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Earthquake rebuild on tight budget dazzles to win top award
Red Pine Villa has won the Supreme Award in this year’s ADNZ Resene Architecture Design Awards.
The dark exterior is contrasted by the light interior to reinforce the sense of a sanctuary within. It’s also a nod to the home’s Japanese influence
Although designed as a “forever home”, the house is transportable.
There’s a strong Japanese architectural influence, evident in much of the detailing.
The house glows by night.
Mount Maunganui house is ‘best renovation’
A Mt Maunganui renovation won the National Award for Residential Alterations and Additions.
The judges praised the experience of “light, rhythm and calm” in the renovation.
Beautiful timbers are a feature of the interior of the Mount Maunganui house.
Gareth Ritchie of Archco Architecture won the National Award for New Home over 300m² for this project Burntwood in Pegasus, North Canterbury.
Boundaries between inside and outside are blurred.
Macandrew Lane by Sam Connell, Figure & Ground won the National Award for a New Home between 150m² and 300m².
The Macandrew Lane project is in Wānaka.
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The house was built in 1890, and once served as a rest stop for travellers between the Great South Road and Coromandel.
Poet Allen Curnow’s bach bought sight unseen; now listed after 24 years
Originally a one-room bach, this property was home to the late poet Allen Curnow from 1963 till his death in 2001.
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