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Congratulations to our Landmark Homes Franchisees for taking home 14 awards in the 2021 Registered Master Builders House of the Year – including this Gold-winning Gisborne home

Tiles of Ezra – hand-made Moroccan zellige tiles – feature throughout the company owner's own home. These character tiles are now available at The Tile Depot

A striking bioethanol marble fireplace warms this lavish room and gives intimacy to the space. Is this your idea of a sustainable lifestyle?

Glass-look acrylic floors on the mezzanine level of this master suite are not for those afraid of heights (also not suitable for dressing gown-only attire)

This new dining area has bifold doors to the rear garden and also to the rear deck – retro-look furniture chimes with the home's cottage character

This hoop pine meets white laminate kitchen's understated palette and clean-lined cabinetry mean it forms a quiet backdrop to family life 

This marble-topped baking island is finished in pressed steel – part of an industrial look, and scale, kitchen (although the family cat appears underwhelmed)

Okay, not George Clooney in hit movie Gravity, but rather a cantilevered vanity that makes the bathroom look larger by maximising visible floor space

Bamboo X-Treme decking – the next generation in sustainable decking; this durable, stable, eco-friendly decking, with 'invisible' clips/screws for quick installation, is now available throughout New Ze...

This Wanaka holiday home has been designed as a sculptural form in the landscape, with a series of timber-lined cut outs revealing access areas 

Here, the request was for a family bathroom within an extensive villa renovation – it was to be lively and create an uplifting spirit for the owners' children

The New Zealand Pavilion, designed by Jasmax, for Expo 20 celebrates people and connecting to nature based on kaitiakitanga, the environmental ethos of Māori – an innovative mesh design is p...