On our cover: Home of the Year 2011

We're delighted to announce that the winner of the HOME New Zealand Home of the Year 2011 is the Kare Kare House, designed by Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects. You can read all about it in the new issue of HOME, on newsstands from tomorrow, August 4. Thanks again to our awards partner, Altherm Window Systems.

 

On film: FINALIST Naish house by Richard Naish

Architect Richard Naish of RTA Studio designed this Auckland house for himself, his wife and three children. It's a finalist in this year's Home of the Year award.

On film: WINNER Home of the Year 2011 by Michael O'Sullivan

This year we worked with Wellington's Gibson Group to produce short films of each of the shortlisted homes in the Home of the Year award (thanks to our camera operators, Jon Bowden and Gary Hopper, and editor Colin Hodson). Here's a look inside the winning home by Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects. As always, remember to pick up a copy of our August/September issue for full coverage of this home and the others in the award.

On film: FINALIST Vineyard house by Marshall Cook

The vineyard house by Marshall Cook of Cook, Sargisson & Pirie is one of the four finalists in the Home of the Year 2011. This online short film was shot by Jon Bowden when we visited the home on our Home of the Year judging journey. Full details are in the current issue of HOME New Zealand.

Nn film: FINALIST Garden Shed House by Melling Morse Architects

Another of our Home of the Year 2011 finalists: The Garden Shed House by Melling Morse Architects. The August/September issue of HOME features full coverage, including plans, Peter Wood's great story, and Paul McCredie's beautiful photographs.

On film: FINALIST Remuera House by Daniel Marshall

This home by Daniel Marshall of Daniel Marshall Architects was a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2011. Enjoy full coverage of all the homes in the Home of the Year award in the August/September issue of the magazine.

On film: SHORTLISTED Little Oneroa House by Matt Brew, Cantilever Architects

The Little Oneroa House by Matt Brew of Auckland's Cantilever Architects was shortlisted for the Home of the Year award 2011. Look out for it in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

On film: SHORTLISTED Park Point House by Vaughn McQuarrie

The Park Point House by Vaughn McQuarrie was shortlisted for the Home of the Year award 2011. This short film was shot by Jon Bowden and edited by Colin Hodson.

On film: SHORTLISTED Waiwhero Farm House by Tennent + Brown Architects

The Waiwhero Farm House near Nelson was designed by Hugh Tennent of Tennent + Brown Architects, and was shortlisted for this year's Home of the Year award. Look out for it in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

On film: SHORTLISTED Concrete House by Simon Twose

This Wellington house by Simon Twose was shortlisted in the Home of the Year award 2011. Look out for it in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

Home of the Year - our new promo reel

We announce the winner of our Home of the Year award on August 3 (with the magazine on shelves the next morning), but in the meantime, here's a little tease featuring all 10 shortlisted homes.

This year we've collaborated with the Gibson Group to produce short films of each of the shortlisted homes. We'll be posting the films here on the blog from August 4 as well.

James Timberlake in the Dominion Post

Phew! We're back from our very busy week-long Home of the Year judging tour, with our visiting US architect James Timberlake (below) and New Zealand architect Patrick Clifford. We saw a great diversity of homes, and our thanks go out to the architects and owners of the homes on our shortlist for helping to arrange our visits. The finalists and winner of the Home of the Year award will be revealed in our August/September issue, out August 4.

While we were on the road, James gave talks in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to a total of around 1,000 people, so thanks to all of you who came along. Highlights of his Auckland presentation will be posted online soon at eboss - we'll let you know when they go live.

In the meantime, James' interview with Hank Schouten of the Dominion Post is online now at the link here. Thanks again to Altherm Window Systems for making James' visit possible.

James Timberlake in Christchurch

Good news - thanks to the support of Altherm Window Systems, the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) we've been able to organise a talk in Christchurch by James Timberlake.

James will talk about many of his projects and particularly about his experience in developing low-cost housing in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.  

Our apologies for the relatively short notice, but I'm sure you'll understand that the situation in Christchurch means these events are not as straightforward to organise as in other centres. 

This talk will be FREE as a gesture of support to Christchurch as the city enters its next phase of recovery. If you're interested in coming along, here are the details:

Thursday 5 May 2011, 6.30pm
DL Lecture Theatre, CPIT
Madras Street (entrance off the D Block Quad)

We look forward to seeing our Christchurch readers there.

Events: James Timberlake visits New Zealand

We're delighted to announced that, thanks to the assistance of our Home of the Year partner Altherm Window Systems, James Timberlake of Philadelphia's KieranTimberlake Architects will be the international member of our Home of the Year jury. James (pictured below) will visit New Zealand in the first week of May.

As well as joining Patrick Clifford of Architectus and me (Jeremy) on the tour judging homes shortlisted for the Home of the Year award, James will give lectures in Auckland (on Monday May 2) and Wellington (on Tuesday May 3).  You can purchase tickets to his lectures from Ticketek here.

KieranTimberlake Architects are at the top of their game right now: last year the firm won the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, and in 2008 they were recognised with the Architecture Firm Award, the highest honour bestowed on a firm by the American Insitute of Architects.

In 2008, the firm developed a prefabricated dwelling (below) commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art for its exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.

More recently, KieranTimberlake won the competition to design the new Embassy of the United States in London, shown in the rendering below.

The firm's best-known house is probably the Loblolly house (below) in Maryland, an elegant exercise in using prefabricated components to create a one-of-a-kind house. The image is by Peter Aaron/Esto.



James is the latest in series of esteemed international architects who have visited New Zealand to be on the Home of the Year juding panel, including Charles Renfro, Brendan Macfarlane, Glenn Murcutt, Kerstin Thompson, John Wardle and Ian Moore. We're very grateful all of them have taken the time to come here and share their knowledge and expertise with us. We hope you're able to attend James' lectures, which promise to be fascinating. Last year's events with Charles Renfro sold out quickly, so don't delay. Architects who attend are eligible for 10 CPD points.