Mornings often start slowly in the Tukituki River basin, with an inversion layer settled across the valley floor. As the sun rises, the cloud lifts and Te Mata Peak reveals itself
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Architect Jimmy Gray designed a space to evolve with his family, and also respond to the changing landscape of Wānaka— from alpine getaway to bustling town.
Thoughtfully designed to harmonise with its surroundings, the home integrates a gabled roofline, informal open-plan spaces, and sunlight-filled interiors that adapt seamlessly to modern living.
Hard work and a judicious refit transform an old Northland country villa into an inviting family home.
Designed to disappear into the landscape—the Bunker House hides in plain sight amid tussock drylands in the Mackenzie Basin
With imagination and the right products, Vincent Payne brings a ubiquitous 1970s suburban staple into the 2020s.
After years of living in close quarters, Mike Hartley extends his family’s Beach Haven home with a modest, boxy renovation.
The easeful flow of the water next to this updated dwelling is reflected in the home’s new arrangement.
Over the water, towards the hills and into the future too — this home caters to the view and many happy decades to come.
While bringing something fresh to the conversation, this new build fits right in.
Your guess is as good as ours, but whatever the weather any day of the week, this home embraces it by design.
For the happy owners of this humbly constructed abode, there’s no place like home in the middle of a paddock.
With sustainability and accessibility front of mind, this home enhances life for its occupants in their golden years. // homestyle magazine
Innovative ideas that really let there be light, make this prefabricated prototype so appealing its designers moved on in. // homestyle magazine
All the great things about a classic bach are included in this Mt Maunganui holiday home – but better. // homestyle magazine
These gabled pavilions are much more than just roofs over their owners’ heads. // homestyle magazine
First one then two dwellings for today and tomorrow, this holiday home is designed for living happily ever after. // homestyle magazine
A devotion to era-appropriate design has seen this mid-century renovation continue a conversation between what was and what is. // homestyle magazine
In a word, wow. Here’s a home that honours heritage and place, yet is anything but what you’d expect. // homestyle magazine
Unforgettable, that’s what this is — a bach built to create magic moments for generations to come. // homestyle magazine
A series of fortunate events combine to create a wholly wonderful experience. // homestyle magazine
Everything about this house makes it just what its owners and the surrounding environment ordered. // homestyle magazine
A couple finally found the view they always wanted and built a house around it. // Your Home & Garden
This renovation has created a home that forms a true haven, but one with a broad horizon. // homestyle magazine
Everyone knows a lot goes on behind closed doors, but stepping into this home reveals even more than you might expect. // homestyle magazine.
A series of glass galleries overlooking a tidal estuary, this luxurious rural retreat reveals its riches little by little. // homestyle magazine
A beach house with a childhood connection that makes a curve in exactly the right place. // homestyle magazine
A home on the Kapiti Coast finds its place in the environment so successfully, it’s like it’s as nature intended. // homestyle magazine
Cleverly concieved forms and lots of glass make this abode smarter than many in terms of both form and function. // homestyle magazine
This boxy bach makes clever use of Dutch design theory to work its angles within the environment. // homestyle magazine
The manifestation of a long-held dream, this Hamilton home fits its owners as if it were made for them. // homestyle magazine
Whopping great windows and sliding doors give the residents of this coastal Napier residents a spectacularly honest connection with nature. // homestyle magazine
Designed for one of the few remaining undeveloped sites in a central city suburb, this home makes the most of its north facing aspect.
This sleek group home won the Registered Master Builders Supreme Award for the Manawatu/Wanganui Region.
The execution of this home's clean, compact design was complicated by the fact that it was built on top of an old brick garage.
This house on a rural ridge in Northland is an architectural response to tight constraints.
The owners aimed for a Cape Cod look in this home, so careful attention was paid to the detail of the windows and doors to create a traditional timber look.
For such a monumental structure, this Noel Jessop-designed Waikato house has more than its share of intrigue.
Thirty-five square metres of living for a family of four, including a bunkroom, master bedroom and a third bed, plus kitchen and bathroom? Surely not.
So many shades of grey in the world, but the owners of this sleek contemporary Northland house like the view in black and white.
After the Canterbury quakes damaged their previous home, the owners of this home made the call to start again from scratch.
“Shanty-ness”: that’s the word coined by the owner of this Northland beach house to describe the effect he was after.
This long narrow house is designed to cope with the capital's ferocious winds.
