Tag: Houses | Architecture Now

Extra-ordinary

Projects | With brick as the predominant material, this house is like a contemporary rendition of an historic ruin, affirming the pedestal of brick in architecture.

The ‘C’ word: Escape to Kawau Island

Projects | Photographer Alex Wallace remembers an idyllic weekend at a Kawau Island bach, designed by Auckland-based ICR Studio.

Houses Revisited: Adventure in toytown

Projects | In this Wellington home, first published in 2009, Uche Isichei has designed an unconventional house for a once-sleepy suburb.

Houses Revisited: Housing acts

Projects | Paul Barry’s ‘Three-part house’ makes the most of a tight and tiny Wellington site in this project that was first published in 2009.

Houses Revisited: Core values

Projects | From the 2009 archives: The late Guy Sellars solved the planning puzzle in a two-faced Christchurch house for his son’s family.

With the grain: Tairua Insitu House

Projects | The Coromandel’s gritty persona marries smooth-cut family living in this neutral-hued home, designed by Neu Architecture.

Layering spaces, light and modernity

Projects | By taking a fresh approach in this Remuera bungalow, Respond Architects has created a home full of light, effortless flow and space for its owners.

Draft of shadows

Projects | Art, greenery, sunshine and a touch of vintage blend effortlessly in this brutalist house for the co-founder of Mexico’s hippest hotel chain.

Sun catcher: Empire House

Projects | Two subtle yet sophisticated pavilions honour the interwar character of this home while connecting it with the outdoors.

Quality over ostentation: Balmoral House

Projects | A series of stacked interconnected volumes that carefully negotiate a tricky wedge-shaped site provided the solution for a client.

Behind the scenes: Remuera renovation

Projects | Go beyond the everyday face of this Remuera home, originally built in the 1940s, to discover an unexpected touch of star power.

Houses Revisited: Sympathetic intervention

Projects | We revisit a project from the March 2009 issue of Houses where Michael Fisher takes an Auckland art deco house through the rehab process.

Houses Revisited: High society

Projects | From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.

Houses Revisited: Return of the native

Projects | A Hawke’s Bay home from Herriot Melhuish O’Neill expresses Waimarama’s changed circumstances and its continuity of spirit.

Volume and drama: White House

Projects | This crisp addition to an Australian Federation home exuberantly manoeuvres light, space and monochrome materials to masterfully meet the brief.

Poured pleats

Projects | Jack McKinney Architects has transformed a Ponsonby streetscape with a dramatic gesture that is equal parts theatre and sculpture.

Lessons in scale, proportion and materiality: Albert Villa

Projects | This addition to a historic weatherboard cottage captures vistas from new living spaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.

Safe harbour: Vikki’s Place

Projects | In responding to the client’s need for a home that caters to a unique family structure, the architects have achieved a fluid and unfussy home.

Landing place: West Meadows house

Projects | With lakeside views and an alpine backdrop, this award-winning South Island house is perfectly positioned to be a home for all seasons.

Elastic geometry: Glebe House

Projects | Crafted with deference to the sculptural potential of architecture, this compact family home with “elastic” geometry is a lesson in tectonic editing.