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Levity and gravity
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John Walsh explores Omata Beach House, winner of the 2023 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing, by Herbst Architects and finds a pavilion on a plinth that seems as though it’s grown out of the land.
Art and the outdoors
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A curated journey to the shoreline is forged through the renovation of this home in Cass Bay, near Lyttelton.
A laid-back state of mind: Sandy Point House
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Embedded in a landscape of sand dunes and scrubland, the kitchen and bathing spaces of this coastal home offer refuge and respite to a family during their much-loved beachside vacations.
Houses Revisited: Big little
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An economy of planning and a luxury of volume characterise this Gerald Parsonson bach at Raumati, first published in 2007.
Houses Revisited: Buffed up
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Strict conditions on a vulnerable coastal site lead Godward Guthrie to develop clever solutions in the design for this house from 2007.
Glamping pavilions
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André Hodgskin reveals the many layers of complexity behind this campground-inspired home overlooking the Poor Knights Islands by Herbst Architects.
Memories, moments and artful planning: Breezeway House
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Designed for a family to share with their friends, this engaging coastal holiday house embodies a collective memory of time spent by the beach.
Boat shed on the bay
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A pared-back, utilitarian bach on Kawau Island by Crosson Architects draws on the quintessential shed typology for its inspiration.
Houses Revisited: Together apart
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ALIGNwork’s trans-generational beach house, first published in 2008, is a welcome sight at a very mixed development.
Houses Revisited: Nesting instinct
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From the archives: Form follows climate in this home from Strachan Group Architects near Mangawhai Heads, which looks set to take flight.
Houses Revisited: Return of the native
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A Hawke’s Bay home from Herriot Melhuish O’Neill expresses Waimarama’s changed circumstances and its continuity of spirit.
The good life: Matapouri Beach house
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Megan Edwards Architects has created a simple, honest home, designed for a family committed to protecting the surrounding native bush and its birdlife.
Island time: Fiji home
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With sparkling waters on one side and lush mountains on the other, this house is the stuff tropical dreams are made of.
Of its place: Layer House
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This sustainable beach house in Victoria is modelled on the layers of limestone shelves and caves that make up its site.
Sun, sea, sand: 2017’s top beach houses
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Before this rather tumultuous summer ends, we look back at last year’s 5 most popular beach houses from across New Zealand.
Game of stealth: Macmasters Beach House
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Replacing a 1940s weatherboard cottage, this pragmatic new beach house responds sensitively to its environment.
The modern bach: Pourerere Beach House
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With modest materials and a simple, social layout, this Hawke’s Bay beach house fits with its original bach neighbours.
Relaxed grandeur: River’s Edge House
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This beachside home in Tasmania is precise without being fussy, facilitating a relaxed lifestyle with a sense of grandeur.
Crisp and coastal
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The Mediterranean meets the Pacific on a grand scale in this luscious Australian duplex.
Quietly modern: Mahurangi House
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This idyllic site on the water’s edge in Mahurangi East called for a home that tapped into the calm serenity of the area.