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HOME covers the best New Zealand architecture, design and interiors. It features inspirational, ingenious and just plain breathtaking homes from all over the country – as well as new restaurants, exciting art and the latest furniture releases.

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Lamington with chocolate • The latest collaboration between Acme and Karen Walker is a feast of nostalgic pairings and delectable blush-inspired tones.

Geometric abstraction • Entries are now open for 2024 World of WearableArt, with designers and creators from around the globe invited to challenge the conventional, create the unimaginable and defy creative expectations.

Tales of Samoa • At the end of a narrow laneway off Parnell Road in Auckland, a small sign reads ‘TALA’; it marks the beginning of a journey.

Woven intent • Weaving each moment, intentionally, the latest from Noa Blanket Co is about acknowledging each step in the pursuit of our goals as an individual thread woven into the tapestry of life.

Interior of the Year Awards • The winners of the 2023 HOME Interior of the Year Awards were celebrated at an exclusive event at Dawson & Co in Auckland on 28 September.

Iron outdoors • Inspired by cast iron handmade in the 1800s, the antique finish of this contemporary cookware could, at first touch, pass as a ceramic surface.

On the quiet • The slopes of Marlborough's Southern Valleys are home to a new organic vintage from award-winning winemaker Jules Taylor.

Spatial identity • The winners of the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects 2023 New Zealand Architecture Awards were announced in November.

Adventure whare • Envisioned as a base camp for outdoor activities in the vast expanse of Canterbury's high country, this compact abode is cut from the cloth of the traditional A-frame, and woven with a decidedly modern spin of colour and texture that echoes the alpine environment.

City base • On a prominent street corner in Grey Lynn bordering the heritage zone, this rectilinear addition presents a new and mostly closed face — a bold architectural statement that gives way to refined interior spaces.

Decadence underfoot • In a pool house that opens to a midcentury modern home in Remuera, an interior palette was designed to reflect the original architectural language and create a strong narrative between old and new.

Natural clarity • Designed to merge into its coastal environs, this island home utilises board and batten cedar cladding to create a gentle visual rhythm that moves gracefully between indoors and out.

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Here comes the sun • This collection of exhibitions and events around the country is sure to have you aching to stretch those bare summer legs and get out and about.

Sensitive density • Designed as a two-property subdivision, in conjunction with the neighbouring Beach Forest House, My House showcases how a collective approach to multi-residential design can result in a diverse set of architectural homes that not only seek to provide a viable solution to the call for increased density but which also improve our streetscapes.

Al fresco connection • Utilising the existing design language of a home in Remuera, Johnston Architects and Bespoke Interior Design set about redesigning a pool house and creating an outdoor room, resulting in a trio of interconnected areas spanning indoors and out.

Case study: The sky above • Taking the operable louvred roof to the next level, the latest innovation from Louvretec is the Retract Roof range — Opening Roofs that completely open or close at the touch of a button.

Empathic lightness • In a late-1800s building of timber, brick, iron, and bluestone in a character-filled street in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, New...