Outside In series with Homestyle Magazine

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Gerrad Hall about designing a home that would respond to the surrounding villas, in Ponsonby, while adopting an architectural language aligned with contemporary living. Listen now, and visit www.firstwindows.co.nz/narrow-escape to see the story.

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Richard Dalman about the Bunker House wedged into a hillside in the Mackenzie Basin. Listen now, and visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/hidden-in-plain-sight to see the story.

A fairly ordinary mid-1970s brick and cedar house in the beachy Auckland suburb of St Heliers was transformed into a tranquil private haven by architectural designer Vincent Payne with the application of some clever reimagining, skillful design and considered product selection.See the full story and video at firstwindows.co.nz/subtle-vintage

We speak with Mike Hartley of Lloyd Hartley Architects about how he extended his family's Beach Haven home with a modest, boxy renovation.See the full story, video and gallery at firstwindows.co.nz/box-fresh

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Nick Holcroft about the process of building a family home overlooking the Waikato River. Listen now, and visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/down-by-the-riverside to see the story.

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with the architect and homeowners of the home that caters to the view and many happy decades to come. Listen now, and visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/As-far-as-the-eye-can-see to see the story.

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with architect Grant Edwards about a home sensitive to its surrounds, with a surprising modern oasis through the back. Listen now, and visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/now-were-talkin to see the story.

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with architect Jeremy Brick about the beachfront home that stands as a testament to considered planning and strikes the balance between outlook and privacy. Listen now, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/outlook-for-thursday to see the story. 

For the happy owners of this humbly constructed abode, there's no place like home in the middle of a paddock.

With sustainability and accessibility front of mind, this home enhances life for its occupants in their golden years.

Everything about this house makes it just what its owners and the surrounding environment ordered. See more from this project here firstwindows.co.nz/suits-you 

A series of fortunate events combine to create a wholly wonderful experience.See more from this project: firstwindows.co.nz/moments-like-this 

Unforgettable, that's what this is — a bach built to create magic moments for generations to come.  See more from this project: firstwindows.co.nz/memory-maker 

Here's a home that honours heritage and place, yet is anything but what you'd expect. See more from this project: firstwindows.co.nz/oh-maimai

A devotion to era-appropriate design has seen this mid-century renovation continue a conversation between what was and what is. See more from this renovation: firstwindows.co.nz/love-language

Paekākāriki's Werry House by Bonnifait & Giesen Architects is designed for happily ever after.

With a semicircle floorplan, Architect Belinda George's Matapouri Rd House is a beautiful bach with a childhood connection that makes it a curve in exactly the right place. See more from this home: firstwindows.co.nz/circling-back

The gabled forms are much more than just roofs over their owners' heads. See more from this home: firstwindows.co.nz/peak-performers

Guided by passive solar and sustainability principles, this beach house is so at one with the environment, it's like it's as nature intended. Join architects Anna Farrow and Nick Officer in conversation with homestyle editor Alice Lines, then visit firstwindows.co.nz/dune-landing to read the story. 

The beautiful family beach house contains all the classic conveniences of a holiday home — but better. Listen to his interview with homestyle editor Alice Lines now, then visit firstwindows.co.nz/pushthelimits to see the story.

With cleverly conceived forms and lots of glass, his city-fringe Hamilton creation is smarter than many in terms of both form and function. Listen now, then visit firstwindows.co.nz/brain-boxes to see the story. 

A lot goes on behind closed doors, but stepping into this family home in Auckland's Westmere reveals more than you might expect. Listen to how Tim Dorrington of Dorrington Atcheson Architects devised this surprising dwelling, then visit firstwindows.co.nz/bestkeptsecrets to see the story. 

Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with architect Stuart Gardyne about how the Pinwheel House works its angles within the environment in an enclave of holiday homes at Medlands Beach. Listen now, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/WheelofFortune to see the story. 

Harriet Pilkington and Elvon Young of Young & Richard Architecture on their project just north of Auckland, a series of glass galleries that reveals its riches little by little. Listen now, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/riverhead to see the story. 

Join us at their riverside home in Hamilton, where a central pitched pavilion, cascading floors and extensive glazing make a major statement, and let in loads of light and green scenes. Listen now, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/this-is-us to see the story.

Robust materials hold their own against the elements at this Napier abode by Slessor Architects' Nick Bevin. Hear how whopping great windows and sliding doors maximise the jaw-dropping view, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/out-in-the-open to see the story. 

Innovative ideas, minimalist detailing and well-placed windows made his initial Modhouse prototype so appealing, he moved on in. Listen now, then visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/modhouse to see the story.