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Urban colours: Park Avenue Prewar

Urban colours: Park Avenue Prewar

Posted: 5 Aug 2019

This not-so-small Manhattan apartment is a delightful example of the magic that colour can bring to a previously dark enclosure.

Houses Revisited: In at the deep end

Houses Revisited: In at the deep end

Posted: 2 Aug 2019

First published in 2009, in this home on the outskirts of Auckland Tim Dorrington designed a pool house, and just kept going.

Nature mirrored: Mercury

Nature mirrored: Mercury

Posted: 1 Aug 2019

Sustainability, staff comfort and a few wow moments are at the core of Mercury’s new headquarters in Newmarket.

Danish fairy tale: Copper Wood House

Danish fairy tale: Copper Wood House

Posted: 29 Jul 2019

This compact home is full of designer furniture and surrounded by a landscape of lakes and forests.

Houses Revisited: Arney Road House

Houses Revisited: Arney Road House

Posted: 26 Jul 2019

Revisit this home, where Robin O’Donnell Architects demonstrates a command of space and light in Auckland’s Remuera.

Double feature: Naremburn Twin Peaks

Double feature: Naremburn Twin Peaks

Posted: 24 Jul 2019

Simple yet impactful alterations and additions to an interwar Sydney bungalow elevate the interiors to bright contemporary living spaces.

Adobe modern

Adobe modern

Posted: 23 Jul 2019

Architectural photographer Casey Dunn worked with architects to create a simple yet modern East Austin home that is an oasis of style.

Lakeside luxe: Lugano apartment

Lakeside luxe: Lugano apartment

Posted: 22 Jul 2019

This generous apartment packs a lot of living into a relatively small area, and does so with refined Italian style.

Houses Revisited: Down to earth

Houses Revisited: Down to earth

Posted: 19 Jul 2019

Revisit a home in an Auckland inner-city suburb where architect Megan Rule works with the oldest material of all.

Wilderness for the wealthy: The Lindis

Wilderness for the wealthy: The Lindis

Posted: 16 Jul 2019

Chris Barton finds the undulating roof lines of this lodge by Architecture Workshop at one with the topography that inspired them.

Small spaces: Barcelona nouveau

Small spaces: Barcelona nouveau

Posted: 15 Jul 2019

This tiny Spanish apartment oozes colour, graphic flair and personality while residing a stone’s throw away from the Sagrada Familia.

Houses Revisited: Keep in shape

Houses Revisited: Keep in shape

Posted: 12 Jul 2019

Take a look back at an Andrew Patterson-designed contemporary castle with a twist on the cliffs above Auckland’s west coast.

Holding court: Cloister House

Holding court: Cloister House

Posted: 8 Jul 2019

Informed by Roman courtyard houses, this Perth home artfully sculpts a domestic sanctuary out of concrete, timber and light.

Houses Revisited: No barrier to class

Houses Revisited: No barrier to class

Posted: 5 Jul 2019

At the far reaches of the Hauraki Gulf, revisit a home by Herbst Architects – one in their remarkable series of modern baches.

Hot House: Haus Gables

Hot House: Haus Gables

Posted: 1 Jul 2019

It is high and low brow, quotes modernism and pop culture, and is functional yet intensely sculptural. Best of all… it is tonnes of fun.

Houses Revisited: Happy camping

Houses Revisited: Happy camping

Posted: 28 Jun 2019

Return to a Copeland Associates home that draws on the tropes of the Kiwi beach settlement for a Coromandel holiday house.

Bardon House: Lakeside lodge

Bardon House: Lakeside lodge

Posted: 26 Jun 2019

A glazed pavilion acts as a lantern to greet visitors to this Wanaka home by Sumich Chaplin Architects.

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Posted: 25 Jun 2019

Guy Marriage explores the ways in which Tennent Brown Architects has helped nurture the Ngā Purapura kākano at Ōtaki to create Te Ara a Tāwhaki.

Jewel on the hill: The Knoll

Jewel on the hill: The Knoll

Posted: 24 Jun 2019

Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, this home on a hill of Auckland’s North Shore is steeped in family history and luscious detail.

Houses Revisited: Complex solution

Houses Revisited: Complex solution

Posted: 21 Jun 2019

We look back at a bach on Auckland’s West Coast in which Matthew Gribben pursues an unorthodox design solution.

On a good buzz: B:Hive Smales Farm

On a good buzz: B:Hive Smales Farm

Posted: 19 Jun 2019

This co-working space on Auckland’s North Shore is, by all accounts, a success story for its owners and its tenants.

Magic touch: Gold Coast residence

Magic touch: Gold Coast residence

Posted: 17 Jun 2019

Concrete and timber join forces in this house to offer a visual and physical experience that is close to architectural magic.

Houses Revisited: Tough love

Houses Revisited: Tough love

Posted: 14 Jun 2019

In this home, first published in 2009, Athfield Architects meets the challenge of Cook Strait head on.

Distinguished, with X-ray clarity sound: Christchurch Town Hall

Distinguished, with X-ray clarity sound

Posted: 11 Jun 2019

Ian Lochhead celebrates the extraordinary engineering gymnastics employed to renew the Christchurch Town Hall.

A gentle rhythm: Mount Albert renovation

A gentle rhythm: Mount Albert renovation

Posted: 10 Jun 2019

The reimagining of this home in Auckland’s Mount Albert champions balance, tactility and the gentle power of detail.

Houses Revisited: Idyll at Sorrento

Houses Revisited: Idyll at Sorrento

Posted: 7 Jun 2019

Revisit Gus Watt’s house for his family at Eastbourne: a hand-crafted expression of his design philosophy.

Capital character: Deloitte Wellington

Capital character: Deloitte Wellington

Posted: 6 Jun 2019

Wellington’s cityscape and natural textures are brought inside Deloitte’s new headquarters.

Shack in a tent: Apollo Bay House

Shack in a tent: Apollo Bay House

Posted: 3 Jun 2019

This addition to a Bruny Island bush shack cleverly exaggerates the existing roof form to create volume, drama and dialogue.

Houses Revisited: Site shaper

Houses Revisited: Site shaper

Posted: 31 May 2019

Revisit a house on the heights above Christchurch suburb Sumner, where Wilson and Hill dug in to deliver a home out of the box.

Reforming the servant and served

Reforming the servant and served

Posted: 28 May 2019

Plant & Food Research’s Mount Albert site has received a radical makeover by Bossley Architects and Lab-works Architecture.

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