On the shores of Lake Rotoiti, this holiday home draws on the region’s rich geological history — from the magma deep beneath the earth’s surface to the mossy greens and pristine blues of the forest and lake.
Sited between three significant heritage buildings in Parnell, One Saint Stephens earns its place in this category through both the quality of the interior life it creates and the statement it makes from the street.
A house by Crosson Architects on a former Ti Point farm draws on the volcanic geology and coastal curvature of the Rodney landscape to ground itself — robustly but lightly — in a place shaped by deep geological time.
Could there be a better design than a courtyard house to flex with the whims of the Auckland weather? Cue a double-courtyard design.
A Hawke’s Bay family set out to transform their Bluff Hill cottage into boutique accommodation, but, as the design progressed, they fell in love with it and decided to make it their permanent home.
On the banks of the Avon, PRau's material choreography turns a private residence into a study in considered restraint.
On Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, where wind-bent Moonah trees give way to sweeping views across Bass Strait and the distant Melbourne skyline, Norfolk Residence engages the landscape with an alluring confidence.
With a generous relationship to its streetscape, a rich material palette and an imaginative approach to the vernacular, this home by Roberts Gray Architects is a mature addition to Wānaka and the wider architectural vocabulary.
Utilitarian forms and understated elegance collide in this rural Queenstown Lakes home by RTA Studio.
In the heart of Auckland’s wine country, this home by and for an architect explores an unusual premise: an architectural home delivered on a modest budget in partnership with a group home builder — and the result is intriguing.
Tucked into the expansive alpine landscape outside Arrowtown, this home takes its cues from the rugged vernacular of Central Otago, sharpened with a distinctly contemporary edge.
An urban treehouse in the heart of Auckland, this project reimagines how architecture can engage with nature in a dense urban setting.
A sophisticated, elegant, and entirely relaxing gem that shines above Waiheke Island.
Perched above a cliff edge, where parkland softens into water, this reworked 1980s home is a careful act of continuation.
Wedged into a cliffside beside the wild harbour of Wellington’s Eastern Bays, this year’s Home of the Year winner by Stevens Lawson Architects is a masterly object full of sculpture and craftsmanship, grandeur and human scale.
Occupying a remarkable site above Leigh, this house by Crosson Architects approaches the landscape with admirable restraint.
Seemingly unmovable cliffs on one of Waiheke’s most public and busy stretches of beach made this project undesirable to many. Perseverance and design nous, however, showed how to maximise the use of a difficult site for exceptional architectural and planning results.
Perched high on a Titirangi hillside with sweeping views from the Waitākere Ranges to the Auckland City skyline, this modest home carries a larger architectural intent.
Four mid-century enthusiasts resurrect an original design by Allan Mitchener. Take a tour of this restored gem in Christchurch here.
On an impossibly steep site in Dunedin, Rafe Maclean designs a warm and welcoming little home for his family around passive house principles.
