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An Auckland architect’s home is all about sun, family life and views of the zoo.

How one architect sustainably built his dream home with a kitchen to match.

Entering a new life chapter inspired a family’s move to a simpler, less laborious way of living in a cedar-clad black houseThe 1990s home was extensively renovated and reclad in black-stained cedar. Home Profile Meet & greet: Maree (founder of skincare company Evre) and Brad Glading (research and insight manager), children Frankie, 14, and Louie, […]

With plenty of passion and a lot of persistence, an Auckland couple create a rural dream with vibes of the MedPet sheep Delta, Dobby and Dr Bloomfield, who were lockdown lambs, are as much at home as Poppy, five, and Holly, three, (with mum Sophie). Home Profile Meet & greet: Dan Adams and Sophie Riddle, (owners […]

A downsizing move became a more ambitious project than anticipated for a retired Auckland couple and their wider familyHelen’s a big fan of greenery. “Plants, plants, plants. They’re economical, good for the environment, and my Dutch mother would say they’re ‘gezellig’, meaning ‘cosy’.” Home Profile: Meet & greet: Helen (interior designer) and Greg Lay (retired). […]

Advised to bowl this old Auckland house, its new owners opted for a transformation of epic proportions Home profile Meet & greet: Xenia (stay-at-home mum) and Cameron Marcroft (mortgage broker), Maddy, 11, Rupert, nine, Billy, two, and Stormy the retrodoodle. The property: Comprehensively renovated five-bedroom character home near Auckland’s Point Chevalier Beach. The interiors: Calming […]

Lifted and shifted from its original position, this renovated heritage home now has a level of sophistication the owners adore Home Profile Meet & greet: Haesley Cush (real estate agent) and his wife Aleesha, their daughter Vivienne, 10, and sons Louie, eight, and Teddy, six. The property: A 1920s five-bedroom property that’s been extensively remodelled. […]

Amid the waves of headlines about Kiwis immigrating across the ditch, Sarah and Ben Pickersgill-Brown decided to buck the trend — swapping their home in Melbourne for a quaint Māpua rental home on the Tasman Bay coastline Home Profile Meet & Greet: Ben (business analyst) and Sarah Pickersgill-Brown (photographer, stylist and content creator), twins Caspian […]

A minor staircase change was the first step in a major architectural metamorphosis at this mid-century townhouse.

Modern Scandi hygge meets an elegant Japanese design aesthetic in a double pavilion new-build in Wellington.