Pukekohe · New build
William Andrew
House of the Year 2015 — Gold & Gold Reserve
A generous sized home of 420sqm, including 4 bedrooms, an office, 3 bathrooms, and open plan living to spread out.
Pauanui · 2026
Life on
the Water
Regional Gold in the House of the Year, judged in the new home over $4 million category, and named in the national Top 100.
The project
Three levels on the Pauanui waterfront, arranged around light, outlook and the easy movement between inside and out.
Positioned across three levels on the waterfront, this 336sqm home embraces light, outlook and easy movement between indoors and out, while keeping a calm sense of retreat.
The result took Regional Gold in the Auckland, Northland and Coromandel House of the Year, judged in the new home over $4 million category, and a place in the national Top 100.
The kitchen has been recognised in its own right: Kira Grey of Fyfe Kitchens won Supreme Kitchen Design at the NKBA Awards 2025 for her work in this home.
Gold
House of the Year 2026
$4m+
Category entered
Top 100
National award
The brief
What we were
asked to do
A waterfront site, a demanding brief and a judging panel at the end of it.
The objective
A substantial home on a waterfront site that could make the most of the outlook without ever feeling exposed — and that would stand up to being judged against the best homes in the country.
Our solution
Three levels, arranged so that light and outlook reach through the whole home and so that moving between indoors and out is effortless. The detailing carries the weight: it is what separates a good coastal home from an award-winning one.
The result
Regional Gold in the Auckland, Northland and Coromandel House of the Year in the new home over $4 million category, and a place in the national Top 100.
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Inside
the home
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More work
Other projects
More builds from the same crew, on the same coast.
Whitianga · New builds
Water View Homes
House of the Year 2012 — Gold, Gold Reserve & Lifestyle Award
Two solid concrete-block homes finished in plaster, with large architectural joinery and louvres throughout. Identical on the surface, completely different inside to match each owner's brief.
Whitianga · New build
Buffalo Beach
A low, dark-clad home at Buffalo Beach, built to face the sun and the water, with living space that opens the full width onto deck and lawn.
