The Home Page Social comments, musings, questions and requests from our readers D VA L L E Y GOA LS How about those views? This outstanding Wakatipu Basin home from Team Green Architects fits seamlessly into its natural environment with large windows making the most of the expansive scenery and Passive House principles guiding a sustainable lifestyle. S U M M E R B RE E Z E E This Sumner village property had our readers dreaming of summer. The Borrmeister Architects designed house takes beachside living seriously in all the right ways. Go on, pack your boogie board and head down to the waves!
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C INCR E DI B LE I N TE RI O RS Our Instagram whaˉnau loved one of our ffeature stories this month, The love behind the luxury. The refined interiors of Kaitiaki Lodge by Two Birds Design and Archimatter were well received and had many readers feeling ‘lodge-envy’.
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D WI N N E RS ’ C I RC LE The abode team, like our readers, were super excited to see the winners named for this year’s Canterbury Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards. We have featured some of these homes on our pages this year, and you can check them out on our website! Well done to all the architects, builders, craftspeople, subbies, tradies, designers and interior and outdoors specialists involved!
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B E HIND T HE SCEN E E Editor Shelley Sweeney has been taking viewers behind the scenes of our One way or another shoots recently, sharing the secrets of the set-up and how the design team gets the look just right. Keep an eye out for our next Instagram reel, and you can see this month’s scenes on page 32.
