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The 2024 Home of the Year Awards evening was held at the Studio Italia showroom in Grafton, Auckland on 27 March. Here’s...
04/04/2024

The 2024 Home of the Year Awards evening was held at the Studio Italia showroom in Grafton, Auckland on 27 March. Here’s a snapshot of the exclusive event, which saw 170 people gather together to celebrate the 2024 winners and finalists.

With special thanks to our event partners Rose Tinted Flowers Jules Taylor Wines Scapegrace and Citizen.

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Home of the Year 2024 awards evening social gallery.

The 2024 City Home of the Year is Textured Bach by Nic Owen ArchitectsAn abstract, monolithic, timber sculpture, this ho...
02/04/2024

The 2024 City Home of the Year is Textured Bach by Nic Owen Architects

An abstract, monolithic, timber sculpture, this house on the hills above Sumner is a highly successful experiment of tactility and plan, of function and art.

Tap the link below to watch the video feature and find out more about this award-winning Christchurch home.

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This experimental sculptural home on the hills above Sumner in Christchurch epitomises the fusion of artistry and functionality in an urban dwelling.

The 2024 Small Home of the Year is Brooklyn Mini FAB by Bonnifait+Associates ArchitectsCecile Bonnifait is well named. T...
29/03/2024

The 2024 Small Home of the Year is Brooklyn Mini FAB by Bonnifait+Associates Architects

Cecile Bonnifait is well named. The French architect, now based in Wellington, boasts a surname that literally means “done well” and her design approach centres not only on delivering projects that are well conceptualised and executed but also on benefiting community.

Brooklyn Mini FAB is an inspirational little home that covers a footprint of just 37 square metres, while creating spaces that feel voluminous and comfortable.

Tap the link below to read more and watch the video feature.

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The 2024 Small Home of the Year covers a footprint of just 37 square metres yet its spaces feel voluminous and welcoming.

The 2024 Alt & Reno Home of the Year is Maungarāhiri by Scarlet Architects Architecture has the power to convey many mes...
29/03/2024

The 2024 Alt & Reno Home of the Year is Maungarāhiri by Scarlet Architects

Architecture has the power to convey many messages, and this renovated 1920s home is full of articulate expression. At its entrance, the past speaks in tandem with the present; a hipped roof conveys a sense of timelessness, a glazed porch extends a generous welcome.

Tap the link below to watch the full video feature on homemagazine.nz where we talk to Lindley Naismith and Mike Dowsett from Scarlet Architects about this incredible renovation.

https://homemagazine.nz/maungarahiri/

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A masterful transformation of a 1920s bungalow, rooted in the Arts and Crafts tradition, into a generous modern family home, this expressive renovation captures the elegance of its architectural period while meeting the evolving needs of its occupants.

The Rural Home of the Year is Mangawhai House by ⁠⁠Moving between sweeping curves and overt gestures of permanence, this...
28/03/2024

The Rural Home of the Year is Mangawhai House by ⁠

Moving between sweeping curves and overt gestures of permanence, this Mangawhai home opens up and reaches out to the estuarine landscape beyond, welcoming visitors and the view with a dynamic spatial interplay.⁠

Conceived as a response to the wider natural environment, the home embraces it on many levels — some imperceptible and others grand. One of a handful of waterfront sections in a relatively new subdivision in Mangawhai, the site borders a public coastal walkway that winds along the edge of the estuary.⁠

There are no fences or visible boundaries between private and public land, so movement between the two is organic. Here, visitors and passers-by meander on the grass verging the estuary, sometimes seeking shade under the pōhutukawa that line its banks.⁠

Tap below to read more and watch the video feature on homemagazine.nz⁠

Images: Simon Devitt

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28/03/2024

Home of the Year 2024⁠

The winner is .... Boathouse Bay by Crosson Architects!

For the first time in the history of the Home of the Year awards, a multi-unit project has taken the top accolade. ⁠

Boathouse Bay, which winds along the coast at Snells Beach, is an exemplary model of multi-unit design, embodying the quest for community living through a marriage of architecture, landscape and master-planning.⁠

Described as “permanent baches”, these dwellings foster a collective spirit, weaving together the sand and the bush into a harmonious tapestry of living spaces.⁠

The Avant Group development eschewed greed, opting instead to shape homes full of modulation and openness, which, combined with a concerted effort to revitalise the nearby bush and democratise the beach, showed a development with its heart in all the right places.⁠

Crosson Architects’ Boathouse Bay displays the ideas that should be informing our architectural vocabulary, and, more importantly, the community building ethos that should be at the heart of any higher density project.⁠⁠

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In an area of Mount Maunganui where the divide between urban and coastal collides in a streetscape of varying design lan...
05/03/2024

In an area of Mount Maunganui where the divide between urban and coastal collides in a streetscape of varying design languages, ata (formerly Adam Taylor Architecture) interpreted his clients’ brief with a creative approach to quietly connecting with various contextual markers.

“With the smattering of new architectural homes on this particular street, and in the wider neighbourhood, there is no real reference point. The owners wanted an urban home — something crisp but with a nod to the proximity to the coast,” Adam says.

His response is one that offers a noticeable shift in the built environment, with a large — although not overbearing — sculptural form.

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, or tap the link below to read on homemagazine.nz now.

https://homemagazine.nz/a-mount-maunganui-home-meets-city-and-coast/

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Owl's Retreat, Rotorua⁠⁠This lake house, much like the tourist destination it inhabits, needed to be able to expand and ...
05/03/2024

Owl's Retreat, Rotorua⁠

This lake house, much like the tourist destination it inhabits, needed to be able to expand and contract to adapt to the shifting tides of family life, to cater for anything between 2 and 15 people, ranging in age from five to post-retirement.⁠

Besides being the social space, the upstairs also functions as apartment-style living. A large main bedroom flush onto the west corner is flanked by large social areas. These form a contiguous, open-plan flow; ready-made for large social gatherings, providing areas to regroup and recharge.⁠

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale nationwide, or read now on homemagazine.nz at the link below:

https://homemagazine.nz/owls-retreat/

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Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Brooklyn Minifab by Bonnifait + Associates⁠This tiny one-bedroom home high on a hill in...
25/02/2024

Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Brooklyn Minifab by Bonnifait + Associates

This tiny one-bedroom home high on a hill in Wellington's Brooklyn delivers just 37m2 of living space. nestled within the surrounding bush, the home forms a simple geometry. Inside, the spaces belie the small footprint with generous volumes and expansive deck areas. ⁠

Tap the link below to find out more about this home, and all this year's finalists, and vote for the home you believe should win the 2024 Readers' Choice Award!⁠

Architecture: Bonnifait + Associates
Images: Russell Kleyn

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https://homemagazine.nz/home-of-the-year-2024-the-finalists-revealed/

Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Maungakiekie House by .division⁠⁠This family home is located at the base of Maungakieki...
19/02/2024

Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Maungakiekie House by .division⁠

This family home is located at the base of Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill. It reveals little to the street and to neighbouring properties, opening and connecting to the lower slopes of Maungakiekie.⁠

Tap the link below to see more of this home, explore all the finalists, and vote for the project you believe should win the 2024 Readers' Choice Award!⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/home-of-the-year-2024-the-finalists-revealed/

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Secret Garden ⁠⁠Rogan Nash Architects unveils a Western Springs project stitched together by a swimming pool, a pergola,...
18/02/2024

Secret Garden ⁠

Rogan Nash Architects unveils a Western Springs project stitched together by a swimming pool, a pergola, references to Palm Springs, and morse code detailing that reads ‘secret garden’.⁠

It's a clever little project the architects named 'Secret Garden' as a reference to both the 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel and the secluded nature of this little oasis deep within a city fringe site.⁠

Explore this project in the latest issue of HOME, on sale nationwide where good magazines are sold, or read now on homemagazine.nz here:

https://homemagazine.nz/secret-garden-a-striking-poolscape-design-transforms-an-unassuming-suburban-site/

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Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Parkinson Strange House by ⁠ Koia Architects⁠Located at the top of Bendemeer Station in...
18/02/2024

Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Parkinson Strange House by ⁠ Koia Architects

Located at the top of Bendemeer Station in Queenstown, this site has panoramic views of the Remarkables, Dalefield and Coronet Peak. Sitting between two mounds, the home presents a cool, solid concrete exterior contrasted with a warm cedar interior. ⁠

Tap the link below to see more of this home, explore all the finalists, and vote for the project you believe should win the 2024 Readers' Choice Award!⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/home-of-the-year-2024-the-finalists-revealed/

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Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Beach Hut by Strachan Group Architects⁠Beach Hut is a tiny home nestled on a gently slo...
18/02/2024

Home of the Year 2024 Finalist | Beach Hut by Strachan Group Architects

Beach Hut is a tiny home nestled on a gently sloping coastal site in Coromandel surrounded by an ancient Pohutukawa forest. ⁠

Designed to increase the capacity of an existing bach, Beach Hut was conceived as a simple timber box with a secondary mezzanine form to create a sleeping pavilion. Constructed off site on a tiny home trailer, it was towed to site and placed on simple foundations. ⁠

Tap the link below to see more of this home, explore all the finalists and vote for the project you believe should win the 2024 Readers' Choice Award!⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/home-of-the-year-2024-the-finalists-revealed/

Images: Ross Keane⁠

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The Home of the Year finalists have been announced! ⁠⁠Tap the link below to explore these incredible homes, and vote for...
08/02/2024

The Home of the Year finalists have been announced! ⁠

Tap the link below to explore these incredible homes, and vote for the project you believe should win the 2024 Readers' Choice Award. ⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/home-of-the-year-2024-the-finalists-revealed/

Pictured here is Mangawhai Estuary House by Belinda George Architects – a response to the dynamic outlook of the estuary, and observation of the nature of the tides shifting in and out around sandbanks. ⁠

An internal courtyard provides a sheltered, private outdoor space on an otherwise public site. ⁠

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TrapezoidalThis Beach Haven home was designed around a deep plunge pool, over which the upper level is cantilevered.Taki...
06/01/2024

Trapezoidal

This Beach Haven home was designed around a deep plunge pool, over which the upper level is cantilevered.

Taking cues from the trapezoidal shape of an existing building on the site, which is used as a workspace by one of the owners, the new house is a combination of 75-degree and 105-degree angles making the most of the space on what is a relatively small site.

"By doing this, as well as cantilevering the upper level out over the pool, I was able to maximise the available footprint and design the pool to sit right next to the house," architect Kate Beilby says of the design.

“The pool is about six metres [long], and the trapezoidal shape means it’s wider at one end than the other. It’s quite deep so it’s more like a plunge pool than a ‘swim’ pool. It has been fully tiled in mosaic tiles, and solar heating means it can be enjoyed well past the regular swimming season, while the dedicated pool deck allows for soaking up the sun.”

Read the full feature on homemagazine.nz now at the link below, or pick up the latest copy of HOME, on sale now nationwide.

https://homemagazine.nz/a-beach-haven-home-designed-around-a-deep-plunge-pool/

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Tāwharanui Pavilion⁠⁠Appearing to both float above and disappear into the land, this Tāwharanui holiday home is a place ...
03/01/2024

Tāwharanui Pavilion⁠

Appearing to both float above and disappear into the land, this Tāwharanui holiday home is a place of tension and beauty.⁠

It was a trip to Sri Lanka that inspired the creation of this country home. The owners, Simon and Liz, visited that country in 2014 and were taken with the architecture of tropical modernism maestro, Geoffrey Bawa. Years later, they met with their architect, Wendy Shacklock, to see what she might design to put in a paddock they’d purchased in Tāwharanui, north of Auckland. ⁠

Shacklock had also been to Sri Lanka and seen the best of Bawa’s groundbreaking architecture. Read more about this alluring coastal home on homemagazine.nz now:

https://homemagazine.nz/subtle-duality/

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Decadence underfootIn a pool house that opens to a mid-century modern home in Remuera, an interior palette was designed ...
14/12/2023

Decadence underfoot

In a pool house that opens to a mid-century modern home in Remuera, an interior palette was designed to reflect the original architectural language and create a strong narrative between old and new.

"By using coloured concrete [PeterFell 651}, we were able to turn an intimate and compact space into something that feels sophisticated and refined," interior designer Jane McAuley of Bespoke Interior Design says.

Read the full feature at the link below:

https://homemagazine.nz/decadence-underfoot/

Natural Clarity⁠⁠There’s an authenticity to this setting; it’s a rugged and beautiful place in the turquoise blue waters...
13/12/2023

Natural Clarity⁠

There’s an authenticity to this setting; it’s a rugged and beautiful place in the turquoise blue waters of the Bay of Islands.⁠

A few hundred metres offshore, this small island is home to only a handful of dwellings, so, from the outset, the house needed to have reverence for its special site.⁠

Designed to merge into its coastal environs, the home utilises board and batten cedar cladding finished with Dryden WoodOil in Clear to create a gentle rhythm that moves gracefully between indoors and out.⁠

Read the full feature on homemagazine.nz at the link below:

https://homemagazine.nz/natural-clarity/

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The plunge pool, redefinedNot quite a pool and not quite a spa, the Stoked Stainless Plunge Spa strikes a perfect balanc...
13/12/2023

The plunge pool, redefined

Not quite a pool and not quite a spa, the Stoked Stainless Plunge Spa strikes a perfect balance between the two with a piece that embraces the art of relaxation outdoors.

Ideal for areas where space is at a premium, and for those not wanting to excavate for an in-ground swimming pool, the plunge spa offers an enviable design-led alternative.

Find out more here:

https://homemagazine.nz/the-plunge-pool-redefined/

Deep South⁠⁠It’s about an hour and a half from Dunedin to the winding, 10km gravel road that leads to the property where...
13/12/2023

Deep South⁠

It’s about an hour and a half from Dunedin to the winding, 10km gravel road that leads to the property where Lachlan McDonald farms 300 deer on 380 or so hectares. ⁠

Here, in the vastness of a southern valley in one of the most remote regions of New Zealand, RTA Studio designed an entirely unexpected concrete dwelling of two parts and modernist intentions.⁠

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale now nationwide, or read now on homemagazine.nz⁠ at the link below:

https://homemagazine.nz/a-modernist-home-in-a-remote-valley-in-the-deep-south/

Photography: Jackie Meiring

A House WIthout RoomsOn a steep hillside in the Los Angeles suburb of Mount Washington, this small and precise abode des...
12/12/2023

A House WIthout Rooms

On a steep hillside in the Los Angeles suburb of Mount Washington, this small and precise abode designed by Kiwi architect Simon Storey flips the notion of a house on its head.

There are no rooms in this structure, and entry is via the roof; the kitchen window frames a view into the pool creating an aqua glow; and outdoor living is a deck and pool on the walkable roof.

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale now nationwide, or tap the link below to read now on homemagazine.nz

https://homemagazine.nz/abstract-inversion-a-house-without-rooms/

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In this home on the Devonport peninsula, the hero of the interiors is a Copacabana stone – a dramatic black-and-white Br...
09/11/2023

In this home on the Devonport peninsula, the hero of the interiors is a Copacabana stone – a dramatic black-and-white Brazilian granite that is deep, moody and full of detail.⁠

Pick up the latest issue of HOME to see more of this impressive city home by or click below to read on homemagazine.nz now

https://homemagazine.nz/city-bach/

Reflected forms⁠⁠Architect Paul Francis set about the extensive renovation of a 30-year-old home on the edge of Hobson B...
29/10/2023

Reflected forms⁠

Architect Paul Francis set about the extensive renovation of a 30-year-old home on the edge of Hobson Bay with the aim of removing the boundaries between architecture and landscape, envisioning a design that would fall gracefully into the background.⁠

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale now nationwide where good magazines are sold, or click below to read now on homemagazine.nz
https://homemagazine.nz/reflected-forms/

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Cabin in the canopy: A small Waiheke Island retreat designed and built on a budget⁠⁠On an angular, steeply sloping site ...
28/10/2023

Cabin in the canopy: A small Waiheke Island retreat designed and built on a budget⁠

On an angular, steeply sloping site in a well-known enclave on the southern coast of Waiheke Island, this small home was envisioned as a short-stay offering for artists, writers, and those wanting a place to retreat and focus on creative projects.⁠

Designed by with interiors by , this cabin known as The Geode House was named the 2023 Living Space of the Year at the HOME Interior of the Year Awards. ⁠

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale now nationwide where good magazines are sold, or tap the link below to read on homemagazine.nz⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/cabin-in-the-canopy-a-waiheke-island-retreat/

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Reframed vistas⁠⁠The extensive renovation of this 1980s Ponsonby apartment by Four Walls Architecture offers a refreshin...
24/10/2023

Reframed vistas⁠

The extensive renovation of this 1980s Ponsonby apartment by Four Walls Architecture offers a refreshing take on city living at height.⁠

When the lift doors open into this central Auckland apartment, there’s an immediate sense of calm. A small lobby creates a transitional space and introduces a meticulously crafted material palette that enhances the sense that this apartment is a place of refuge and quiet warmth.⁠

It’s an enticing space that unfolds slowly the more time you spend here — small details at first unnoticed offer themselves up one by one.⁠

Read the full feature in the latest issue of HOME, on sale nationwide where good magazines are sold, or click below to read online now at homemagazine.nz⁠

https://homemagazine.nz/reframed-vistas/

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