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This new swimming complex belies a modest budget with its shed-like structure that is elegant and characterful.
These two tiny cabins inspire slow living and back-to-nature retreats during the warmer months.
Fiona Winzar of Fred Architecture reflects on the first project that began a new chapter of her life, Eyelid House.
An award-winning musician and his partner team up with an up-and-coming young designer to build a fresh and vibrant home.
The maverick move of inserting a lush, tree and fern-filled void in the place of a front verandah distinguishes this cottage.
The aqua-coloured waters of Ruby Bay and its surrounding green hilltops form the backdrop for this stunning house.
A lush home at the edge of the world provides a majestic haven with views and inherent calm.
This Surry Hills architect’s studio is a poetic exploration of the aesthetic and structural potential of recycled materials.
This award-winning Christchurch house is both a gallery for the owners’ art collection and a work of art in itself.
A new showroom for eight, high-end appliance brands uses design detail to create a truly immersive retail experience.
The geometries and curvatures of this chapel speak to the many layers of religious and bicultural symbolism.
Architects, designers and former Urbis editors pick their dream New Zealand space from the last two decades.
Architects, designers and former Urbis editors pick their dream New Zealand space from the last two decades.
This Otago cabin is small yet perfectly formed, with quirky design features that expand the space in clever ways.
Through a series of simple but effective alterations Northbourne Architecture and Design has transformed an existing terrace house into a more functional, light-filled home with a luminous street presence.
Photographer Leslie Williamson steps into the Pacific Palisades home of this iconic Californian architect.
Resting on a steeply sloping, heavily damaged site, this house works to stabilise and rehabilitate the land.
Wellington is seeing a boom in its creative education sector and now its facilities are starting to follow suit.
An existing cottage has been transformed into a modern home filled with stunning views on the Kapiti Coast.
Hatherlie House unfolds gracefully from a formal Victorian-era terrace into an expansive, contemporary living space.
Ashley Cusick gets the inside scoop on this $790 million redevelopment, set to redefine its Auckland city-fringe site.
A pavilion formed from the remnants of a shed, this “thrillingly simple” project makes the most of its majestic site.
A dynamic, innovative roof covers Naenae’s newest community hub: a progressive bowling club by Tennent Brown Architects.
A home shared by humans, cats, chickens and fish combines cutting-edge architecture with off-the-grid green initiatives.
Made up of three gable forms, this lakeside home in Wanaka has incredible views from every room.
In this bombastic Los Angeles home, US designer Kelly Wearstler lets colour and pattern fall, shift and splatter with gusto.
Landscape architect Richard Hart speaks about designing for the proposed Pukehina Eco Village in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Artist and designer Gidon Bing’s minimalist aesthetic has been put to work in the interior of a new design and gallery space.
This ocean home proudly displays its owners’ Polynesian heritage through well-considered architectural moves.
The exposed structure of this former timber factory encourages consideration of the house’s sum, but also its parts.
When redesigning a central Auckland medical clinic, the Klein took the opportunity to re-examine the patient experience.
This Sydney home burrows within rocks and reflects its owners’ passion for books and Chinese culture.
The South Island tourist hotspot needs over 9000 more dwellings in the next decade but where will they all go?
Arising from the undulating dunes of Cape Otway, this house combines a classic nine-square plan with a floating, independently resolved roof profile that controls and enhances panoramic views.
Designed by Pierre Yovanovitch, this Swiss apartment embodies the luxury of natural materials and custom design.
Very little is bolted to the ground in this fashion sales and PR firm. Resulting in an evolving and edgy space
An Auckland apartment with street cred is transformed into a cool, urbane version of itself through colour and texture.
In a slow-growth forest in the Byron Bay hinterland a powerful, monumental concrete structure has been designed to endure.
An elegant, black pavilion and surrounds create a real civic dimension to Nelson’s major indoor sports and community venue.
An exposed site with glorious views across Lyttelton Harbour called for a house with two very distinct zones.