Alteration and addition | Architecture Now

French connection: Glassbook House

Projects | Taking cues from Maison de Verre – the “house of glass” – in Paris, the new addition to this home hosts a suite of tranquil living and reading spaces.

Houses Revisited: The art of graft

Projects | In another project from the archives, a Mt Eden addition where Megan Edwards deftly engineers a twenty-first century lean-to.

Houses Revisited: Easy stretch

Projects | In this project from the Houses archives, Megan Edwards demonstrates her mastery of the bungalow extension in an older Auckland suburb.

Parnell renovation: Small and tall

Projects | This humble working man’s cottage has been transformed into a beautiful light-filled home, with an impossibly high ceiling.

Double feature: Naremburn Twin Peaks

Projects | Simple yet impactful alterations and additions to an interwar Sydney bungalow elevate the interiors to bright contemporary living spaces.

Spirit of simplicity: Featherston Studio

Projects | Sitting within the bones of a 1960s building, this new studio captures the spirit of the original while opening a new chapter.

Tropical Zurich: modernist villa

Projects | An art studio and underground gallery have been added to this Brazilian modernist-inspired home for a creative couple.

Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House

Projects | This restrained addition – which replaces an oversized faux period structure – revolves around a central courtyard.

Painterly yet practical: B&B Residence

Projects | This precisely curated extension to a Queensland home responds to the intensity of the sun and evokes a sense of calm.

Unapologetically suburban: Binary House

Projects | A Sydney home subverts the physical and conceptual limitations of an “unapologetically suburban” setting.

Crafting perfection: Bayside Residence

Projects | This highly crafted addition to an Edwardian home retains the existing building’s dignified formality.

A house of two halves

Projects | A 1920s’ cottage has a makeover which incorporates the old and the new in its architecture.

MTG Hawke’s Bay

Projects | Opus Architecture has amalgamated a complex series of buildings from different eras on Napier’s 150-year-old museum site.

Lion

Projects | Creative Spaces helps move Lion into an expansive and colourful new head office in Freeman’s Bay.

The white house

Projects | A major renovation of a grand old Auckland villa has resulted in a traditional frontage and a super-modern interior.

The new curiosity shoppe

Projects | An Auckland villa is transformed into a family home filled with curios and Victoriana.

Shine a light

Projects | A Remuera bungalow becomes a large, light-filled family home wrapped in louvres.

Westmere Kitchen

Projects | An Auckland kitchen by Dorrington Architects is a cool and comfortable addition.

Takapuna Kitchen

Projects | A kitchen by Megan Edwards in a historic home fits in with style and grace.

Meadowbank Kitchen

Projects | A kitchen makeover by Godward Guthrie stays true to its modernist roots.