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From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.
We revisit a project from the March 2009 issue of Houses where Michael Fisher takes an Auckland art deco house through the rehab process.
This crisp addition to an Australian Federation home exuberantly manoeuvres light, space and monochrome materials to masterfully meet the brief.
Abigail Hurst explores this Warren and Mahoney project, the first of many chessboard moves to establish diverse central-city living in Christchurch.
A Danish kitchen design firm allows potential customers to holiday in homes equipped with its wares. We explore its latest abode, designed by David Thulstrup.
Jack McKinney Architects has transformed a Ponsonby streetscape with a dramatic gesture that is equal parts theatre and sculpture.
This addition to a historic weatherboard cottage captures vistas from new living spaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.
In responding to the client’s need for a home that caters to a unique family structure, the architects have achieved a fluid and unfussy home.
Over the summer holidays, a group of children discovered a new kind of freedom – that of designing their own play environment.
With lakeside views and an alpine backdrop, this award-winning South Island house is perfectly positioned to be a home for all seasons.
John Sutherland explores Cheshire Architects’ reoccupation of a former seaplane hangar at Hobsonville Point, Auckland.
Cross-pollinated compositions and a certain chromatic sweetness multiply in Bondi Junction.
Take a look back at this home, first published in 2009: a Malcolm Taylor project by the Waikato River that shows architect and builder can get along fine.
Revisit a project where Wendy Shacklock discreetly shuns convention with a modern chalet design near Queenstown.
A Michael Wyatt pavilion executes a graceful pose on its well-favoured Queenstown site in this home from the archives.
Crafted with deference to the sculptural potential of architecture, this compact family home with “elastic” geometry is a lesson in tectonic editing.
This Greek island holiday home combines the best of traditional architecture with modern, worldly comforts, textiles and interiors.
This local, boutique co-working designer and operator unveils its recent Christchurch offering and discusses some of the larger themes behind that style of work.
Ian Lochhead explores the multi-purpose cycle of living, work, worship and service to the community in Christchurch’s Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
A reimagining of the traditional outdoor bathroom, this shimmering cube in the landscape offers 360-degree views and quiet sanctuary.
Out on Christchurch’s coast Andrew Watson stacks up his boxes against a steep site in this house, originally published in 2009.
One Wellington practice has been making a name fore itself in Kapiti Coast beach houses for over a decade. This 2009 house is a shining example.
Bevin + Slessor’s 2009 Peka Peka house stand the test of time as a smart, contemporary take on Kiwi modernism.
A series of multinational, not-for-profit, children’s tutoring centres has put interior design high on its priority list.
Adding to the architectural legacy of a salubrious Sydney suburb, this home is a volumetric study that celebrates the inherent qualities of timber.
Engage with Irving Smith Architects’ freezer-panel-encased refurbishment of the Whakatāne District Museum and Research Centre, Te Whare Taonga ō Taketake
Megan Edwards Architects has created a simple, honest home, designed for a family committed to protecting the surrounding native bush and its birdlife.
Distinctive for the “cat’s ears” roof profile, this addition to a double-fronted cottage is the result of a three-year labour of love.
This addition to a grand early-20th-century home reads as a generous garden room that captures the scale and movement of the nearby cypress tree.
This renowned branding think-tank takes on the role of a lifetime: to redefine itself and how its workplace personifies and facilitates that shift.
In this excerpt from the new book Suzanne Turley: Private Gardens of Aotearoa, we step into one of Turley’s master strokes.
New shifts in volume and dramatic apertures to the sky in this Victorian terrace house create the illusion of impossibly spacious proportions.
A denser take on urban housing and an out-of-this-world office space make up some of the top commercial projects this year.
From a small inner-city renovation to an expansive South Island retreat, see the best homes of the year.
This modern take on the classic walk-up apartment is arranged around a verdant central courtyard, designed to foster community.
A pared-back palette of natural textures and specialised finishes gives this Parnell house a sense of timeless sophistication.
Embracing the elements inherent in traditional courtyard houses, this home is poised, powerful and surprisingly flexible.
A seemingly endless night sky, stargazing traditions, a nearly forgotten telescope… the designers of the Dark Sky Project were spoilt for inspirational choice.
This affordable housing model’s inaugural building in Melbourne’s Brunswick serves up high-quality, sustainable design with a small footprint.
Wanting a larger outdoor space while also seeking an increase of the internal floor area seems mutually exclusive… or is it?