In this issue we visit a striking home in Tairua that at once delivers a sense of solidity and transparency. On a narrow building platform, the house is anchored by curving concrete walls at one end; at the other, it cantilevers out across native bush-covered land. 

In Takapuna, we explore a family home wrapped in a veil of part-painted timber, and on Waiheke Island we visit a home that exists in the realm between public and private land and is defined by an intricate exterior of sliding timber screens. 

⁠In Otago, we visit two very different dwellings: one snake-like basking in the sun between old trees; the other folded poetically at its centre. 

Plus, we delve into the future of bathroom design and how spaces for daily rituals are being reimagined, we talk to an artist about blending brush strokes and artificial intelligence, and meet a graphic designer who has turned her hand to cast-iron product design, and much more!