Reborn after a terrible fire ravaged its bones, this petite Mount Cook cottage brims with charm, courage and light - bringing happiness to its new owners and closure to its past.

It began as a small koru shape sketched over a couple of hours. Five years later the Koru House at Tawharanui north of Auckland, winner of the Auckland - Northland Residential New Home over 300sqm and the People's Choice Award at the 2013 ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards, is a beguilingly simple home unfurling down a gentle slope towards the coastline.

Award winning Japanese Architect Koh Kitayama will be heading to New Zealand at the end of this month to present exclusively at the ADNZ Autumn CPD series. One of the most anticipated speakers of the year, don't miss Koh Kitayama 31 March - 4 April.

Winner of a regional 2013 ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Award for Commercial/Industrial design, Greg Young of Life Style Architecture is no stranger to creating commercial premises that stand apart from the rest.

Passionate about commercial design getting more recognition by the media and the general public, we spoke to Greg about why commercial work thrills him.