P.V Generation Home – Waikanae

Another hillside house with a view to die for. The water views are expansive, and the hills of Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay are an equal treat.

A derelict building has made way for a new townhouse that planners agree will fit the neighbourhood well.

Square pegs can’t go into a round hole – but with clever design, they can seamlessly fit a triangular plot.

Commanding views over Tawa and Porirua also come with raging wind and all day sun – perfect for maximising renewable energy.

The Wright family were willing participants – guinea pigs- in the active solar house experiment that has been their home since 2001.

The client’s desire for both floors of this Auckland house to receive passive solar gain through a two-storey glazed facade was solved with an excavated north-facing courtyard.

The owners purchased this hilltop site overlooking Tutukaka with a view to operating a day spa, below a stealthy, healthy modern family home.

Prime views and idea microclimates are frequent contradictions and none more so than in the story of this Khandallah house.

A commercial walnut orchard in Whanganui provides the setting for this unpretentious rural home.

Greenaway Gardens is an environmentally inspired subdivision that offers community members a rewarding relationship with nature.

Dunstan Halt was designed to be seen in the expansive Central Otago landscape but not intrude upon it.

This country house sits on top of a sharp ridge on 16 hectares of retired pastureland, with views over the Waikanae River.