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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.

Editor’s letter

HOME OF THE YEAR 2023

Home New Zealand

Contributors

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

Fourth moon

Recycled light

Grief and beauty

Tongpop

The good life • This off-the-grid house near Geraldine is heated only with a wetback, despite snow covering the ground for much of winter.

Urban green

Reverent revival

Creative conviction

Books • New and significant books and literary events for fans of images, art and design. Some green and planet-friendly, others just brimming with exciting ideas.

Ideas market

Vibrancy & hue

The cathedral above the capital

Re: Think

On the estuary

Drawing with the land • From Auckland to Zanzibar, Andy Hamilton's landscape designs have been sprouting in interesting corners of the world. The designer talks about his background, ethos, and what makes a good outdoor haven.

Arts

Out of office

Minimalist-in-chief

Moments of nostalgia

Surfaces

Nature's echo • Material Space's Duncan Rooney talks to HOME about defying trends and a growing desire to work with natural materials and textures.

Living finishes • Named after some of New Zealand's great walks, a new range of pull handles by Windsor Architectural Hardware offers a fresh take on sustainable door decor.

Deceptively simplistic • Quadro is a boutique company based in Lake d'Orta in northern Italy. Specialising in brushed stainless steel finishes, and known for their innovative approach to sustainability and design, their 12 architectural tapware collections offer an elemental, understated aesthetic.

Timeless opulence • Outside of the quintessential black and white aesthetic, Plumbline's latest collection offers an array of textures, colours, and finishes to cement a feeling of ageless refinement in the bathroom.

Sanctuary and Curvature • In celebration of its 40th year, Athena has launched two new customisable vanity ranges, designed in collaboration with Auckland-based designer Sonya Cotter, drawing on her expert knowledge of the residential home environment.

Tapware

Bathroomware

Luxury underfoot

Light + Heat

Accessories

The language of a landscape • Three hundred or so metres above sea level in the far north, Geoff Fraser found the perfect patch of land for his latest house. He’s the sort of guy who needs a project, and in this remote and remarkable place, he saw a challenge.

Oasis • Poised above a desert-like Central Otago valley full of weather extremes, this rammed-earth house by Nott Architects is part Americana, part experiment in slow architecture and entirely tailored for its owners’ needs.

Stacked and sculptural • With two clear narratives at play, rural and maritime, this Coromandel home of geometric playfulness has a life of its own.

Gold mine • Against the backdrop of Mount Cardrona, and honouring the area's gold-mining days, a barn-style home is devised as a journey of tactility and colour, mimicking the highly seasonal hues of this well-known rural valley.

Considered connections • Tucked away on a rear site in suburban Mount Albert, this double dwelling is a home for two generations; it brings together a collection of materials and moments to deliver a beautifully cohesive whole.

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