There is a point in every renovation where new and old have to decide how they will live together. In this meticulously reimagined Ponsonby villa, that conversation settles around a single material.
Colour is one of architecture's most expressive materials. Here, we explore the Resene palettes used in two Interior of the Year finalists where bold gestures and sumptuous detailing combine to deepen the spatial conversation.
Georgia Duncan’s trajectory has taken her from graduate to principal and, most recently, shareholder at Edwards White Architects, the Hamilton-based practice she joined straight out of university.
In the Coatesville hills, architectural designer Jeremy Chapman of JCA Studio composed a material palette of natural, tactile elements to form an interior that gently speaks to the idyllic rural landscape.
On Thursday 30 July, more than 400 architects, designers, industry partners and friends gathered beneath the Dome at Auckland Museum to celebrate the very best of New Zealand interiors at the 2026 Interior of the Year Awards.
At M House by Ponting Fitzgerald Architects, bespoke joinery is woven into the architecture. From the kitchen and concealed scullery to American oak panelling and custom bunk beds, Renalls Joinery brings warmth, craftsmanship and function to every space.
The role of the living room continues to evolve. It has become a place that accommodates almost every aspect of daily life — morning coffee, remote work, family gatherings, cosy evenings and impromptu entertaining. The challenge for furniture is not to simply look good; it must adapt, endure and support the changing rhythms of daily life.
A new exhibition at Objectspace, He maramara tupu aranga, brings together furniture, sculpture, archival material and design ephemera to honour the remarkable career of one of New Zealand's most influential designers and advocates.
Georgia Duncan’s trajectory has taken her from graduate to principal and, most recently, shareholder at Edwards White Architects, the Hamilton-based practice she joined straight out of university.
In the Coatesville hills, architectural designer Jeremy Chapman of JCA Studio composed a material palette of natural, tactile elements to form an interior that gently speaks to the idyllic rural landscape.
Spacebar Design was established with a clear vision: to design and create beautiful furniture and cabinetry with the entire life cycle in mind.
Colour shapes the presence of furnishings outdoors. It anchors a space, setting the atmosphere and grounding it in its surroundings. Outside, colour is less about contrast and more about the subtle ways it transforms experience.
From its studio in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Monmouth Glass Studio crafts hand-blown lighting and vessels using traditional techniques that date back hundreds of years.
At M House by Ponting Fitzgerald Architects, bespoke joinery is woven into the architecture. From the kitchen and concealed scullery to American oak panelling and custom bunk beds, Renalls Joinery brings warmth, craftsmanship and function to every space.
The role of the living room continues to evolve. It has become a place that accommodates almost every aspect of daily life — morning coffee, remote work, family gatherings, cosy evenings and impromptu entertaining. The challenge for furniture is not to simply look good; it must adapt, endure and support the changing rhythms of daily life.
Enveloping comfortable forms and sartorial details are at play in this piece by Jean-Marie Massaud.
From Milan Design Week to Collect, London’s international art fair for contemporary craft and design, accent colour emerged unapologetically bold: vivid, high-voltage, and impossible to ignore.
As bathrooms become increasingly restrained, it is the strongest forms that leave the greatest impression — the bath, the basin, the silhouette of a tap becoming the elements that define the spatial experience.
Spacebar Design was established with a clear vision: to design and create beautiful furniture and cabinetry with the entire life cycle in mind.
