History never repeats
Home of the Year 1996-2019
24 years of Home of the Year winners
Home of the Year is New Zealand’s most prestigious prize for residential architecture, providing a showcase of the nation’s finest new houses, as well as a benchmark for aspiring architects. As we celebrate this year’s award, we take a look at the past 24 winners.
1996
Now considered an architectural classic, Patrick Clifford designed this Auckland home for his family.
1997
Twin townhouses by Felicity Wallace overcome multiple challenges on a small urban site.
1998
A Bay of Islands retreat by Pete Bossley of Bossley Architects was conceived as an encampment.
1999
Gerrad Hall designed his own Auckland home – an economical model for urban living.
2000
An elegant Northland retreat by Fearon Hay is barely separated from the outdoors.
2001
Gerald Parsonson’s own thoughtfully composed holiday retreat on the Kapiti Coast.
2002
Stevens Lawson pays homage to New Zealand mid-century classics in this suburban dwelling.
2003
Ken Crosson’s 120-square-metre Coromandel holiday home achieved outstanding simplicity.
2004
A Bay of Islands holiday retreat by Pete Bossley won him his second Home of the Year award.
2005
A King Country ‘tramping hut’ by Mitchell Stout places its owners in the landscape.
2006
A Wellington house by Tennent Brown devises three linked sections to serve family life.
2007
An Auckland family home by Stevens Lawson eschews right angles at a harbourside setting.
2008
The ‘Signal Box’ in Masterton by Melling Morse is a rational, yet poetic, design on a humble site.
2009
A home on Waiheke Island by Mitchell Stout stands strong and enigmatic.
2010
Stevens Lawson conceived a remarkable design for an outstanding setting near Wanaka.
2011
A home by Michael O’Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan at Karekare, west Auckland.
2012
A holiday home at Piha, west Auckland, by Lance and Nicola Herbst of Herbst Architects.
2013
A Waiheke Island home by Stevens Lawson respects its clifftop setting.
2014
Twin cabins on the Kaipara Harbour by Nat Cheshire of Cheshire Architects.
2015
Richard Naish designed the ‘E-Type’ house for his family in Grey Lynn, Auckland.
2016
Herbst Architects designed this strikingly rusticated rural dwelling in Coromandel.
2017
A family home in Cambridge town by Christopher Beer wraps around a courtyard for privacy.
2018
Herbst Architects takes a third Home of the Year award for this elevated design at Piha.
2019
A family home in Auckland by Jack McKinney Architects pushes its heritage suburb boundaries.