Contemporary & Modern House Designers, NZ

Appeal Aplenty

This 250sqm, four-bedroom, two-bathroom property is the perfect rural family haven. The clever design and orientation capture and enhance all-day sun, along with the views of the neighbouring reserve.

Raising The Bar

Maximising 360-degree rural and river views was key for the owners of this striking family home. Ease of entertaining was also a priority. Large doors offer exceptional flow from the open-plan living and kitchen to decking and barbecue areas. Adding drama is the black kitchen, which stars a 4m-long island.

Urban Loft

This 247sqm Napier home epitomises a modern urban loft with double-height spaces, banks of windows, steel balustrades, a mezzanine floor, and industrial chic cladding of corrugated metal and concrete-look plaster.

Traditionally Modern

This home is a classic, timeless design that exudes an air of tranquility and gives the owners plenty of options for entertaining and relaxing.

Hillside Haven

A sleek and minimalist modern home hidden amongst the lush Hawke's Bay landscape, that effortlessly blends form and function.

The Rayburn

Introducing The Rayburn, a bold designer home scaling the heights of excellence.

Fairway Haven

With a prime site bordering onto the pristine Omokoroa golf course, this design was about making the most of the incredible view and opening the house up to it but at the same time having the ability to close it off, with a covered outdoor courtyard area.

Views On Oak

Thoughtfully designed to make best use of the sloping site and its incredible views out to Napier and beyond.

Utsukushii Uchi

Welcome to Utsukushii Uchi, a Japanese-inspired oasis of modern luxury that seamlessly blends form and function.

Petone Perfection

Spectacular views across Wellington Harbour are a feature of this capital home.

Perfect Poise

Sited on elevated land to take in impressive views, this wonderful home is spacious, open and modern.

Modern Times

This stunning Hawke’s Bay showhome proudly presents a modernist design aesthetic.

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The Manor

Open spaces and glazing offer multiple views and sun. There are raking ceilings in the kitchen. The living area flows through a pillarless corner to a louvred-covered outdoor entertaining area. Luxury fittings throughout the interior add to a wonderful feeling of grandeur.

Outdoor living space of an award winning home

A home of two halves

With its narrow sloping site, this three-bedroom beach retreat is a stellar example of creativity and craftmanship.

Pure Genius

A beautiful home, set perfectly on its site and making the most of the natural beauty of the surroundings.

Waikato Vision

Design Builders Waikato have an enviable reputation for taking a stylish and imaginative approach to creating one-off originals.

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Amazing Space

This home from Design Builders Taupo puts several big ideas into a relatively modest footprint. For a start, a clever layout creates space to socialize, and places for privacy.

Taupo Highlight

Making the most of its vantage point, this Taupo showhome features expansive views of the lake and hills from its main living spaces.

Riverside

Imagine savouring the ever-changing views of the Waikato River while sipping your morning coffee in the dining nook or relaxing on the full-width deck.

Award winning house with a pool back exterior

Styled for Life

This 451sqm home has been designed for the needs of a growing family. You’ll find five sunny bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living spaces and, at the heart of the open-plan living zone, a sense of light and openness, thanks to a 2.6m stud height.

Taupo Tranquillity

Designed for relaxation, it enjoys expansive views. Natural materials inside and out add visual warmth, and perfectly complement the surrounding colours of this wonderful region.

Natural Beauty

A two story home perched on a ridge falling away into native reserve. Built to maximize all day sun with high volume living areas.

Created for Living

Carefully positioned to maximise sun, the covered outdoor areas, on the east and north, extend the living space into the outdoors.

Renovation with Imagination

Design Builders have built a strong reputation for new builds, just occasionally a client is more interested in refreshing their much-loved existing home.

Hawke’s Bay Highlight

Making the most of its heavenly Hawke’s Bay location, this beautiful family home has splendid views and plenty of sun.

Award winning rural house with a pool exterior

At Home on the Plains

This large home, on a Cambridge lifestyle section, is designed around a living, dining, kitchen hub.

Peace & Quiet

This peaceful three-bedroom Te Awamutu home features spectacular views of Mount Pirongia.

Personalised in Papakowhai

These contemporary two-storey, three-bedroom townhouses combine serious architectural flair and relaxed living.

Making Waves

This wonderful modern home enjoys beautiful ocean views and morning sun.

White house with a slanted roof exterior

Small & Perfectly Formed

Here’s a modern take on a classic cottage. Set within a lovely characterful area in Havelock North, this small home is cleverly designed to make maximum use of its floor area.

Original Masterpiece

Design Builders’ Bay of Plenty showhome makes full use of its space and location.

Rural house exterior with a large driveway

A Haven in Havelock North

This beautiful home is an imaginative blend of inspiring contemporary design and outstanding craft.

A New Yorker in Hamilton

Design Builders Waikato is known for creating beautiful homes that showcase the best in New Zealand architectural thinking.

High and Mighty

This wonderful award-winning home is perched among trees and stands tall on stilts.

Got the Look

This award-winning home is a fantastic fusion of design, style and pure practicality.

The Great Lake

This beautiful pavilion-styled home maximises space by using it efficiently and elegantly, indoors and outdoors.

Dive In

This outstanding home has been created around a wonderfully inviting swimming pool.

Sun Chaser

This wonderful north-facing modern home is perfectly positioned to follow the sun.

Country Life

Nestled in an exclusive rural subdivision, this award winning Waikato home features a large open plan living area, cleverly book ended by private and peaceful bedrooms.

Award-winning front house exterior in natural light

Oceans Eleven

This award winning home is the essence of cool. Overlooking Wellington Harbour, the owners enjoy incredible ever changing views.

A Walk in the Park

Four bedrooms, a study, two living areas and stacks of storage were all on this family’s wish list.

Work the Angles

This three-bedroom home offers sun, scenery and exceptional good looks.

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Ship Shape

Step through the dramatic entranceway of this fantastic contemporary home and you find yourself in a light, open and spacious interior.

Award winning Waikato show home exterior

Waikato Living

Bold angles in plan and elevation create anticipation to the experience within.

Award winning rural home with an airplane garage

Fly Away Home

Clad in engineered timber laminate, this 303sqm home is right beside Whitianga Airfield.

Bach to the Future

This beach beauty is a new twist on the classic Kiwi bach with the addition of concrete block to its mix of claddings.

Award winning house exterior during sunset

Parkhill

This beautiful pavilion-style home makes the most of its amazing location with uninterrupted views over the vines to the Pacific.

Idyllic Outlook

This Acacia Bay escape enjoys the outlook to Lake Taupo and Mt Tauhara.

Award winning rural house exterior on a sunny day

Highland Views

A beautiful home which makes the most of its stunning location.

Pohangina

This stunning home is situated to make the most of its wonderful site overlooking beautiful rolling countryside.

Greenvale

The owners enjoy a lovely home that makes imaginative use of materials.

Carnmore Court

Sleek, modern lines make this beautiful residence a contemporary classic.

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Kingsdale Park Drive

This wonderful home has a touch of the Kiwi classic about, with a thoroughly modern attitude.

Windsor Terrace

This smart home is modern and stylish on the outside, light and airy on the inside with an imaginatively designed interior colour scheme that’ s fresh and easy on the eye.

Award winning rural house with a black and wooden exterior

Loch Eagles

A picture perfect design which combines classic lake-land style and modern architectural thinking.

Cheltenham

This beautiful home has been perfectly designed for the country.

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Sunny Side Up

With its contemporary styling and carefully matched materials, the owners love living in a home which makes a real statement.

The Perfect Bach

The owners wanted a perfect place to relax in. And they got it, with this absolutely stunning home.

Tiffin Hill

The striking black coloursteel cladding anchors this cleverly designed home into its stunning rural setting.

Best of Both Worlds

The owners of this stunning home, at Whakamarama which is north of Tauranga, love the unique design.

Whakamaru

Naturally beautiful inside and out, this outstanding home has been carefully designed to make the most of its stunning riverside location.

Award winning Manawatu home outdoor living area

Design Builders Manawatu

This spacious pavilion-style residence in Halcombe exudes rural elegance.

Award winning black house with white framing exterior

Clive

A simple, modern, stylish and energy-efficient home was the order of the day.

Award winning rural wooden house exterior

Country Charm

You can enjoy country-style living in modern-day suburbia. Just look at this show-stopping show home in The Meadows of Hamilton with its gabled volumes and rich cladding.

Modern Family Home in Taupo

Mere Rd is a great example of the modern family home. This architectural home showcases clever design and affordable luxury.

Te Awanga

A challenging coastal environment set the scene for the creation of this Te Awanga home.

Fielding

This fantastically functional four-bedroom abode looks right at home on a tricky little site in Feilding.

Rural farmhouse exterior with a large driveway

Blueridge

Made for family living with open plan kitchen, dining, separate lounge and also media room.

Award winning white home with wooden panels exterior

The Lakes

Unique and timeless, this architecturally designed home encompasses style and functionality.

4 Mile Bay

Entertaining friends and family is high on the owners’ list of priorities.

Pio Pio

With a north facing site and an amazing outlook, this beautiful home is filled with sun and views.

Havelock

This great home is perfectly sited to make the most of the northerly aspect and amazing views with privacy and all day sun.

Whangamata

Designed for a young family, this cool beach home makes the most of indoor-outdoor flow to all areas of its section.

Parkside

Thanks to some very thoughtful parents, this five-bedroom family abode is a teenage dream.

Te Awa

This perfectly positioned two-bedroom home is functional.

Lansdowne

This beautifully finished home has a dedicated work area, built-in.

Maraekakaho

Here’s a home that truly reflects its owner, with personal touches, such as feature lighting in old wine barrels.

Beige house exterior with a large concrete driveway

Clean Sharp

Clean sharp lines create a feel of simplicity.

Little Acacia Bay

On its compact, sloping site this home uses clever design and engineering.

Margret Ave

This cracker of a cottage was designed and built to be a classic old world design with modern materials.

Magnolia Rise

A chef’s kitchen and scullery are at the heart of this home, and they connect to spacious living and dining areas.

Chambers

Clever living areas make the most of the compact site – this home has an impressive upmarket feel.

White and black rural house exterior with a pool

Puketaha

This brilliantly designed home makes a serious architectural statement.

Dark brick rural house exterior in daytime

Sandown

No stone has been left unturned in realising the owners’ dream.

Meeanee Road

Polished concrete floors, sloping interior ceilings, and a designer kitchen are just some of the modern features that personalise this beautiful home.

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