Glade House is located in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand. Renovation project was conceived and completed by Strachan Group Architects. Description by Strachan: The Glade House project is a renovation of a late 1950’s residential dwelling in a bush glade setting in suburban Remuera. The house is modernist in style, typical of the period with low-pitched […]
Located in Wellington, Korokoro House was designed by New Zealand studio Parsonson Architects. Description by Parsonson Architects: The house was designed for a family of 6 with children of varying ages. It sits on an elevated site with expansive views over Wellington Harbour to the south and a narrower view down to a green valley
The clients required a functional, single level home, engaged with the surrounding landscape. Approach to design was informed by the local vernacular architecture of rural sheds and barns …
Bach Studio 19 is designed by Strachan Group Architects and is located in Onemana, Coromandel, New Zealand. Onemana bach has a total footprint of 100m2 (75m2 + 25m2 interior decks).
Scrubby Bay is a farm house designed and completed in 2014 by Patterson Associates Ltd. This farm house is accessible by helicopter and was designed as a holiday home. Scrubby Bay House is located on Banks Peninsula, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The architect’s description: This is a robust farmhouse set as the
Owhanake Headland is a residential project completed in 2014 by Christian Anderson Architects in New Zeealand The architect’s description: This home overlooks a dramatic gulf landscape of rugged coastal hills and sweeping marine vistas. Situated along an east-west cut on a north-facing escarpment, the design of Owhanake Headland utilises natural materials and rational construction in a
Project: Lounge Table Made from 3D Printed Titanium Design: Y.S. Collective – James McNab, Sam Griffin and Daniel Kamp Materials: New Zealand Tawa – Hand worked by traditional wood worker Nigel Cotterill Selective Laser Sintered Titanium Contributing parties: Rapid Advance Manufacturing and TiDa – titanium manufacturing Nigel Cotterill of NDC – wood craft The Titanium-Tawa
Design led childcare company New Shoots, approached Think & Shift to design a product that provides children a comforting sense of enclosure in their childcare centres; a chair that serves as a space for children to get away from the noise and busyness of their surrounding environment. The chair was required to be aesthetically on brand,
Castle Rock house is designed by Herbst Architects and won the NZIA – Auckland Architecture Award 2015. The house is located on the coast of New Zealand, near Auckland. The architect’s description: 2015 NZIA Jury Citation: “Yet another in a series of exemplary beach houses by this practice, this project has a directness and simplicity that
offSET Shed House is a small family house designed by Irving Smith Architects. The house is located in the coastal community north of Gisborne, New Zealand. The architect’s description: From a context of accrued bach-esk dwellings in a south facing coastal surf community, a strategy of sequencing building sets (aka surf) was generated to scale new
Eyrie Retreat is a project that includes two cabins designed by Cheshire Architects to an hour away from Auckland, New Zealand, close to Kaipara harbor. The architect’s description: Eyrie comprises two houses near Kaiwaka. Each is barely larger than four sheets of plywood. They are made from wood, are off-grid and autonomous, their outsides burnt
Kitchen Cafe is an interior design project realized by the designer Natalie Du Bois, from Auckland, New Zealand. The designer’s description: Careful thought was put towards mixing colours and textures in this kitchen space. The mouth watering chocolate, caramel, and buttery tones chosen were all inspired by sweet confectionary and the aim of making the
