And the finalists are…
31 March 2015
The judges have visited the homes, and some tough calls have been made. So we’re delighted to present the six finalists in the
The judges have visited the homes, and some tough calls have been made. So we’re delighted to present the six finalists in the
Cheshire Architects win the 2014 Home of the Year award for their tiny, twin cabins nestled in an inlet of the Kaipara Harbour 2014: Nat
The 2013 Home of the Year winner is a curvaceous home designed by Stevens Lawson Architects that perches on the headland on Waiheke Island 2013:
Nestled amongst dark branches of gnarled pohutukawa is the Piha house by Herbst Architects, the winner of the 2012 Home of the Year award [jwp-video
From Kare Kare beach, the Home of the Year 2011 is invisible but for a slot of sky reflected in the long horizontal windows of
2010: Stevens Lawson’s Wanaka geometry It started with a piece of paper, a square of white parchment standing in for golden contours beside a sparkling
The 2009 Home of the Year stands proudly in a beautiful landscape on Waiheke Island, two tall cedar volumes that act as bookends to the
Named ‘Signal Box’, the 2008 winner sits on a discreet back-section near the Masterton railway station combining imagination and great practicality 2008: Melling Morse’s Signal
2007: Harbourside darkness by Stevens Lawson The winner of the Home of the Year 2007 is an enigmatic dwelling that lies above tidal mudflats in the
An intimate embrace of native and exotic trees facing the waters of Wellington harbour, and tended by the same family of fanatical gardeners for a
When the team from Mitchell Stout architects first ascended into the King Country, they were not disappointed by the destination 2005: Mitchell & Stout’s King
An alluring combination of solidity and symbolism is embodied in this Bay of Islands holiday home – the winner of the 2004 Home of the Year Award
Architect Ken Crosson’s seductively simple bach on Otama Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula won our Home of the Year award in 2003 and the Home
2002: Stevens Lawson’s first win If this Auckland home was a person, you could perhaps describe it as being contemporary, but aware of the past,
Gerald Parsonson’s combination of cutting-edge architecture and family comfort produced this light and dynamic bach that won the 2001 Home of the Year 2001: Gerald
Tim Hay and Jeff Fearon were just 27 and 28 respectively when they won the Home of the Year award in 2000 with this retreat
Gerrad Hall won the 1999 Home of the Year, aged 28, with the first house he ever designed: a courtyard house on a tiny Auckland
The 1998 winner is comprised of a simple mono-pitched roof that hovers delicately above the house’s skeletal structure where views continue uninterrupted 1998: A Bay
A disciplined palette of materials in a series of abstracted geometric shapes formed the winner of the 1997 Home of the Year by Felicity Wallace
1996: Architectus design our first Home of the Year The winning design of the first Home of the Year in 1996 is still home to