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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...

Hawkeshead

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 16/03/2021 - 12:53pm

When Eric Dally, architect at Eric H Dally Architects Ltd and his wife Dawn designed their new home, they couldn’t go past the clean lines and economy of Steel & Tube Plumbdek® in COLORSTEEL® ENDURA® FlaxPod® for the roof. Eric says “Plumbdek® is a very economical profile with attractive...

The Bach that John Kirwan Built

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 16/03/2021 - 12:29pm

For Sir John Kirwan, the beachside town of Waihi is akin to a spiritual home. The sporting great and keen surfer spent countless holidays and weekends in the town since his parents bought their Waihi bach when he was just 8 years old. 


Kirwan and his wife Fiorella originally built a...

Beautifully blended with its landscape

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 16/03/2021 - 12:23pm

The owners sought a place that reminded them of their former hilly and windy site, overlooking the sea in Wellington while connecting to their new home in Christchurch. The north facing site on the last recorded lava flow on Banks Peninsula gave them everything.


The design echoes a...

Innovation in Pauanui

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 11:28am

Located near the coastal holiday town of Pauanui, this new Bach makes use of an innovative, smart and quick construction technique.

Looking at this beachside Bach, it is hard to believe it could be built in just five weeks. While a little smaller than some of the sprawling Bach’s in this...

Arcline Architecture Alterton Park Home

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 11:23am

A retired Auckland couple’s relocation to Kerikeri came with a brief to Arcline Architecture’s principal Alan Simpkin for a home to blend with the Northland environment.

It was to be in harmony with Kerikeri’s cultural history – think Rewa Village, a pre-European replica Maori fishing...

Two Sheds in Raglan

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 11:04am

Located in a small industrial park just off the highway on the outskirts of Raglan, Two Sheds is a mixed-use development that has been turning heads due to its simple but effective design. The project by Hamilton-based Red Architecture comprises two shed forms with attached office or residential...

South pacific architecture captures the qualities of the Tuvalu culture

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 10:43am

The brief to Architect Megan Rule, South Pacific Architecture, was to design a place of worship that captured the qualities of the community and South Pacific culture of the Tuvalu Christian community.

The traditional churches in the Tuvalu Islands are designed to cope with a hot humid...

Local legend embedded in design of New Plymouth’s airport terminal

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 10:27am

Some key design principles were established by a collective Beca design team, liaising with the local hapu to ensure the iwi’s story and history was reflected in the New Plymouth Airport terminal. Located 11km from the city centre, the building is located on a historic coastal site where...

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