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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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Design_ Life and Culture • Art, design, books, events, and people and places of note.

Chaotic stillness

Arts • The end-of-summer cultural festival calendar is in full swing and we are loving every minute of it. Here are our picks of the bunch.

The French dispatch

HOME OF THE YEAR 2022 • HOME OF THE YEAR 2022 IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

The Finalists

Turkish delight DESIGN:08

Crafting luxe DESIGN:09 • We speak to Kirsten Ford of KFD Interiors about her work and the concept of luxury in New Zealand interiors.

A defining experience DESIGN:10

Rural simplicity DESIGN:11

Textured elegance DESIGN:12

Urban encampment DESIGN:13 • A high-profile Auckland home with an interesting history, designed by Bossley Architects, was recently demolished. Architect Pete Bossley talks to Melanie McDaid about the project and its heritage.

House on a rock DESIGN:14 • A large boulder discovered during excavation of a Port Hills site became a central feature of this home designed by architect Ken Powrie for his family.

Local goods • A brief look at some of the local (and hyper-local!) books we are keeping in our radar this coming season.

Of note

Au naturale DESIGN:15 • As the mercury begins to drop, find warmth in soft tones and organic materials.

In Detail • A deeper dive into the interior and architectural products specified by designers in this issue of HOME

BACK IN BLACK • Concealed on a bush-clad hillside site above Piha, the dark facade of this home mimics the tones of the ironsand on the beach below.

At home on the course • This home in Mangawhai, designed by John Irving Architects, is inspired by California, by its sporting context and by a subtle, relaxed expression of luxury and leisure.

Rhythm and green • This family home on the edge of Cox’s Bay Reserve in Westmere, Auckland, was conceived as a place of privacy — a contemporary urban abode incorporating considered moments of whimsy.

Idyll by the bay • In the Far North, this coastal home by Bossley Architects is a delightful stitching of form and sunlight.

At the water’s edge • The simplicity of this rural setting gave way to an expertly conceived design allowing for considered moments of solitude on the lakefront.

Of brick and soul • Ockham Residential’s Mark Todd speaks to HOME’s editor, Clare Chapman, about Ponsonby’s latest residential development — a glistening landmark building due for completion next year.

Architects at Home: Revisiting the bomber • On the tenth anniversary of the completion of the Dogbox, the Whanganui design and build project that cemented Patchwork Architecture’s place in the local scene, we revisit another of the company’s projects: the home of Home of the Year 2022 judge and Patchwork’s co-founder, Sally Ogle.

Dance of the dragonfly