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Open and shut: Perimeter House

Open and shut: Perimeter House

Posted: 14 Mar 2018

Make Architecture’s addition to a two-bedroom house in Abbotsford, Melbourne, reflects the area’s industrial aesthetic.

Fluid forms: ANZ Centre, Christchurch

Fluid forms: ANZ Centre, Christchurch

Posted: 13 Mar 2018

A central-city block in Christchurch has been revitalised by this multi-use building with a striking atrium and faceted form.

Home on high

Home on high

Posted: 12 Mar 2018

A balance of textures and light has transformed this New York loft into a comfortable family home.

An outdoor challenge: Waterloo House

An outdoor challenge: Waterloo House

Posted: 7 Mar 2018

A sensitive extension to a heritage-listed Sydney terrace house offers generous living spaces and encourages an outdoor life.

A journey through spaces: The University of Waikato Law and Management Building

A journey through spaces

Posted: 6 Mar 2018

WSP Opus Architecture’s building at The University of Waikato takes you through a series of solids and voids.

Of its place: Layer House

Of its place: Layer House

Posted: 28 Feb 2018

This sustainable beach house in Victoria is modelled on the layers of limestone shelves and caves that make up its site.

Honouring the old: Kauri Timber Building

Honouring the old: Kauri Timber Building

Posted: 27 Feb 2018

One of Auckland’s most important heritage buildings has been remodelled and complemented with a new commercial structure.

A matter of contrasts

A matter of contrasts

Posted: 26 Feb 2018

This classic apartment in The Hague proves that even a small, urban, rental property can be turned into a personable home.

Effortless makeover: Balwyn House

Effortless makeover: Balwyn House

Posted: 23 Feb 2018

A classic suburban house has been transformed by an intervention that manages to appear both understated and effortless.

Sun, sea, sand: top 5 beach houses of 2017

Sun, sea, sand: 2017’s top beach houses

Posted: 22 Feb 2018

Before this rather tumultuous summer ends, we look back at last year’s 5 most popular beach houses from across New Zealand.

Hot House: Tulum Treehouse

Hot House: Tulum Treehouse

Posted: 19 Feb 2018

Contemporary flair with a Caribbean soul is key to the success of this idyllic jungle house on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

‘A radical excision’: Mulconda

‘A radical excision’: Mulconda

Posted: 16 Feb 2018

A classically elegant homestead in the Hunter Valley, Australia has been transformed with bubbling and inventive playfulness.

Solid permanence: Armadale Residence

Solid permanence: Armadale Residence

Posted: 14 Feb 2018

This Melbourne home simultaneously evokes a sense of solid permanence and a contradictory feeling of lightness and warmth.

Granular reinvention

Granular reinvention

Posted: 8 Feb 2018

A historic grain silo becomes the physical symbol of the metaphoric rise of Cape Town’s design scene.

Tranquil and textural: a pavilion between trees

A tranquil pavilion between trees

Posted: 7 Feb 2018

A modernist-inspired rural retreat, this pavilion by Branch Studio Architects responds meaningfully to its landscape.

Anchored in the bay

Anchored in the bay

Posted: 5 Feb 2018

A house in Auckland’s Castor Bay with an intrinsic rhythm and movement and a tad of local poetry.

Weaving tradition

Weaving tradition

Posted: 1 Feb 2018

Māori Television’s new headquarters sought to weave the broadcaster’s DNA into the building fabric.

Brick by brick: Grey Street House

Brick by brick: Grey Street House

Posted: 29 Jan 2018

This house in Western Australia transcends its modest site and budget through strategic manipulations of light and form.

Game of stealth: Macmasters Beach House

Game of stealth: Macmasters Beach House

Posted: 26 Jan 2018

Replacing a 1940s weatherboard cottage, this pragmatic new beach house responds sensitively to its environment.

Team approach: Waterview Connection

Team approach: Waterview Connection

Posted: 23 Jan 2018

The Waterview Connection is a collaborative design effort by architects Warren and Mahoney and the Well-Connected Alliance.

Stealing beauty: Nepi Townhouse

Stealing beauty: Nepi Townhouse

Posted: 22 Jan 2018

In a historic village in southern Italy, this simple townhouse has been turned into a veritable gem.

Telescopic vision: Annandale House

Telescopic vision: Annandale House

Posted: 19 Jan 2018

This robust addition to a weatherboard cottage extends across its site, creating open, calm spaces in dense inner-Sydney.

High performance

High performance

Posted: 18 Jan 2018

Giltrap Group’s new Great North Road showroom is a gallery of automotive artistry.

Series of pavilions: Sunrise Bay House

Series of pavilions: Sunrise Bay House

Posted: 17 Jan 2018

Overlooking Ruby Island on Lake Wanaka, a young family’s holiday home features four gabled timber forms.

Ruin in the landscape: Gibbon Street

Ruin in the landscape: Gibbon Street

Posted: 11 Jan 2018

Imbued with an Italian influence, this worker’s cottage in Brisbane has been transformed into an imaginary “ruin”.

Hot House: Brickface

Hot House: Brickface

Posted: 9 Jan 2018

A backyard building in Melbourne revitalises the rear of a property and a suburban laneway.

Outdoor shenanigans: Rocky House

Outdoor shenanigans: Rocky House

Posted: 22 Dec 2017

A generous site has been transformed by Base Architecture into a private park and a new home that takes from modernist cues.

2017's top 5 civic spaces

2017’s top 5 civic spaces

Posted: 19 Dec 2017

From a small surf lifesaving club to a multi-layered station, these are the top 5 most viewed civic projects of 2017.

Top 5 houses of 2017

Top 5 houses of 2017

Posted: 18 Dec 2017

Houses feature consistently on ArchitectureNow‘s ‘most read’ list, but which particular ones caught your eye this year?

Fine grain of detail: Mosman House

Fine grain of detail: Mosman House

Posted: 18 Dec 2017

This Sydney house balances generosity and intimacy with detailed craftsmanship and comfortable day-to-day living.

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