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This living/dining/kitchen features a wall of windows stretching right up to the gabled roof line – a deep roof overhang mitigates solar gain

A house of angles can make it tricky to line up floor boards. The answer? Add a distracting element where the board orientation changes, as seen here

Check out all the top kitchens in the Trends International Design Awards for Kitchens in New Zealand and Australia

This sustainably minded family home on a north-south oriented site is designed to allow the northern sun to penetrate into all the living spaces

Humble in terms of allotted space only, these powder rooms offer surprise and theatre as well as a great place to check that tie or eyeliner 

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA, the Sydney Modern Project is the city's most significant cultural development since the Sydney Opera House 

This toilet space achieves degrees of privacy with a substantial stone wall on one side and a teak wall on the other 

Continuing the exterior palette, American walnut veneer meets hard-wearing Meltica surfaces (and granite benchtops) in this two-tone kitchen

Able to be 'dropped' almost anywhere, modular architecture – whether for business or home – is also scalable and economical, as with this refined CLT option from Wingate Architects

The hidden lighting to the niches in this shower highlights the volume of the space and plays on the moodiness of the bathroom's dark palette

A Murano glass chandelier above the dining table was the inspiration for the design palette in this home where every view captures either nature or art

This welcoming family home by nationwide homebuilder G.J. Gardner boasts a run of living spaces from front to back, designer kitchen included, and character finishes