Tag: Residential | Architecture Now

Houses Revisited: A second life

Projects | The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008.

The eagle has landed: Tara Iti house

Projects | Early New Zealand modernism, a respect for the sea views and a touch of golf inspired this pavilion – by architecture firm Box – on the shores of Mangawhai.

Suburban stealth: Fife St House

Projects | This house makes the most of a typical long, narrow suburban site, resulting in a family home whose grandest moments are stealthily concealed from the street.

Side-by-side: Mermaid Multihouse

Projects | Twin dwellings artfully coalesce in this flexible home, designed by Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb, to provide a mother and son with moments of connection and agency.

Boat shed on the bay

Projects | A pared-back, utilitarian bach on Kawau Island by Crosson Architects draws on the quintessential shed typology for its inspiration.

Houses Revisited: Humanist habitat

Projects | A Wakatipu house benefits from Arrowtown architect Max Wild’s local knowledge in this project, which first appeared in Houses magazine in 2008.

Houses Revisited: Le sublime

Projects | Wellington architect Hugh Tennent demonstrates his sensitive craft in the Marlborough Sounds in this home that was first published in 2008.

‘Cinematic sublimity’: Wallis Lake House

Projects | Nestled against a ridgeline and taking in views to the distant peaks of the national park beyond, this new home is born of dedication and collaboration.

‘Strangely beautiful’ bush architecture: Castle Cove House

Projects | An angular concrete form is an architectural riff on the rocky crags and crevices that characterize the steep topography of this harbourside suburb.

Houses Revisited: Together apart

Projects | ALIGNwork’s trans-generational beach house, first published in 2008, is a welcome sight at a very mixed development.

Good things in small boxes: The Cube

Projects | First Light Studio has created a secondary dwelling in Wellington’s Petone that proves that considered design comes in all shapes and sizes.

Architectural poetry: House in the Hills

Projects | Defined by its rectilinear parasol of timber batten, this house prioritizes clarity over pragmatism, geometric consistency over lavishness and poetry over function.

Old new and new old: Lake Hayes Cottage

Projects | Jeremy Smith considers the compelling proposition of re-use in this poetic preservation of a South Island cabin by Anna-Marie Chin Architects.

A future ruin in the garden: Almora House

Projects | Edged by an established garden and crowned by an undulating concrete roof-form, this home for collectors is a carefully cultivated expression in concrete and glass.

Island oasis: Anzac Bay House

Projects | This award-winning Waiheke home by JDA Studio Architects offers a young family privacy, expansive views and a sophisticated see-through pavilion.

Houses Revisited: Super tent

Projects | First published in 2008, this Tim Dorrington-designed beach house in the Far North is inspired by memories of holidays under canvas.

Houses Revisited: Rock steady

Projects | In 2008 near Wellington Heads, Novak & Middleton designed a solid house for a very discerning client: a fusion of Swiss client and Kiwi architect.

Houses Revisited: U with view

Projects | Robin O’Donnell balances prospect and protection on an Auckland clifftop site in this home from the 2008 archives.

Sounds of nature: House at Otago Bay

Projects | A monolithic home confidently emerges from the landscape, capturing distant views and forging a connection to the soundscape of its surrounds.

Garden party: Metlifecare Gulf Rise

Projects | Due to COVID-19, no site visits were allowed at this innovative retirement living facility at the time of writing. But Chris Barton perseveres and is captivated by the space.