Surface Tension

Lance and Nicola Herbst design a crisp house at Muriwai around art, books and some beautiful native trees.

Figure Of Speech

A modern farmhouse on the harbour at Point Wells is designed around the collections of a lifetime and the rhythms of rural life.

Figgy Logic

A meeting of minds prompts some garden-variety philosophising.

Home Events 2018

HOME’s architecture and design-focussed events are a great way to get inspired and stay in touch with the latest industry developments.

Glass House

Even the most rudimentary research on architect Claude Megson throws up the fact that he was something of an egotist.

Pot Kettle Black

In the hands of Wellington ceramicist Richard Stratton, the humble teapot transcends its origins to become high art.

The Right People

In the New Plymouth home of the late Tom Kreisler and his widow Lesley, Mexican artefacts and family heirlooms rub shoulders with Tom’s diffuse, large-scale paintings.

Model Citizen

Assembly Architects develops a novel process for getting houses built fast, without compromising design.

Blade Runner

An enigmatic house by Tim Dorrington up to a creek, while turning its on an overlooked corner of land edges back on suburban neighbours.

Fearon Hay Has Created A Moody Retreat In The Mountains Near Arrowtown.

Its almost filmic. After turning off the main road to Gibbston and up the switchback Crown Range Road, you turn onto a rutted gravel driveway and a dark house in the distance flits in and out of view.

In 1968, Claude Megson Devised A House Of Angles, Drama And Intrigue For The Artist Roy Good In Oratia

This year Roy Good celebrates 50 years as a practising artist and designer.

Going Coastal

On a good day, the view stretches up the harbour to Hobsonville in one direction, and the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the other.

Purple Patch

Our writer reflects on the season that denotes change and ponders its power for genuine metamorphosis.

A Place To Paint Colin Mccahon In Auckland

An in-depth exhibition of Colin McCahon’s work focuses on his connection with Auckland and marks the centenary of his birth. Auckland Art Gallery curator Ron Brownson discusses the survey of one of New Zealand’s foremost artists.

Lost And Found

Behind the scenes at Post hoc by Dane Mitchell, New Zealand’s representative at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

Forever Relevant

Planned obsolescence is anathema to Dieter Rams and Vitsœ, the company that makes his classic furniture at its low-energy headquarters in central England.

Bend & Stretch

Project Minor dwellingArchitect Pat de Pont, SGALocation Mt Eden, AucklandBrief Build a secondary dwelling for rental, no bigger than 65 square metres

Tall Order

Ronnie van Hout’s artwork at Potters Park in Mt Eden, Auckland, is a massive undertaking in scale and skill.

Glass House

Monmouth’s makers realise their dream of opening their own store.

Going Solo

In remote Spain, Mary Gaudin discovers architecture that’s worth travelling for.

My Favourite Building

Sophie Wallace of Parlour Projects visits the Martin House by John Scottin Hawke’s Bay.

1966 & 2016 Maurice Mahoney Fendalton

The architect’s legacy has largely been obliterated from the landscape by the Christchurch earthquakes, but the Mahoney family home has been respectfully reinstated.

c1965 Don Cowey Remuera

With a respectful renovation, architect Julian Guthrie maximises a modernist home that efficiently fits five bedrooms into its modest footprint.

Akl Syd

In Sydney, Simon Devittfinds Derek Henderson in a century-old cottage with a mid-century twist, furnished with art made by friends.

Off Shore

Off Shore

White Chapel

At her Auckland apartment, gallerist Sarah Hopkinson shows how to live with challenging contemporary art.

Provincial Economy

Whanganui was once a byword for small-town conservatism but in recent years, artists and curators have discovered the town’s charms. Anthony Byrt reports on an unlikely art scene.

Party Out The Front

Andrew Meiring adds to a heritage-listed Devonport villa with a playful assemblage of stone, wood, glass and concrete.

More Than An Elegant Shed

At Moncks Bay in Christchurch, the last house designed by the late David Mitchell is both playful and rational.

Moving Mountains

Assembly Architects designs a family compound in central Queenstown.