Altherm Design Series

Dave speaks with HERE magazine editor, Simon Farrell-Green, about how this renovation reimagined a one-bedroom house as a calm retreat for holidays and retirement.

Adam speaks with HERE magazine editor, Simon Farrell-Green, about honouring the spirit of an old bach with a new holiday home that feels instantly familiar. For a family with a lot of 'daily goings on', they needed it to be practical for their love of outdoor activities, but equally warm and inviting. Adam has created a space  holiday home that honours its past and prepares to carry the...

Finn Scott sits down with HERE magazine editor, Simon Farrell-Green, to chat about the design of this unique bach in Whareroa. It's a home away from home for a busy family, a place to slow down and create memories with family. 

Jeremy Brick sits down with HERE magazine editor, Simon Farrell-Green, to discuss the process of designing his own family home. He discusses the design considerations of privacy, light, warmth, and creating a space that is functional for the way they live.

Tony Koia sits down with Simon Farrell-Green to share the journey of building a home in the mountains outside Queenstown – where designing for extreme seasonal temperatures collide with the desire to preserve panoramic views. 

Kyle Ramsay speaks with Simon Farrell-Green about their pragmatic, sensitive approach when renovating and restoring this well-known 160-year-old building in New Plymouth.  See the gallery and video at altherm.co.nz/bright-future

Simon Farrell-Green speaks with homeowners Sally and Nick, along with their architect Brady Gibbons of Gibbons Architects about how they successfully reshaped a 1940s home in Ngāmotu New Plymouth around the unique needs of its young whānau. Full story, video and gallery online at altherm.co.nz/extended-play

Tim Nees designs an intimately personal home and studio overlooking the surf of Ōtautahi’s Te Onepoto Taylor’s Mistake. See the video and photo gallery here https://www.altherm.co.nz/personal-best

A site switch and a compelling sense of restraint underpin the success of this energy-efficient Tāwharanui Peninsula home by Neu Architecture. See the video and photo gallery here https://www.altherm.co.nz/re-location

On a windswept coastal site near Ngāmotu New Plymouth, this courtyard home by Gibbons Architects strikes a fine balance between exposure and enclosure. See the video and photo gallery here https://www.altherm.co.nz/screen-saver

Rogan Nash Architects create a restful bach at Rotorua’s Lake Ōkāreka that’s perfect for two – or 12. See the video and photo gallery here https://www.altherm.co.nz/crowd-pleaser

On the foothills of Tauranga’s Welcome Bay, Cate Creemers designs a home around views and an extensive art collection. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/display-case

Situated a few kilometers south of Tarras, Central Otago, the site had potential with wide views of gums and hills to the east, south and west.  The end result looks and feels nothing like a traditional retirement home.  See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/greener-pastures

Listen as HERE editor Simon Farrell-Green speaks with architect Greg Young of Young Architects about designing a family home on a challenging hillside in Christchurch. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/higher-ground  

Listen as HERE editor Simon Farrell-Green speaks with architect Evelyn McNamara about a Glendowie family home that evokes a sense of calm and retreat. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/calm-together

Simon Farrell-Green speaks with architect Tim Bland about the challenges of designing a home for his own parents on a garden-like section in Ngāmotu New Plymouth. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/relative-ease  

Simon Farrell-Green speaks with Clive Chapman about a project very close to the Auckland architect - his family's own forever home, built on a leafy Ponsonby site.  See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/urban-oasis

Simon Farrell-Green, editor of HERE magazine, speaks with architect Chris Wilson, of Wilson & Hill Architects, about his recent project, a holiday home sheltered from the elements but open to the scenery - premier views of Lake Wānaka. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/peak-flow  

Simon Farrell-Green, editor of HERE magazine, speaks with architect Bergendy Cooke about a recent project - a Central Otago home that takes cues from its surroundings and the historic local vernacular. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/good-as-gold

Simon Farrell-Green speaks with Architect Ben Jagersma about a recent project, a hard-working Taranaki beach house transitions effortlessly to a full-time home. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/pitch-perfect

Building a waterfront home that manages views and privacy is the architectural equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. Here, in this family home in Milford, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Gerrad Hall of Gerrad Hall Architects has proved that you can have it all. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/coastalgrooves 

Simon Farrell-Green, editor of HERE, speaks with PAUA Architect, Geoff Lentz, about an elegant Waikato home based on the most agrarian of references. "The modest corrugated form provided a cue for the new dwelling, or how we might acknowledge it" says Geoff. See more from this home: altherm.co.nz/rural-vernacular

At first view, this sharp, charcoal holiday home displays all the hallmarks of a contemporary new build. At one with its environment, designed for its southern climate, it seamlessly navigates the balance between function and form. But look again, look closer, and the familiar pitched-roof form of a 1970s Lockwood home reveals itself. Less new build, more renovation at its finest. See more from th...