Villa

Turning Point

Best House Aotearoa 2024: Mark Leong and Lucy Coote combine big ideas and crafted details to take out this year’s top honour.

Time Lapse

Architect Eli Nuttall went full tilt in resolving this idiosyncratic villa wedged between past and present in the capital.

Strength of Character

An updated colour scheme led to so much more in this sumptuous heritage villa refurb by Pac Studio in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Stepping Stones

Calm and contemplative, this concrete villa extension by José Gutiérrez in Grey Lynn marks a distinct departure from tradition.

Party Out Back

Megan Edwards turns up the volume with a Tāmaki Makaurau villa extension designed around socialising and solitude.

Lightness of Being

A mindful collaboration breathes new life and light into a city-fringe bungalow in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Light Well

Jack McKinney hides an abstracted pavilion on a tiny site behind a heritage villa in Freemans Bay, Tāmaki Makaurau.

Behind the Scenes

With complex geometry and optical illusions, Pac Studio adds a warm space to an Auckland villa that instantly feels like home.

Lean on Me

Pat de Pont of SGA Architects sensitively restores a classic bay villa.

Bright Future

Kyle Ramsay brings a grand old lady up to date.

Tiny Ruins

A Kingsland villa extension by Glamuzina Architects that’s anchored by a kind of relic.

Beautiful Constraints

Designing a modern extension for a house rooted in history.