Tag: Houses | Architecture Now

Suburban tranquility: Park Life

Projects | Architecture Architecture has created a tranquil home for an artist and a curator on this slice of suburbia – the legacy of a 1940s attempt to marry housing and countryside.

Houses Revisited: Ode to Auckland

Projects | An enduring design even at the time of publishing in 2007, Jack Manning’s Stanley Point house is testament to a gentler place and time.

Houses Revisited: Big little

Projects | An economy of planning and a luxury of volume characterise this Gerald Parsonson bach at Raumati, first published in 2007.

Houses Revisited: Higher plane

Projects | From September 2007: On an exposed site with a huge panorama, Strachan Group Architects (SGA) provides shelter and dissolves boundaries.

Transgenerational living: Thornbury Townhouses

Projects | Behind what appears to be a single house in a suburban neighbourhood, two homes offer enough flexibility for both households to enjoy their different stages of life.

Prefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House

Projects | Touching the earth lightly, this off-grid house by Chrofi located in a beachside forest, displays the potential for prefabrication to deliver high-quality design in any location.

Gallery house

Projects | Jeremy Smith discovers the Wrightmann House in Christchurch, where considered architectural curatorship by Athfield Architects has given every wall a voice.

Houses Revisited: A beachy bach

Projects | Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style.

Houses Revisited: Light heavyweight

Projects | In Auckland’s most established suburb, Malcolm Walker demonstrates a deft touch with shape and space with this house from 2007.

Houses Revisited: Float on

Projects | In another 2007 project from Gerald Parsonson, an assured house at Peka Peka rides the dunes rolling inland from an untamed coast.

Domestic joy: Harry House

Projects | Wrapped in charred timber cladding and hugged tightly by a lush suburban garden, this discreet addition to an existing cottage expertly balances function and folly.

Projects | Megan Edwards visits Patchwork Architecture’s award-winning project in Wellington and finds a playful, elegant and environmentally efficient architectural solution on a scrap of leftover hillside.

A tale of three houses: Gibbons Architects

Projects | Taranaki-based architects Brady and Sarah Gibbons have been part of the growing architecture scene in this up and coming region since 2013. We explore some of their recent work.

A ‘one-in-100-year renovation’: Concrete Blonde

Projects | Tucked behind an existing heritage home on a tight block with a south-facing yard, this generous addition offers light-filled, textured spaces with a natural, earthy palette.

Houses Revisited: Settler chic

Projects | In pastoral Waikato, RTA Studio employ vernacular forms to create an inland holiday house that was first published in 2007.

Houses Revisited: Hard case

Projects | Tough materials and flexible spaces characterise Archimedia’s Hamilton house by the Waikato River, from the Houses magazine 2007 archives.

Houses Revisited: Buffed up

Projects | Strict conditions on a vulnerable coastal site lead Godward Guthrie to develop clever solutions in the design for this house from 2007.

Simple yet sculptural: Marine

Projects | This rear addition to a heritage cottage on a raised corner block sits in harmony with the existing structure and enhances its cherished “ramshackle” nature.

Houses Revisited: Layered approach

Projects | North of Auckland, Herbst Architects again produce a sophisticated response to climate and context in this house that we revisit from 2008.

Houses Revisited: Suburban values

Projects | With this project from 2008, Edwards White Architects creates a relaxed house in a Hamilton subdivision that is a model Kiwi family home.