A coastal Mt Maunganui home on a small, complex site that utilises an ingenious kiwi creation called ‘Kaynemaile Architectural Mesh’ has won the 2018 ADNZ | Resene Residential New Home between 150m2 and 300m2 Architectural Design Award.

The Beazley is an iconic 60’s New Zealand wooden affordable house. At this year’s ADNZ|Resene Architectural Design Awards, Will Tatton of Will Tatton Architecture was awarded the 2018 Residential Interiors Architectural Design Award for his work conserving and transforming a traditional Beazley home in Tauranga.

A soaring pitched roof that turns the heads of passers-by is just one of the design features that made a Christchurch home a national award winner at the 2018 ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards. Designed by Don Roy and Cymon Allfrey of Cymon Allfrey Architects, the home won the highly coveted Residential New Home over 300m2 Architectural Design Award. The unique home on Glandovey Road in Fendalton was praised by judges for being an “individualist” but at the same time sitting nicely within its surrounds.

It has enjoyed a long and illustrious history and it’s not hard to see why. The library: a parallel universe where the literary genius of brilliant books transports adventurous imaginations on magnificent voyages transcending time, geography and genre.

In issue six of Defign Magazine we showcase four of our favourite summer reads. These architecture books are perfect gifts for the designer in your family and look perfectly beautiful on the coffee table.