Sponsored Editorial Box Design & Build This section was typical of its Waiheke Island location. Sliced out of the North Island bush, the umbrella tops of nikau fronds punctured a varied tapestry of green and the north-facing view across the valley stretched all the way to the open ocean. Sounds idyllic …but the sloping site […]

Environmental efficiencies also came into play, helping to maximise light and to make use of recycled materials.

When we look at the cost of a house, we need to think about not just the build cost, but also the running cost over its lifetime.

This was a project where working closely with the owners achieved award-winning results.

Architects around the world are exploring more efficient, space-saving designs.

His monumental apartment building at 15 Clerkenwell Close, London recently won a RIBA Award and has been widely celebrated, yet the structure is under threat from the wrecking ball.

if a building can feel like it naturally 'belongs' or fits logically in a place to an environment, a time and culture, then the people that inhabit the building will likely feel a sense of belonging there as well

ALBERTO KALACH is an architect working in Mexico City whose practice, Taller de Arquitectura X has created many exceptional public works.  We showcase here some of the beautiful homes and gardens his team have created, which in all cases, show a deep respect for the environment that is noteworthy. Kalach’s concern about the emerging problems of the vast city is reflected in his work: from the $5,000.00 USD […]

Recognised by their peers as an innovative and exciting practice, SGA is a group of highly skilled people with a diverse complementary skills.

This incredible ultra-modern 1100m2 concrete home by José Guedes Cruz, César Marques and Marco Marinho of Guedes Cruz Arquitectos on the Portuguese Riviera is one for your bucket list. The undisputed star of the visually arresting building is the pair of large overlapping swimming pools spread across two levels. Images by Ricardo Oliviera Alves The […]

They try to experiment with each project in terms of the language of the materials and the forms they use.

It seemed both entirely beautiful and somehow inhospitable. It was asking to be tamed.

In the NZIA Architecture Awards announced last night, five striking timber homes that interact closely with their environment were singled out for recognition.  The brief called for a beach house which takes advantage of the spectacular natural environment surrounding the site – to be used year round.The site is at the base of a steep […]

Many architects and designers take the opportunity of working in their own homes to experiment with untested ideas. Chris O’Malley of Product X Architecture certainly did when he redesigned the kitchen, dining and living room of his family’s 1975 house. He admits he and his colleague of 19 years Mervyn Hunter were experimenting with the centrepiece […]

Materials enhance the way we become connected to a place.

Mason & Wales Architects manipulate scale and mass to disguise the size of this large house that responds to its surroundings in a confident yet recessive manner.  The home was a winner of the NZIA Southern Architecture Awards 2018. Successfully sited, it balances living spaces that open to breath-taking vistas of Lake Wakatipu with private, […]

The essence of summer luxury is a home that facilitates easy indoor outdoor living by blurring the edges between indoors and out. Tenfiftyfive is an Australian practice that creates intelligent, real family homes with elegant spaces that effortlessly merge interiors with garden terraces to enhance the lifestyles of their owners.   Here are three stunning […]