Winsomere Crescent is a modern waterfront home designed by Dorrington Architects & Associates, that capitalizes on the stunning views in Auckland, New Zealand. The original charming but time-worn house was a double-skin brick bungalow with warren-like rooms and little connection with the amazing views that there was to offer. The clients liked the traditional detailing […]
Godden Cres is a classic modern house designed by Dorrington Architects & Associates around a number of mature trees, in a park-like setting in Auckland, New Zealand. The house is designed as a collection of blocks linked by a flat-roofed element, housing the entry and gallery. The gallery space leads you past an interior courtyard […]
The Brick Bay House has been designed by Glamuzina Paterson Architects, situated in Snells Beach, Warkworth, a small coastal town in the north of Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The dwelling is an enquiry into where a site begins and ends; how to define the edges of the project; and the way […]
Blackpool House is a unique home situated on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand, standing as a black monolith in a densely populated native landscape. Designed by Glamuzina Paterson Architects, the brief was to design a house that was at home in the tree canopy. The architectural solution created a tower that vertically responded to the […]
House at Narrowneck is situated in Auckland, Zealand, comprised of three dwelling units to house an elderly parent, young grandchildren and allow work from home. Designed by Mitchell and Stout Architects, the 5,597 square foot (520 square meters)residence is nestled on a site with an elevated beach side section on a busy road with great […]
Kaipara Bridges House is a contemporary property designed in 2009 by architect Simon Twose in South Head, New Zealand. The lake house is composed as a simple horizontal form part dug in and part spanning over the dunescape. The building is ‘wrapped’ in a timber skin which forms the cladding and soffits, and also continues […]
This contemporary designed property, spotted on Sotheby’s, is the epitome of open-plan lakeside living in Bobs Cove, New Zealand. The home has been exquisitely finished both internally and externally using natural schist, cedar and expansive glass walls, all of which blend beautifully into the natural surroundings. An impressive copper front door perfectly complements the exterior […]
Architect Chris Tate’s Forest House is a modular glass structure perched in the branches of the densely forested hills of the Auckland suburb of Titirangi in New Zealand. This is a residence that Tate uses himself as a weekend getaway retreat which has very little site impact. The glass home is tucked away in a […]
Shoal Bay is a remote settlement on the rugged east coast of southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. The building was designed in 2009 by Parsonson Architects to be part of the rural setting, raised off the ground and sitting beside the original woolshed, which has served the bay since the early 1900’s. The 2,368 square foot (220 square […]
Peka Peka Beach House is a holiday home built by Parsonson Architects as an exploration in how to create a building of both a strong architectural character and economy situated on Pekapeka Beach, New Zealand. The architects used simple modular construction techniques combined with a very simple form. The 1,679 square foot (156 square meters) […]
