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Timber cladding, a simple A frame design and steep snow-be-gone roofing – this holiday home all but disappears into its natural, unspoilt mountain scenery

This new Landmark Homes showhome in Palm Springs, Papamoa combines open, sun-filled spaces, great indoor-outdoor flow and a tropical resort feel

This grand, Hollywood Hills home pays homage to Mid-century Modern style while taking its design line cues from the Los Angeles city grid far below

Designed for entertaining and drinking in the views, the interior of this warm, four-bedroom home is anchored by a blackened steel fireplace – there's also a tub on the deck

A home that opens its arms to the elements yet has an internal focus that makes it homely in an instant – this is the owners' forever home, created by David Reid Homes

Despite a narrow site, this light-filled family home offers an easy flow between designer kitchen & living spaces and a covered outdoor space

Attracted to a profession that's all about creativity, today experienced architect Paul Leuscke is director of his own agile practice – Leuschke Kahn Architects

This functional yet uncluttered kitchen stays true to both the boldness of the home's modern architecture and the serenity of the seaside setting

High quality tiles from The Tile Depot provide the finishing touches to this well designed and constructed home by Generation Homes NZ - Auckland South

This dramatic kitchen has a green heart, with eco-friendly birch ply cabinetry and sustainable stainless steel benchtops – style is equally to the fore

While a designer will create their own kitchen with the close consideration, having it available as a showcase placed emphasis on outside-the-box features

An insertion of a modest new room to this home provides a light filled cooking and dining space, complete with a relocatable island on castors

Fisher + Paykel fridge drawers optimise both cold storage and accessibility in this well considered kitchen, part of the designer's own home

Working with the constraints of a condominium setting, this kitchen reorganises everything and adds an Asian-influenced rear cabinet wall as a feature

 A modern freestanding bathtub and custom-made vanity with a floating basin leads the eye in the main bathroom of this two bathroom makeover

With direct impact from the doorway, this bathroom exudes a masculine vibe and is easy to clean – apt features for its users, two nearly grown boys

With the heritage home built in the 1920s, bridging the divide between a classic and eye-catchingly new look was always on the cards for this bathroom

Refined joinery, smooth marble benchtops and moody basins and bath are underpinned by a herringbone tile floor in this master ensuite

The interior designer used the most luxurious of materials from brass, marble, crystal and velvets to create a home that is refined and opulent at every turn

This walk-up apartment split into two-levels was designed on a ‘no-design’ basis and it was about finding spaces for the different interests of the couple

With a sparkling plaster finish, infinity edges on two sides, eye-catching water feature and decent proportions, this pool is a great match for its luxury residence

It's not just charity that begins at home – so does the pursuit of a 'greener' world and that can start with your outdoor space

This renovation is an exploration of how to pare back and dwell in smaller spaces while providing a sense of personal connection to the wider urban context

It says a lot about an owner when time, money and custom architecture protects an old magnolia at the rear of their extension/renovation