This villa facade hides all sorts of surprises
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
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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
The judges have visited the homes, and some tough calls have been made. So we’re delighted to present the six finalists in the
Here are five bathrooms that shun clinical clichés in favour of rich materials, and spaces worth luxuriating in. Each is suffused with natural light, including Fearon
There is a strange power to the spaces that artists have occupied, the rooms in which they have crated their work. In the early 1950s,
Cheshire Architects win the 2014 Home of the Year award for their tiny, twin cabins nestled in an inlet of the Kaipara Harbour 2014: Nat
The 2013 Home of the Year winner is a curvaceous home designed by Stevens Lawson Architects that perches on the headland on Waiheke Island 2013:
Nestled amongst dark branches of gnarled pohutukawa is the Piha house by Herbst Architects, the winner of the 2012 Home of the Year award [jwp-video
From Kare Kare beach, the Home of the Year 2011 is invisible but for a slot of sky reflected in the long horizontal windows of
2010: Stevens Lawson’s Wanaka geometry It started with a piece of paper, a square of white parchment standing in for golden contours beside a sparkling
The 2009 Home of the Year stands proudly in a beautiful landscape on Waiheke Island, two tall cedar volumes that act as bookends to the
Named ‘Signal Box’, the 2008 winner sits on a discreet back-section near the Masterton railway station combining imagination and great practicality 2008: Melling Morse’s Signal
2007: Harbourside darkness by Stevens Lawson The winner of the Home of the Year 2007 is an enigmatic dwelling that lies above tidal mudflats in the
An intimate embrace of native and exotic trees facing the waters of Wellington harbour, and tended by the same family of fanatical gardeners for a
When the team from Mitchell Stout architects first ascended into the King Country, they were not disappointed by the destination 2005: Mitchell & Stout’s King
An alluring combination of solidity and symbolism is embodied in this Bay of Islands holiday home – the winner of the 2004 Home of the Year Award
Architect Ken Crosson’s seductively simple bach on Otama Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula won our Home of the Year award in 2003 and the Home
2002: Stevens Lawson’s first win If this Auckland home was a person, you could perhaps describe it as being contemporary, but aware of the past,
Gerald Parsonson’s combination of cutting-edge architecture and family comfort produced this light and dynamic bach that won the 2001 Home of the Year 2001: Gerald
Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon were just 27 and 28 respectively when they won the Home of the Year award in 2000 with this retreat
Gerrad Hall won the 1999 Home of the Year, aged 28, with the first house he ever designed: a courtyard house on a tiny Auckland
The 1998 winner is comprised of a simple mono-pitched roof that hovers delicately above the house’s skeletal structure where views continue uninterrupted 1998: A Bay
A disciplined palette of materials in a series of abstracted geometric shapes formed the winner of the 1997 Home of the Year by Felicity Wallace
1996: Architectus design our first Home of the Year The winning design of the first Home of the Year in 1996 is still home to
Light and space for a Brooklyn artist To wake up surrounded by your own work would be, for many, the surprise twist in the plot
We discover how the stripped back design of this Wanaka retreat was inspired by family camping trips and vernacular sheds Summer simplicity at rest in
There is simply no excuse for a basic bathroom. These five from Patterson Associates, Assembly Architects, Herbst and Wendy Shacklock run the gamut from intimate,
Writer Claire McCall’s new book, Green Modern: Eco-Conscious Contemporary New Zealand Homes, celebrates contemporary architecture with a green edge. Here, she shares images of some
Light and clarity on a precipitous Wellington site You’re looking for a site to build a house on. You have a blended family of six
For chefs Natalia Schamroth and Carl Koppenhagen, their new kitchen is the culmination of four years spent “desperate” to get out of the cramped, closed-off
Spend a beach holiday at this dream Coromandel bach Most people design holiday houses as places to get away from it all, but David Berridge
An unstable foundation meant the original 1930s home on this section had to be demolished, which helped make way for a clean-design-slate. Light and air
An architect and interior designer’s surprising shipping container getaway When it comes to designing their own homes, my parents are far from traditional. My father
From the pool and its simple, charming pavilion, the owners can take in sweeping views of the Kaipara Harbour and the surrounding countryside This pool
When Anthony Goicolea – a Cuban-American artist with strong ties to New Zealand – embarked on building his house in Williamsburg, New York, he
Architect Pam Ingram collaborated with graphic designer Peter Roband to renovate the Arch Hill apartment he shares with his partner Lindsay Spedding. The apartment now
A Waiheke beach house in a tranquil bay Waiheke Island’s eastern coast is a different country from the western end’s rolling slopes and gentle white-sand