Designed in 1966 by Wellington architect Fisher for his spinster sister, this modest home is a nice, modernist take on the brick bungalows of Opawa. It’s river frontage and North facing garden make a light, peaceful home.

…continue reading 166 Richardson Terrace. L Fisher House. R H Fisher.

A very smart looking house with a nice entrance and some terrific steep-pitched roof forms. It’s an unassuming house that stands out in a suburban culdesac of large, bland, unmemorable dwellings.

Designed in 1967 as two large flats, each with two bedrooms and a private courtyard. If there’s one thing Warren and Mahoney did well, it’s chimneys: proud, overscale and assertive. The larger flat is still lived in by the original owner and both are in good, unmolested condition.

…continue reading 14a Maidstone Rd. Moore Flats. Warren & Mahoney.

David Allen was a contemporary of Roger Walker and Ian Athfield at the Auckland Architecture School. This idiosyncratic design borrows from, yet rallies against the formal Christchurch style established in the 60s. It looks good.

…continue reading 71 Parklands Dr. David Allen.

This week we travel to Ashburton to uncover a mint, original pixie house in an unusual colour scheme. It seems when there’s a good price on Peach paint you don’t stand around dilly-dallying, you get the brushes out.

…continue reading Queens Rd. Rutherford House. Warren & Mahoney.

Great looking, original 1970s house that seems to do it all pretty well. The eye-catching sawtooth roof creates lots of open space and light and the centrepiece stone fireplace oozes mid-century cool.

…continue reading 52 Moncks Spur Rd. James Hanna.

Curvy, baby blue and tucked away under St Andrews Hill, this house must have been pretty wild in its day. The design straddles art deco and international modernism and the colour makes it look a bit like the zoo’s penguin enclosure.

…continue reading 6 Te Awakura Terrace. Architect Unknown.