Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Houses Revisited: Free spirit

Projects | Apparently transparent but surprisingly private, in a famous tradition but hardly traditional, this Remuera house from 2007 is cool, calm and clever.

Houses Revisited: Smart fit

Projects | From our 2007 archives: An Auckland house is tailored to suit a tight suburban site, with a balance of connection and separation.

Houses Revisited: Lineout jumper

Projects | First published in 2007, this house thrusts itself from its site and above its conventional Wanaka neighbours, taking advantage of both lake and valley views.

Suburban escape: Cooks River House

Projects | Immersed in a tumbling hillside garden, this reworking of a classic bungalow eschews suburban tropes in favour of spaces that foster connection with the landscape.

A lyrical family home: Ruckers Hill House

Projects | With civic ambition and a highly personal attention to detail, this ‘house of many rooms’ is a considered new layer in the cultural palimpsest of an inner-city vernacular.

Risk and reward

Projects | This home of Sheppard and Rout director Tim Dagg holds a few unexpected yet delightful design moves beyond its colourful exterior.

An Auckland oasis: Parnell renovation

Projects | With space an increasingly rare commodity in central Auckland, this renovation has created an oasis that is sheltered behind natural exteriors and the strategic use of landscaping.

Houses Revisited: Enclosure movement

Projects | First published in September 2007, David Ponting and Richard George opt for a fluid formalism in an old Auckland clerical suburb.

Houses Revisited: Light touch

Projects | From the 2007 archives: In a paddock outside Levin, Chris Johns designed a comfortable and disarmingly simple country home.

A place of whakapapa

Houses | In Toto Whare, Bull O’Sullivan Architecture has created a home where generations come together to connect and bond. Jeremy Smith is captivated by its energy and generosity of spirit.

An architectural ‘pet’: Erskineville Creature

Projects | This calm, compact dwelling at the rear of a Victorian terrace represents an alternative to conventional home designs that will become increasingly valuable as our urban centres densify and household sizes decrease.

Suburban tranquility: Park Life

Projects | Architecture Architecture has created a tranquil home for an artist and a curator on this slice of suburbia – the legacy of a 1940s attempt to marry housing and countryside.

Houses Revisited: Ode to Auckland

Projects | An enduring design even at the time of publishing in 2007, Jack Manning’s Stanley Point house is testament to a gentler place and time.

Houses Revisited: Big little

Projects | An economy of planning and a luxury of volume characterise this Gerald Parsonson bach at Raumati, first published in 2007.

Houses Revisited: Higher plane

Projects | From September 2007: On an exposed site with a huge panorama, Strachan Group Architects (SGA) provides shelter and dissolves boundaries.

Transgenerational living: Thornbury Townhouses

Projects | Behind what appears to be a single house in a suburban neighbourhood, two homes offer enough flexibility for both households to enjoy their different stages of life.

Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House

Projects | Touching the earth lightly, this off-grid house by Chrofi located in a beachside forest, displays the potential for prefabrication to deliver high-quality design in any location.

Gallery house

Projects | Jeremy Smith discovers the Wrightmann House in Christchurch, where considered architectural curatorship by Athfield Architects has given every wall a voice.

Houses Revisited: A beachy bach

Projects | Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style.

Houses Revisited: Light heavyweight

Projects | In Auckland’s most established suburb, Malcolm Walker demonstrates a deft touch with shape and space with this house from 2007.