckland new-build by architect Marc Lithgow An 80-square-metre garage is used
With a limited budget and small site, architect Davor Popadich and his wife Abbe set out to build an efficient family home with just the
A young couple re-imagines suburban back-section living with a compact optimistic new home. A compact new home in Auckland reimagines suburban living Never mind it
First, a confession. When I first saw the image of Crosson Clarke Carnachan’s ‘moveable’ beach house being loaded onto a Freight Link ferry, I
Take a look inside the studios where Home of the Year winning houses are first dreamed up. Cheshire Architects, whose twin cabins on the Kaipara
Under a Pohutukawa, a home by Herbst Architects, building inside a mature forest. [jwp-video n=”1″]
Ben Daly worked as an architect until deciding to go it alone, chucking in his job to take on the design and build of the
A Wanaka home is built using ancient yet unconventional material If you’re asking for a home that feels deeply connected to its location, then it’s
Simon James’ Auckland showroom has a generous new residential focus, thanks to an expanded and renovated ground-floor space that showcases the firm’s offerings for
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
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
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