From a new build intergenerational family asset nesting into its landscape, to a Californian Bungalow led gently and gloriously into the modern era, intelligent design was the common denominator between the award winners honoured in this year’s Canterbury/Westland and Nelson/Marlborough ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards.

A valuable measure to conserve precious land, mitigate urban sprawl, and put the imagination through its paces – small and snug housing comes with quite a set of benefits.

The human imagination is capable of extraordinary things. Every year, the ADNZ| Resene Architectural Design Awards celebrate this fact by recognising the designers who have articulated joyful spaces for rest, play, creation, and memory making.

Effortlessly marrying old world and new world architecture; honouring sustainable design principles; creating dynamic commercial spaces that celebrate their structure and surrounds; Auckland/Northland’s ADNZ Resene | Architectural Design Award Winners submitted entries for the 2018 awards that were nothing short of extraordinary.

Light in our homes - artificial and natural - has moved beyond its patent purpose. While many of the core functions in designed spaces delight the imagination such as illumination, revelation of form, or directing focus, they are still only the beginning of why lighting has such a glowing reputation - pun intended.