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Bold, bespoke, beautiful: warm your home and soul with contemporary fireplace designs
Until relatively recently, fireplaces were similar in function and aesthetics.
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Modern fireplaces offer bold, bespoke designs beyond traditional aesthetics. Suspended fires are sculptural, space-saving pieces hung from the ceiling that can often rotate.
Double-sided fires act as elegant centrepieces in open-plan living, connecting and dividing spaces while maintaining visual flow.
Freestanding fires provide a contemporary take on classic burners with custom colours, while built-in fireplaces offer sleek, panoramic views safely integrated into cabinetry for high-efficiency heat. These designs combine functionality with striking visual statements.
Suspended Fires
Double-Sided Fires
This application of a double-sided fireplace shares light and warmth to different areas of a Versatile family home by Rogan Nash Architects.
Freestanding Fires
This highly efficient, clean-burning Ethos Phoenix freestanding fire, one of the only wood burners available in New Zealand suitable for airtight construction, is the singular heat source in a cleaver little home by Chaney & Norman Architects in Luggate
Built-In Fireplaces
A minimilist fireplace design adds effortless ambience to this modern Mt Maunganui home by Studio2 Architects
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