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Cacophony of roofs: Rae Rae House
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Behind the heritage facade of two pre-existing houses, this new home for a family of five strikes a balance between quietude and noise, between fun and functionality.
Marvellous town life: Cloud Cottage
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In the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, a new cottage shirks polite defensiveness for porosity, contributing generously to its streetscape while also enabling quiet repose.
Houses Revisited: Back to black
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Look back at this house from our 2007 archives: In Wanganui, Dalgleish Architects look beyond precedent to design a ‘new traditional home’.
Houses Revisited: Happy camper
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Faced with a spectacular but challenging East Coast site Nicoll Blackburne Architects took to the tent in this home, first published in 2007.
Houses Revisited: Family court
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A look back at a 2007 design by Eva Nash (neé Segedin): A beachfront house in a lifestyle capital gives the opportunity to demonstrate filial devotion.
Bold and rhythmic: CLT House
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Merging tectonics, landscape and family life, this addition to a 1970s family home celebrates the poetry and pragmatism of cross-laminated timber.
Triple threat: Collingwood Street Residence
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This NZIA Local Award-winning home in Nelson by Jerram Tocker Barron Architects explores verticality and perforation on its somewhat constrained suburban site.
A sense of familiarity and nostalgia: Highgate Park House
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An addition to an 1860s cottage, this allows passers-by a glimpse into the history of its suburb while affording those who live there a home that is distinctly their own.
Houses Revisited: Free spirit
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Apparently transparent but surprisingly private, in a famous tradition but hardly traditional, this Remuera house from 2007 is cool, calm and clever.
Houses Revisited: Smart fit
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From our 2007 archives: An Auckland house is tailored to suit a tight suburban site, with a balance of connection and separation.
Houses Revisited: Lineout jumper
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First published in 2007, this house thrusts itself from its site and above its conventional Wanaka neighbours, taking advantage of both lake and valley views.
Suburban escape: Cooks River House
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Immersed in a tumbling hillside garden, this reworking of a classic bungalow eschews suburban tropes in favour of spaces that foster connection with the landscape.
A lyrical family home: Ruckers Hill House
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With civic ambition and a highly personal attention to detail, this ‘house of many rooms’ is a considered new layer in the cultural palimpsest of an inner-city vernacular.
Risk and reward
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This home of Sheppard and Rout director Tim Dagg holds a few unexpected yet delightful design moves beyond its colourful exterior.
An Auckland oasis: Parnell renovation
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With space an increasingly rare commodity in central Auckland, this renovation has created an oasis that is sheltered behind natural exteriors and the strategic use of landscaping.
Houses Revisited: Model work
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Revisit this home from our 2007 archives: Padma Naidu’s own house on a small Auckland section offers a lesson in modern suburban design.
Houses Revisited: Enclosure movement
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First published in September 2007, David Ponting and Richard George opt for a fluid formalism in an old Auckland clerical suburb.
Houses Revisited: Light touch
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From the 2007 archives: In a paddock outside Levin, Chris Johns designed a comfortable and disarmingly simple country home.
A place of whakapapa
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In Toto Whare, Bull O’Sullivan Architecture has created a home where generations come together to connect and bond. Jeremy Smith is captivated by its energy and generosity of spirit.
An architectural ‘pet’: Erskineville Creature
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This calm, compact dwelling at the rear of a Victorian terrace represents an alternative to conventional home designs that will become increasingly valuable as our urban centres densify and household sizes decrease.