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Extend your sense of landscape beyond your property boundary park. A park with large established trees over the road from this home has been captured as a “borrowed” landscape to make the house feel as though it has a much la...

It might sound obvious but one of the best ways to optimise your views is to choose low-slung furniture. On this mountain home with expansive picture windows and large doors that connect to the outdoor decks, furniture piece...

Carefully curated combinations of special furniture pieces from different periods and origins give this revamped apartment its unique character

Winning project focuses on regenerating the district’s worst affected areas in Kaiapoi and The Pines and Kairaki Beach communities following the Canterbury earthquakes

Concealed lighting under the wall cabinetry washes down the eye-catching herringbone tilework in this bathroom by Bijl Architecture.

Office design combines cues from the microscopic living environment with the macroscopic reaches of the universe

Innovative new tool highlights the commercial and environmental sustainability of engineered timber in new construction

This kitchen echoes the wider home’s relaxed, light-filled aesthetic with a focus on natural, honest materials and a pared back design

Normally used on side walls and or unseen structures, Chicago common brick plays a starring role in this home, including twisting columns on the front facade

Warm-toned, luxurious finishes ensure this ensuite offers a hotel resort-like aesthetic, while the demure palette defers to the home’s clifftop outlooks

A renovated apartment artfully meets the needs for a family of four, offering opulent interiors with ample privacy and flexibility

Clever internal reorganisation and the addition of another level have transformed this Victorian terrace house, with award-winning results