History never repeats
A look at 23 years of Home of the Year
Surveying 23 years of Home of the Year. From humble beginnings, the award has become the country’s most prestigious prize for residential architecture. We take a retrospective look and celebrate previous winners and their enduring designs.
1996
Now considered an architectural classic, Patrick Clifford designed this Auckland home for his family.
2002
Stevens Lawson pays homage to New Zealand mid-century classics in this suburban dwelling.
2008
The ‘Signal Box’ in Masterton by Melling Morse is a rational, yet poetic, design on a humble site.
2014
Twin cabins on the Kaipara Harbour by Nat Cheshire of Cheshire Architects.
1997
Twin townhouses by Felicity Wallace overcome multiple challenges on a small urban site.
2003
Ken Crosson’s 120-square-metre Coromandel holiday home achieved outstanding simplicity.
2009
A home on Waiheke Island by Mitchell & Stout stands strong and enigmatic.
2015
Richard Naish designed the ‘E-Type’ house for his family in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
1998
A Bay of Islands retreat by Pete Bossley of Bossley Architects was conceived as an encampment.
2004
A Bay of Islands holiday retreat by Pete Bossley won him his second Home of the Year award.
2010
Stevens Lawson conceived a remarkable design for an outstanding setting near Wanaka.
2016
Herbst Architects designed this strikingly rusticated rural dwelling in Coromandel.
1999
Gerrad Hall designed his own Auckland home – an economical model for urban living.
2005
A King Country ‘tramping hut’ by Mitchell and Stout places its owners in the landscape.
2011
A home by Michael O’Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan at Karekare, west Auckland.
2017
A family home in Cambridge town by Christopher Beer wraps around a courtyard for privacy.
2000
An elegant Northland retreat by Fearon Hay is barely separated from the outdoors.
2006
A Wellington house by Tennent Brown devises three linked sections to serve family life.
2012
A holiday home at Piha, west Auckland, by Lance and Nicola Herbst of Herbst Architects.
2018
Herbst Architects takes a third Home of the Year award for this elevated home at Piha.
2001
Gerald Parsonson’s own thoughtfully composed holiday retreat on the Kapiti Coast.
2007
An Auckland family home by Stevens Lawson eschews right angles at a harbourside setting.
2013
A Waiheke Island home by Stevens Lawson respects its clifftop setting.