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Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.
Wrapped in charred timber cladding and hugged tightly by a lush suburban garden, this discreet addition to an existing cottage expertly balances function and folly.
Megan Edwards visits Patchwork Architecture’s award-winning project in Wellington and finds a playful, elegant and environmentally efficient architectural solution on a scrap of leftover hillside.
Integrated design firm Isthmus explores the evolution of this sacred place of immense historical, cultural and spiritual significance to the Mana Whenua iwi/hapū of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Taranaki-based architects Brady and Sarah Gibbons have been part of the growing architecture scene in this up and coming region since 2013. We explore some of their recent work.
This Graham Tipene work graces the entrance to the new South Atrium of the Auckland Museum. He tells us more about weaving traditional design with modern techniques.
Tucked behind an existing heritage home on a tight block with a south-facing yard, this generous addition offers light-filled, textured spaces with a natural, earthy palette.
In pastoral Waikato, RTA Studio employ vernacular forms to create an inland holiday house that was first published in 2007.
Tough materials and flexible spaces characterise Archimedia’s Hamilton house by the Waikato River, from the Houses magazine 2007 archives.
Strict conditions on a vulnerable coastal site lead Godward Guthrie to develop clever solutions in the design for this house from 2007.
This rear addition to a heritage cottage on a raised corner block sits in harmony with the existing structure and enhances its cherished “ramshackle” nature.
Leading architectural photographer and name behind several books chronicling the best of New Zealand’s environment, David Straight, recounts his favourite shoots to date.
Two recent restaurant additions to Auckland’s Commercial Bay boast some of the best public views of the civic precinct. Federico Monsalve discovers what sets them apart.
North of Auckland, Herbst Architects again produce a sophisticated response to climate and context in this house that we revisit from 2008.
With this project from 2008, Edwards White Architects creates a relaxed house in a Hamilton subdivision that is a model Kiwi family home.
Revisit this 2008 project where Antanas Procuta Architects (now PAUA) has some fun with an archetype in a Waikato farm manager’s house.
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Chris Barton discusses the whys and wherefores of Warren and Mahoney’s design decisions for Auckland’s Commercial Bay office tower and retail precinct.
A nuanced understanding of the context’s colourful heritage, as well as its local quirks and character, is embedded in this neighbourly family home.
Warren and Mahoney’s Mat Brown and Nick Deans chat about a new multi-residential project for the firm in Melbourne and what it can teach us about apartment living here in Aotearoa.
Christopher Kelly looks at the socially equitable, Jasmax-designed 26 Aroha and discovers the beginnings of our own Aotearoan culture of living closer together.
Take a look inside Te Ao Mārama, the South Atrium of the Auckland museum, which has been closed for 18 months and prepares to open its doors to the public on 3 December.
Architect Jack McKinney was the lead designer for Ahi at Commercial Bay. In this collaboration with Warwick Fabrics, he discusses some of the material and fabric choices for this eatery.
From the archives: Visit a home on a steep Wellington site, in an old part of town, where Parsonson Architects have designed a clever townhouse.
Xsite Architects’ zinc-clad house in a conservative Auckland suburb, first published in March 2008, stretches out to the sun and sea.
Andrew Sexton’s reworked bach on the Wairarapa coast is appropriately resistant to modern pretensions in this project from the 2008 archives.
André Hodgskin reveals the many layers of complexity behind this campground-inspired home overlooking the Poor Knights Islands by Herbst Architects.
Designed for a family to share with their friends, this engaging coastal holiday house embodies a collective memory of time spent by the beach.
Chris Barton explores the religious expression embodied in the design of The Chapel of St Peter by Stevens Lawson Architects.
Soft boundaries create multipurpose spaces that reflect a young couple’s character while generous windows connect interiors with “domesticated wilds” around this home.
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.
At her own Wanaka house, first published in 2008, Anne Salmond has turned simple sketched boxes into a comfortable home.
Fulton Ross Team Architecture’s Rangiora retreat relates to its site and local types, in this home that was featured in Houses magazine in 2008.
The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008.
Early New Zealand modernism, a respect for the sea views and a touch of golf inspired this pavilion – by architecture firm Box – on the shores of Mangawhai.
This house makes the most of a typical long, narrow suburban site, resulting in a family home whose grandest moments are stealthily concealed from the street.
Twin dwellings artfully coalesce in this flexible home, designed by Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb, to provide a mother and son with moments of connection and agency.
A pared-back, utilitarian bach on Kawau Island by Crosson Architects draws on the quintessential shed typology for its inspiration.
Wellington architect Hugh Tennent demonstrates his sensitive craft in the Marlborough Sounds in this home that was first published in 2008.