These are our favourite living spaces from Habitus House of The Year showcasing clever, and considered, connection to nature. Which is your pick? Have your say for the People’s Choice Awards by voting now.
These kitchens from the inaugural Habitus House of the Year selection showcase a space that is not only open and inviting, but clever in their design, configuration and use of natural light.
Ahead of the release of Fisher & Paykel’s new Companion range, Habitus speaks to industrial designer Adam Moody on the rigorous research and development that went into setting a new series of appliances apart in the market.
In rural New Zealand Herbst Architects turns a seemingly limitless space into one neatly organised around three simple box forms.
Fuel your love of travel and architecture by staying in these apartments, villas or houses designed by award-winning contemporary architects.
Kiwi creatives and co-founders of George & Willy, a design studio and workshop, George Wilkins and Will McCallum have put local design to a global market.
Wine making, carpentry, animal husbandry and raising kids – a West Auckland family needed a home that could stand up to their active lifestyle.
A handshake with the past; a composition of concrete, steel and glass – this residential build in Freeman’s Bay, Auckland strikes a unique balance between the indoors and out.
Resident is a New Zealand design practice driven by Scott Bridgens and Simon James who collaborate with a select group of designers. And as Rebecca Gross learns, its high-quality furniture and lighting is the unique result of these conditions and relationships.
The solution to a challenging residential site came in the form of a simple brick wall.
For this prominent beachfront site, the architect has taken his cues from natural forms and colours, developing a soft aesthetic to blend the house into its setting.
New Zealand based architect Rufus Alexander Knight created a retail concept for genre defying, Instagram sensation womenswear label Lonely.