On Wellington’s wild southern shore Rafe Maclean has designed a brave little house for his family, first published in 2006. Head south from Brooklyn in Wellington until the road runs out and you will find yourself at Ōwhiro Bay, the most westerly of…

From our 2007 archives: With architect John Mills as guide two Wellington clients brave Doubt and Despair to build their House Beautiful. Wellington’s Aro Valley has – like the little engine – long been the inner city suburb that could. Beset by a…

By the wild entrance of Wellington harbour Studio Pacific Architecture experiment with climate control in this 2007 house from the archives. Such is the value of land in the city now that what was once the windswept and forlorn is now the highly…

By the wild entrance of Wellington harbour Studio Pacific Architecture experiment with climate control in this 2007 house from the archives. Such is the value of land in the city now that what was once the windswept and forlorn is now the highly…

An economy of planning and a luxury of volume characterise this Gerald Parsonson bach at Raumati, first published in 2007. Raumati, the first settlement heading north from Wellington after MacKays Crossing, is the Sleepy Hollow of the Kapiti Coast.…

In another 2007 project from Gerald Parsonson, an assured house at Peka Peka rides the dunes rolling inland from an untamed coast. Peka Peka is a quiet settlement north of Waikanae on the Kapiti coast, which is currently enjoying renewed interest as…

Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style. On a site right on the beach at Paraparaumu, Gerald Parsonson has built a bach for his family that draws on a long tradition and yet…

In another 2007 project from Gerald Parsonson, an assured house at Peka Peka rides the dunes rolling inland from an untamed coast. Peka Peka is a quiet settlement north of Waikanae on the Kapiti coast, which is currently enjoying renewed interest as…

Gerald Parsonson’s holiday house at Paraparaumu, first published in 2007, is a triumph of substance over style. On a site right on the beach at Paraparaumu, Gerald Parsonson has built a bach for his family that draws on a long tradition and yet…

The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008. In the early 1970s, Ian Drinkwater was a keen parachutist and a quantity surveyor…

The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008. In the early 1970s, Ian Drinkwater was a keen parachutist and a quantity surveyor…

First published in 2008, we review this early Nineties, sustainable home on the Kapiti Coast by iconic modernist architect Fritz Eisenhofer. In the dunes of Peka peka, 60km north of Wellington, lies, half-submerged in the sand, a dome. It might have…

First published in 2008, we review this early Nineties, sustainable home on the Kapiti Coast by iconic modernist architect Fritz Eisenhofer. In the dunes of Peka peka, 60km north of Wellington, lies, half-submerged in the sand, a dome. It might have…

The Wellington Central Library was designed by Athfield Architects in 1989. Architecture New Zealand published its review of the space in the March/April 1992 issue under the title "Library a talking point". In 2019, 30 years on, the building has…

The Wellington Central Library was designed by Athfield Architects in 1989. Architecture New Zealand published its review of the space in the March/April 1992 issue under the title "Library a talking point". In 2019, 30 years on, the building has…

In this home on Wellington’s south coast, first published in 2009, Athfield Architects meets the challenge of Cook Strait head on. You can’t beat Wellington on a good day, or so the song goes. On the other 364 days of any year, it can be a place of…

In this home on Wellington’s south coast, first published in 2009, Athfield Architects meets the challenge of Cook Strait head on. You can’t beat Wellington on a good day, or so the song goes. On the other 364 days of any year, it can be a place of…

When Geoff and Maxine Suvalko attended an open home for a 1970s’ house in Herne Bay, they were surprised by the comments they overheard. Everyone else in attendance thought the dwelling should be pulled down but this couple didn’t – so they bought it…

When Geoff and Maxine Suvalko attended an open home for a 1970s’ house in Herne Bay, they were surprised by the comments they overheard. Everyone else in attendance thought the dwelling should be pulled down but this couple didn’t – so they bought it…

In 2009, consultant Matthias Horx and his wife, author and fellow consultant Oona Horx-Strathern, began to plan construction of their home on a 3500m² lot, 20 minutes’ drive from Vienna, Austria. Their Future Evolution House, as they call it, was to…