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Suburban Barn

Suburban Barn

Posted: 7 Dec 2011

Located in a medium-density neighbourhood close to Frankton, this architect’s own home reflects the vernacular of barns seen in rural areas of Otago, while providing a warm and modern home base for a family of four.

MOTAT Aviation Display Hall

MOTAT Aviation Display Hall

Studio Pacific Architecture

Studio Pacific’s hangar-like hall acknowledges the engineered-timber heritage of many of the machines housed within.

Commercial / public buildings
Onekoura holiday house by Arthouse Architecture

Onekoura holiday house by Arthouse

Arthouse Architecture

Architect Brendon Monk has designed a holiday house that compliments its setting in the clean green Marlborough Sounds.

Residential buildings
The Mexican-inspired interiors of Mama Loco

Mexican-inspired interiors of Mama Loco

Posted: 1 Dec 2011

This themed bar manages to dispense with obvious clichés, focusing instead on brilliant colour and abstracted motifs.

Interiors
BRANZ HQ gets a makeover

BRANZ HQ gets a makeover

Posted: 11 Nov 2011

BRANZ headquarters in Wellington has undergone its first major makeover and expansion in 20 years.

Construction
Restoring value to Sacramento Apartments

Restoring value to Sacramento Apartments

Posted: 4 Nov 2011

New Zealand’s largest leaky building remediation project was completed in August this year, on time and under budget.

Construction
Slick extension for Auckland villa

Slick extension for Auckland villa

Posted: 24 Oct 2011

Paired-back elegance and touches of exuberance in an Auckland home featured by Urbis magazine.

Repurposed Wellington Zoo hub

Repurposed Wellington Zoo hub

Assembly Architects Limited

The disused elephant house is repurposed as a new tuckshop and event marquee.

Commercial / public buildings
New public face for St Peter’s College

New public face for St Peter’s College

Architectus

Clear thinking backs a resolved gymnasium designed by Architectus.

Commercial / public buildings
Words on the street

Words on the street

Isthmus Group, Napier City Council

Isthmus Group’s urban design team goes to town in Taradale.

Landscape / urban design
Q Theatre – Auckland's civic gem

Q Theatre – Auckland’s civic gem

Cheshire Architects, Williams Ross Architects

Cheshire Architects and William Ross Architects introduce a buzz of appreciative audiences to a tight Queen Street site.

Commercial / public buildings
Down by the water

Down by the water

Posted: 29 Sep 2011

35 resource consents, 45 building consents, 2 district plan changes, 16 months of construction and bam! Hello waterfront.

Landscape / urban design
Auckland Art Gallery addition

Auckland Art Gallery addition

Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (FJMT) Sydney, Archimedia - Auckland

A gallery addition by FJMT and Archimedia invites graceful navigation through New Zealand’s largest art collection.

Commercial / public buildings
Dramatic renovation of modern family home

Dramatic renovation

Posted: 19 Sep 2011

Architect Steve Domoney and interior designer Andrew Parr have created a functional and modern family home.

Air New Zealand's Clothes Hangar

Air New Zealand’s Clothes Hangar

Gascoigne Associates, Saatchi Design Worldwide

Air New Zealand staff are kitted out in Trelise Cooper-designed apparel in a purpose-built facility.

Interiors
Family house by Dorrington Architects

Family house by Dorrington Architects

Dorrington Atcheson Architects

A family house by Sam Atcheson in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier matches form, function and future proofing.

Residential buildings
Westpac's theme of connections

Westpac’s theme of connections

Jasmax

An aspirational brief lies at the heart of this project’s layout of open and spacious interiors.

Interiors
Holiday house by McNamara

Holiday house by McNamara

Evelyn McNamara Architecture Ltd

Architect Evelyn McNamara has designed a beach holiday house to accommodate three generations.

Residential buildings
Stephenson & Turner 6 Green Star office interior

S & T’s 6 Green Star office interior

Posted: 12 Sep 2011

Sustainable design is not necessarily about spending excessive money or adding worthless appendages.

Interiors
Gateway to New Zealand

Gateway to New Zealand

Warren and Mahoney

Novotel hotel, designed by Warren & Mahoney, is a four-star hotel with five-star public areas.

Interiors
Miramar Roxy Cinema renovation

Miramar Roxy Cinema renovation

Posted: 8 Sep 2011

An art deco makeover with a contemporary twist expressed by Weta Workshop/Anita Fijn.

Interiors
A playground for design boffins

A playground for design boffins

Andrew Cox Interior Design and Architecture

Andrew Cox designs Heyday, a bespoke playground of the mind, for a group of Wellington-based digital design boffins.

Interiors
Sympathetic renovation of Dunedin heritage building

Dunedin heritage building renovation

Ovo Investments

This Dunedin heritage building was almost ‘Man Alone’, as others of its ilk fell to the sword.

Interiors
Wanaka House by Rafe Maclean Architects

Wanaka House by Rafe Maclean Architects

Rafe Maclean Architects Ltd

A house by Rafe Maclean is a study in strength and security and a place of retreat for three generations.

Residential buildings
Church with new angles

Church with new angles

Ballara Bulman Chin – BBC Architects

This place of worship is given new angles and designs by Void Architecture.

Commercial / public buildings
The First Light House

The First Light House

Posted: 3 Aug 2011

This house is not just a feat of sustainable ingenuity but is good architecture too.

Sydney house by MCK Architects

Sydney house by MCK Architects

Posted: 3 Aug 2011

A heritage area in Sydney is the site of a contemporary addition which nods to the client’s international background.

Salmond Reed Architects add compact cubes to Auckland church

Salmond Reed Architects’ compact cubes

Salmond Reed Architects

Auckland’s St Matthew-in-the-city has welcomed a new chapel and kitchen designed by Salmond Reed Architects.

Commercial / public buildings
Newly transformed Rotoroa Island Visitor Centre

Rotoroa Island Visitor Centre

Pearson and Associates Architects

A Salvation Army treatment centre is transformed into a visitor centre with the help of Pearson and Associates Architects.

Commercial / public buildings
Queenstown's new Primary School

Queenstown’s new Primary School

Babbage Consultants - Hamilton

Babbage Architects design the latest thinking on effective learning environments in the picturesque Queenstown landscape.

Commercial / public buildings
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