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Poised on the ridge line: Tutukaka home

Poised on the ridge line: Tutukaka home

22 Apr 2019, Claire McCall

This house was born from a simple yet idyllic brief: to recapture the relaxed feeling of endless holidays.

Houses Revisited: The Hunn House

Houses Revisited: The Hunn House

19 Apr 2019, Houses Editorial Team

A house sitting on the edge of a Wellington cliff provides a challenge for architect Uche Isichei.

Crit: Occupying the boundary

Crit: Occupying the boundary

16 Apr 2019, Jeremy Priest

MArch student Jeremy Priest talks about what might happen on the suburban fence line to address the housing crisis.

Tropical Zurich: modernist villa

Tropical Zurich: modernist villa

15 Apr 2019, Kristina Raderschad

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

Houses Revisited: Examiner Street House

Houses Revisited: Examiner Street House

12 Apr 2019, Houses Editorial Team

A house in Nelson models a design solution that accounts for potential increases in site density.

Return to splendour: St Mary's Bay home

Return to splendour: St Mary’s Bay home

8 Apr 2019, Claire McCall

This grand old home exudes a sense of plantation-style luxury: relaxed sunsets and textured, light-filled interiors.

Houses Revisited: Yarborough House

Houses Revisited: Yarborough House

5 Apr 2019, Houses Editorial Team

Look back at a house that provides a good example for urban contemporary living in a historically classified inner-city hood.

Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House

Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House

3 Apr 2019, Linda Cheng

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

Summer living: New York getaway

Summer living: New York getaway

1 Apr 2019, Camille Khouri

The revamped interiors of this Hamptons holiday home retain the sense of sophistication for which the area is known.

Houses Revisited: McFarlane Street House

Houses Revisited: McFarlane Street House

29 Mar 2019, Houses Editorial Team

Revisit a project where a contemporary addition revitalises the service spaces at the back of an existing Wellington house.

Peninsular pavilions: Three Piece House

Peninsular pavilions: Three Piece House

27 Mar 2019, Gemma Savio

This comfortable and unpretentious home is remarkably of its place and creates a compelling dialogue with the neighbourhood.

Ship’s ahoy: The Houseboat

Ship’s ahoy: The Houseboat

25 Mar 2019, Camille Khouri

Built as an upside-down ship’s hull, this home brings the idea of an eternal, maritime summer to a completely different level.

Houses Revisited: Karori House I

Houses Revisited: Karori House I

22 Mar 2019, Houses Editorial Team

An alteration to a Wellington house responds to the owners’ needs while discreetly experimenting with form and space.

The room: Nocenco Café

The room: Nocenco Café

21 Mar 2019, Camille Khouri

A quest to create something new and iconic in a town populated by colonial-style buildings resulted in this unique space.

'A piece of sculpture': Tasman View House

‘A piece of sculpture’: Tasman View House

20 Mar 2019, Justine Harvey, Camille Khouri

A Japanese engawa – or porch – captures the panoramic view of Tasman Bay into this home’s sculptural, nautical form.

Outside opinion: Christchurch central library

Outside opinion: ChCh central library

19 Mar 2019, Barnaby Bennett, Jessica Halliday

Barnaby Bennett and Jessica Halliday give perspective on the exterior architecture of Tūranga, the new ChCh central library.

Prussia meets Persia: Berlin villa

Prussia meets Persia: Berlin villa

18 Mar 2019, Anne Catherine Scoffoni

Privacy and community, work and play, contemplation and collaboration are all themes explored in this 1887 German villa.

Houses Revisited: Tilt Panel House

Houses Revisited: Tilt Panel House

15 Mar 2019, Houses Editorial Team

Explore a Nelson house deriving from the investigation into the opportunities afforded by concrete tilt panel construction.

Creating a journey: Ridge House

Creating a journey: Ridge House

13 Mar 2019, Jo Jeffy

A ridge line retreat on Waiheke Island takes visitors on a considered journey of panoramic views.

Hot House: Lindis Lodge

Hot House: Lindis Lodge

11 Mar 2019, Federico Monsalve

Though not exactly a house, the residential world can learn a lot from the luxury lodge’s ‘blend into nature’ attitude.

Houses Revisited: Brynderwyn House

Houses Revisited: Brynderwyn House

8 Mar 2019, Houses Editorial Team

We look back at this 2010 house in Northland. Suggestive of a refined barn, it serves as a place to watch over one’s land.

Tai Tapu: A garden with a purpose

Tai Tapu: A garden with a purpose

7 Mar 2019, Landscape Architecture Aotearoa

A landscape architect-turned-sculptor and her psychiatrist husband have used native plants to create an engaging garden.

Garden spirit: Project Nymph

Garden spirit: Project Nymph

6 Mar 2019, Hannah Wolter

This Victorian terrace house in Melbourne brings the gardens inside, creating a nourishing and restful backdrop for life.

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts

26 Feb 2019, Justine Harvey

An historic provincial concert hall and new teaching and rehearsal spaces draw talent and visitors from around the world.

Multigenerational bach: The Pines

Multigenerational bach: The Pines

25 Feb 2019, Andrew Patterson

From the new book, Patterson: Houses of Aotearoa: we celebrate a beautiful beachside bach by Andrew Patterson.

Black triangle: Platform House

Black triangle: Platform House

22 Feb 2019, Leanne Amodeo

Responding to its tricky triangular block, this house is an inversion of the traditional two-storey home.

Cinderella: Lower Hutt Civic Precinct

Cinderella: Lower Hutt Civic Precinct

20 Feb 2019, Julia Gatley, Justine Harvey

Justine Harvey gives a brief history of the ‘Cinderella City’ and Julia Gatley explores its recent rejuvenation.

Island time: Fiji home

Island time: Fiji home

18 Feb 2019, Camille Khouri

With sparkling waters on one side and lush mountains on the other, this house is the stuff tropical dreams are made of.

Painterly yet practical: B&B Residence

Painterly yet practical: B&B Residence

13 Feb 2019, Michelle Bailey

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

Taihape works to shake off its 'gumboot' image

Taihape shakes off its ‘gumboot’ image

8 Feb 2019, Landscape Architecture Aotearoa

Locals want everyone to know there’s a lot more to tempt tourists into this settlement than an affinity with rubber boots.

Ground control: Rocket Lab

Ground control: Rocket Lab

7 Feb 2019, Aaron Paterson

Rocket Lab’s new Auckland headquarters boasts a good dollop of theatre, science fiction and the very serious business of sending satellites into space. We set out to discover how its interior design copes with the very unique brief.

Unapologetically suburban: Binary House

Unapologetically suburban: Binary House

5 Feb 2019, Sing D'Arcy

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

At home with Sabine Marcelis

At home with Sabine Marcelis

4 Feb 2019, Tracey Ingram

Step inside the converted-warehouse Rotterdam home of this Dutch-New Zealand rising industrial design star.

Shack sophisticate: PR House

Shack sophisticate: PR House

30 Jan 2019, Leanne Amodeo

This new beach house is an elegant and respectful re-imagining of the original modernist shack that once stood on the site.

Party out the back: Auckland villa

Party out the back: Auckland villa

28 Jan 2019, Jo Jeffy

This Ponsonby home was renovated with the hope of maximising the social and entertainment potential of its garden area.

Hot House: Melbourne hiro-en

Hot House: Melbourne hiro-en

21 Jan 2019, Camille Khouri

This home in Melbourne’s Barrington blurs the spatial boundaries between inside and out.

The third place: Tūranga

The third place: Tūranga

17 Jan 2019, Camille Khouri

Christchurch’s new central library welcomes all and inspires the pursuit of knowledge.

Sensory experience: Mosman House

Sensory experience: Mosman House

14 Jan 2019, Rebecca Gross

This abode draws the eye to the celebrated view while inspiring a tactile connection to the interior of the house.

Southern solitude: Bruny Island Cabin

Southern solitude: Bruny Island Cabin

7 Jan 2019, Sam Whinnett

Built as an escape from everyday life, this cabin celebrates the Tasmanian landscape and is a reminder of simple pleasures.

Best of 2018: Top five commercial projects

Best of 2018: Top commercial projects

20 Dec 2018, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

A look back at our most popular commercial projects in New Zealand of 2018.

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