Celebrating Home of the Year 2022
7 April 2022
The 2022 Home of the Year awards evening was a resounding success, celebrating a rich and diverse group of projects that deliver excellence, joy, and innovation.
Home of the Year
Revealed: The 2022 Home of the Year finalists
6 February 2022
The finalists are revealed. View each of the finalist homes in the 2022 Home of the Year awards programme.
The 2022 Home of the Year judges talk design, sustainability, density and interiors
4 February 2022
Home of the Year 2022 judge and convenor Federico Monsalve talks to judges Sally Ogle and Dave Strachan about the awards programme, and what’s ahead.
Into the wild: a luxe cabin at the bottom of the South Island
22 July 2021
On a southern beach where seals come ashore and kārearea hunt, this bunker-like holiday home was designed to tread lightly on the land.
In detail: Feather House
17 June 2021
Jeremy Smith from Irving Smith Architects talks to HOME about the intricacies of Feather House, the 2021 Small Home of the Year.
Rural Home of the Year 2021: Hill to Horizon House
3 June 2021
The 2021 Rural Home of the Year explores retreat and openness, gracefully unfolding between retired paddock and coastline.
Home of the Year 2021: Black Quail House
3 June 2021
A mature and restrained response to an awe-inspiring location. The architect has combined a wide range of influences — from Sri Lankan to her own, impressive international career — to achieve a quintessentially local response to site, context, and history.
City Home of the Year 2021: House on Takapuna Beach
3 June 2021
A challenging tight suburban site competently handled via good planning, excellent control of views and nice separation of guest quarters from the main house by bridge.
Multi-Unit Home of the Year 2021: FARM House
3 June 2021
Although modest in size and budget, this Auckland multi-generational home puts the client at its heart while at the same time future-proofing the asset for any potential uses that might eventuate.
Small Home of the Year 2021: Feather House
3 June 2021
It takes a certain level of daredevilry and nous to convince a client to build a two-bedroomed home for a family of five.
In profile: Bergendy Cooke
3 June 2021
An interview with Bergendy Cooke, the architect responsible for the 2021 Home of the Year, Black Quail House, in Bannockburn, Otago.
Introducing the finalists: Home of the Year 2021
27 April 2021
HOME magazine is delighted to announce that the Home of the Year 2021 finalists have been selected.
The judges’ travelogue: Day five – Queenstown to Auckland
23 March 2021
We step into a house with a naturally warm interior and designers with impeccable understanding of what it takes to create and monitor the performance of a family home.
The judges’ travelogue: Day four – Southland, Otago
22 March 2021
Today, the judges explore Southland and Otago, discuss sustainability, designing in remote locations, and New Zealand as a whole.
The judges’ travelogue: Day three – Nelson, Christchurch, Invercargill
18 March 2021
Today, the judges explore homes that were designed and built by architects and their friends and family – places of soulful moments, spatial experimentation and an overtly playful approach to design.
The judges’ travelogue: Day two – Hamilton, Raglan, Coromandel
17 March 2021
It’s when we end up right behind a lonesome cow frantically trotting ahead of our van that it dawns on me: we are now judging the Rural Home of the Year category.