national award<\/a> on November 20 in Christchurch. <\/p>\nSteph\u2019s House, Wellington<\/p>\n
By Patchwork Architecture;Won a 2025 Wellington area award;For Steph Roughan, Strathmore Park, Wellington.<\/p>\n
Roughan said it was probably easier to design for a client than for herself.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a different experience being on both sides of the process. If I did this again, I would probably spend more time working out my own brief. I spent most of the time on the budget, orientation, views, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Steph Roughan of Patchwork Architecture designed this house, which won a regional 2025 award from the NZ Institute of Architects. The house is at Strathmore Park. Photo \/ Grant Davis<\/p>\n
She and partner Sam Gifford owned a house next door and subdivided a section to create the new home.<\/p>\n
The judges said: \u201cCarving off a slice of land above an existing attached home with walk-up access, the design captures sweeping, unexpected views of the Wellington skyline, from the harbour to Lyall Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The house is seemingly simple. <\/p>\n
The design features are subtle yet powerful. <\/p>\n
An inverted truss roof mirrors the ground before opening to the expansive view. <\/p>\n
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Steph Roughan of Patchwork Architecture designed this house, which won a regional 2025 award from the NZ Institute of Architects. The house is at Strathmore Park. Photo \/ Grant Davis<\/p>\n
The house was built beside a well-used public walkway so it generously gives back to its surroundings, judges said. <\/p>\n
The glass front door offers a sightline to the view, engaging passersby without compromising the privacy of the interiors \u2013 an elegant example of thoughtful densification.<\/p>\n
Matuku Moana <\/p>\n
By Jeremy Brick of Studio Brick ArchitectsWon a 2025 Waikato\/Bay of Plenty housing awardLocated in P\u0101p\u0101moa, Tauranga.<\/p>\n
Judges said this is an urban haven on a busy road for the architect and his young family. <\/p>\n
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Jeremy Brick of Studio Brick Architects designed this P\u0101p\u0101moa house for himself and his family. This won an NZIA regional 2025 award. Photo \/ David Straight<\/p>\n
Matuku Moana means white-faced heron. <\/p>\n
Architect Jeremy Brick said: \u201cWe purchased the section in 2019 from our new neighbours. They had subdivided the lot from their large old-world P\u0101p\u0101moa property where they had hand-raised a matuku moana [white-faced heron] in their woodshed after it blew out of a macrocarpa tree in a storm.\u201d<\/p>\n
The institute judges said the home\u2019s thoughtful placement on the site allows a sun-filled sunken courtyard to feel private, connected to the trees, and is integral to the home\u2019s success. <\/p>\n
Brick told the Herald: \u201cWe moved in around April last year. We had a lot of fun, it was a joyful process. My wife Anna and I have similar tastes. I work from home so my office is in the wardrobe of our spare room.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jeremy Brick of Studio Brick Architects designed this home at P\u0101p\u0101moa for his family. It won a 2025 regional NZ Institute of Architects award. Photo \/ David Straight<\/p>\n
The judges said the home had a deceptively simple form, is highly detailed and well-considered on a cost-conscious budget. <\/p>\n
Downstairs is open and spacious and connected to the sun-drenched courtyard and upstairs has a more cocooned and retreat-like atmosphere. <\/p>\n
This is all created by clever proportions, use of materials and a concise layout.<\/p>\n
This home had most successfully achieved a true compound-like oasis in suburbia, judges noted.<\/p>\n
Berhampore Perimeter House, Wellington<\/p>\n
By Studio MYLAWon a 2025 Wellington area award for alterations and additionsLocated in Berhampore, Wellington.<\/p>\n
Judges said this place was beautifully composed and considered.<\/p>\n
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Additions and alterations at this house in Berhampore, Wellington, won a 2025 regional NZ Institute of Architects’ award. Photo \/ Simon Wilson<\/p>\n
Architect Mark Leong said the extension to the 1904 house \u201cneeded to have a conversation with the old house. We picked bricks because the original bricks in the old house came from the former local Berhampore brick works.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new bricks for the house on the street-front came from Canterbury because Leong did not want imported products. <\/p>\n
Leong\u2019s wife, Lucy Coote, is a potter as well as an interior designer, so the choice of bricks was key.<\/p>\n
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Warm tones at this house in Berhampore, Wellington. Photo \/ Simon Wilson<\/p>\n
A new kitchen, bathroom, master bedroom, and pottery studio were added in the 70sq m extension. <\/p>\n
The judges said the extension featured three distinct forms, each clearly delineated, \u201cthat dance along the hard street edge, offering an aspirational response to Wellington suburbia\u201d. <\/p>\n
The original brick cottage was thoughtfully preserved. A carefully crafted modern extension was then added. <\/p>\n
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Old on the left, new on the right: additions and alterations at this house in Berhampore, Wellington, won a 2025 regional NZ Institute of Architects’ award. Photo \/ Simon Wilson<\/p>\n
The kitchen opens to a private courtyard, while a playful roof deck overlooks the green belt. <\/p>\n
A concealed studio space adds further intrigue. <\/p>\n
\u201cGenerous in detail and full of surprises, this home is a true delight,\u201d judges said.<\/p>\n
Anne Gibson<\/a> has been the Herald\u2018s property editor for 25 years, written books and covered property extensively here and overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Potentially, there are no unrealistic expectations. Creativity is unbounded. Style is fully unleashed. But what about budgets? Asked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32567,2546,501,3011,45643,6800,2944,130284,117,111,43,139,69,1118,223,165,6923,1316,80],"class_list":["post-215579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-architects","tag-awardwinning","tag-design","tag-four","tag-happens","tag-homes","tag-inside","tag-modify","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-the","tag-their","tag-what","tag-when","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}