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Hillside Habitat

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Sat, 23/09/2023 - 4:19pm

In a city environment the architecture of the New Zealand countryside has been created in a pair of inspiring, compact Wellington homes – the White House and its companion the Black House.

On a steep, bush-clad hillside in Aro Valley the two houses are “a bit like implement sheds”, says...

The Onemana Surf Club

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 11:33pm

Created offsite, a new modular building has expanded the capabilities for this Coromandel surf club. Using COLORSTEEL Altimate® cladding, the new club offers a crisp aesthetic that will last for years to come.   

Since its formation in 1989, the Onemana Surf Club has operated out of...

Erskine Chapel's Roof Restoration

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 11:08pm

Restoring one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in New Zealand was always going to be an interesting challenge. A collaboration between architects, engineers, heritage organisations, and construction contractors achieved exactly that with the chapel at the Erskine College in Island...

A Sleek Modern Home In Rural Whangarei

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 10:49pm

A Whangarei couple, brimming with ideas for a home they would build on an elevated, private site near Quarry Gardens, ensured their love of art and native birdlife would be incorporated in the design but also that four totara trees on the build site would be removed and then harvested for...

Awaawaroa House

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 4:08pm

Close connections to the outdoors are fostered through this unique Waiheke Island home.

The majority of people who build new homes on Waiheke Island aim to find a north-facing site with sea views. For the owners of this home, however, it was a coastal, south-facing site that took their...

St Hilda's Collegiate Visual & Performing Arts Centre

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 4:05pm

Designing a Visual and Performing Arts Centre with its diverse demands is a complicated task but the challenges are amplified when it fronts a street in an inner-city residential area.

When Cameron Grindlay, of Dwelling Architectural Design, started assembling the design brief for the new...

My Whare

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 3:40pm

Visionwest is one of five providers who make up Housing First - a housing collective that is working towards ending homelessness in Auckland. Their latest initiative is focussed on young people and offers them a chance to find greater independence as they share a close connection with a family...

Cambridge Stud Farm

Submitted by Nathaniel Duncan on Thu, 21/09/2023 - 3:23pm

Cambridge Stud, New Zealand’s premier thoroughbred facility has undergone significant enlargement and enhancement since new owners took over in 2018.
Brendan and Jo Lindsay, last year’s Owners of the Year at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Awards, have inspired the comprehensive revamp of the...

Synergetic Graduation of a Simple Form

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 16/03/2021 - 1:54pm

The client purchased a section which was just over a 1000sqm in the middle of suburbia, surrounded by established homes being circa 1960-1970.


Close to Waikato Diocesan School for Girls and to the Fairfield Bridge, providing easy access to Hamilton City, his intention was to achieve...

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