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A spectacular dwelling in Blenheim, constructed by George Guthrie Building, has received the Supreme Home of the 12 months Over $1 million award on the 2022 Prepare dinner Strait Registered Grasp Builders Home of the 12 months competitors.
Two Wellington homes and one in Higher Hutt are among the many winners.
The Registered Grasp Builders Home of the 12 months competitors recognises the perfect houses, builders, and craftsmen throughout New Zealand. This 12 months the regional competitors had over 295 entries throughout 8 areas. The Awards are made potential via the assist of Altus Window Programs, Bunnings Commerce, CARTERS, GIB, Grasp Construct 10-12 months Assure, Pink Batts, Plumbing World, Resene and APL Window Options.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
George Guthrie Building, Winner of Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Home of the 12 months Over $1 million, Resene New Residence $2 million – $4 million, Pink Batts Craftsmanship Award, and a Gold Award, for a house in Fairhall, Blenheim
Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Home of the 12 months Over $1 million
This subtle dwelling located on an uncovered hill overlooking the Brancott Valley to the west, and the Prepare dinner Strait and Cloudy Bay to the east, celebrates retreat and growth. The southern rear concrete block courtyard wall defines the entry and cleverly shelters the out of doors house. Subtle detailing and building of each the outside envelope and the inside parts showcase the talents of the designer and craftsmen concerned on this beautiful dwelling.
Resene New Residence $2 million – $4 million
This beautiful dwelling set in an uncovered location, ensures shelter and refuge will be sought all 12 months spherical in one of many three out of doors dwelling areas. Conceived as three easy gabled types rigorously organized round a singular linking flat roof, the usage of cedar ceilings, darkish timber flooring and polished precast concrete panels give the inside a way of richness, color and depth permitting the interior areas to seamlessly hyperlink collectively. Fantastically completed darkish standing seam Colorsteel and timber claddings give the outside a balanced and textured end.
Pink Batts Craftsmanship Award
High quality craftmanship is on show all through this elegant and cleverly designed dwelling. Subtle detailing and building are seen all through, showcasing the talents of the designer and the craftsmanship concerned on this beautiful dwelling.
Jennian Properties Nelson Bays, Winner of Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Home of the 12 months Below $1 million, Altus Window Programs New Residence $750,000 – $1 million class, and a Gold Award, for a house in Bronte, Tasman
Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Home of the 12 months Below $1 million
Exuding understated high quality, this beautifully constructed dwelling is ready amongst a rural apple orchard and positioned on a headland extending into the Waimea Estuary. Designed to benefit from the agricultural web site, the dwelling areas circulation out onto expansive decks with beautiful water views in all instructions, while offering a heat and comfy dwelling setting.
Altus Window Programs New Residence $750,000 – $1 million
This fantastically constructed dwelling exudes high quality. Clad in Linea weatherboard and board and batten, this beautiful house is designed to supply a standard aesthetic, while radiating an air of understated high quality. The indoor-outdoor circulation offers picturesque views of the Waimea Estuary and the agricultural apple orchard it’s set amongst is maximised because of the expansive decking.
Planit Building, Winner of Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Renovation of the 12 months Award, Bunnings Renovation $750,000 – $1.5 million class, and a Gold Award, for a house in Eastbourne, Decrease Hutt
Prepare dinner Strait Supreme Renovation of the 12 months Award
On this compact dwelling, consideration to element and excellent craftsmanship are on show in each side of the home. Delicate design selections have made a big effect on this renovation, which total is a skilful and punctiliously thought of improve to an current dwelling.
Bunnings Renovation $750,000 – $1.5 million class
Cautious consideration has been made to each design resolution inside this fantastically renovated dwelling. From the cleverly redesigned kitchen and the raked and battened ceiling within the entrance front room to the street-facing glazing and progressive aluminium eyebrow, this renovation exudes pure craftmanship.
Properties by Orange, Winner of New Residence $500,000 – $750,000, and a Gold Award, for a house in Brightwater, Nelson
The positioning and high-quality design of this dwelling takes full benefit of its panorama, making certain that the open-plan kitchen, eating and dwelling house overlook a spectacular swimming pool and rolling hills past. A delightful monotone aesthetic is punctuated with accents of orange, whereas a gasoline fire with a black encompass provides character to the lounge whereas additionally enlivening the outside of the home.
Design Builders Wellington, Winner of CARTERS New Residence $1 million – $1.5 million, and a Gold Award, for a house in Birchville, Higher Hutt
This high quality dwelling has been designed with leisure in thoughts. Two wings are introduced collectively right into a central social hub that has a number of leisure areas surrounding a beneficiant kitchen. This out of doors room has been thoughtfully positioned in direction of the night solar, with in depth glazing. This cleverly designed dwelling permits the sunshine to play on quite a lot of totally different timber species used internally, including true heat to the inside, making the out of doors room a real point of interest of the house.
Modern Properties, Winner of New Residence $1.5 million – $2 million, Kitchen Excellence Award, Higgins Concrete – Outside Dwelling Excellence, and a Gold Award, for a house in Tasman, Nelson
New Residence $1.5 million – $2 million
This cedar clad dwelling shows high quality all through, from the standard of the construct itself to the fabric chosen. Designed so each room takes benefit of the expansive views from excessive on the cliff edge throughout Tasman Bay, a discrete entrance entrance conceals the true picturesque views revealed upon getting into the house, which has a number of areas created to chill out and entertain.
Kitchen Excellence Award
This elegant kitchen is the last word entertainer’s dream, with quick access to the out of doors dwelling space. Clerestory home windows ship pure mild into the guts of the kitchen that. options a number of benches and sinks, white minimalist cupboards which are bordered with timber parts and set towards black marble splashbacks to create a trendy color palette.
Higgins Concrete – Outside Dwelling Excellence
This fabulous dwelling has been designed for relaxed out of doors dwelling on either side. Towards the seaward outlook, sheltered recesses within the exterior of the constructing enable its occupants to ponder the view whereas seated beneath round skylights – a function in themselves. On the leeward aspect, the expansive out of doors dwelling space is second to none, with a big coated out of doors lounge full with an outside cooking space and sizeable pool. That is the quintessential out of doors entertaining space.
Smith And Sons Blenheim Renovations, Winner of Builder’s Personal Residence, and a Gold Award, for a house in Omaka, Blenheim
This unbelievable dwelling has been designed to take advantage of out of a giant web site to cater for an array of wants by the proprietor. The home has been oriented to seize daylight with sun-filled bedrooms and dwelling rooms – all opening to out of doors dwelling areas, and in depth vegetable gardens, in addition to a versatile forecourt for a storage and a big workshop. Combining contrasting constructing supplies and building methods has resulted in a efficiently restrained palette of concrete tilt slabs and cedar cladding. The strategy to the design and building has been achieved with panache and a spotlight to element.
Jennian Properties Nelson Bays, Winner of GIB Present Residence, and a Gold Award, for a house in Richmond, Nelson
This high-quality present dwelling consists of two pavilions joined by a beneficiant entry. The dwelling pavilion options elegant, coved ceilings and a beneficiant designer kitchen, flows seamlessly onto a big alfresco out of doors entertaining space. The bed room pavilion terminates in a main bedroom, which additionally incorporates a coved ceiling and a shocking ensuite is completed in a classy palette of supplies.
Jennian Properties Wairarapa, Winner of Quantity/Group Housing New Residence as much as $500,000, and a Gold Award, for a house in Martinborough, South Wairarapa
This fantastically offered dwelling with a powerful avenue presence, is centred round a welcoming open plan kitchen, eating and dwelling space, with a front room that extends seamlessly via giant sliders onto a beneficiant deck. The standard of the design and constructing make for a pleasant dwelling with a spacious really feel for sociable, fashionable dwelling.
Jennian Properties Nelson Bays, Winner of Quantity/Group Housing New Residence $500,000 – $750,000, and a Gold Award, for a house in Richmond, Nelson
The bespoke nature of the design and building of this dwelling allowed the house owners’ particular person wants and preferences to be met. With a beautiful frontage, two separate wings open onto a shared courtyard. In a single wing, a shocking stainless-steel kitchen anchors the dwelling areas of the home and flows into the eating room and lounge, separated by a back-to-back gasoline hearth. Within the different wing, the main bedroom features a walk-in gown and a well-designed ensuite, along with a multi-purpose room offering further versatility.
Photographs: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rmupemzwqqf0c9j/AAAqg1wo3n9f_Gn2nEz2Lidka?dl=0
Scott Building, Winner of the Grasp Construct 10-year Assure Multi Unit (Flats/Duplexes/Terrace Housing), and a Gold Award, for a house in Richmond, Tasman
These two spacious city homes function north going through out of doors dwelling areas that take most benefit of the solar. Each present spacious open plan kitchens, eating and dwelling rooms that circulation out to out of doors dwelling areas. They’re rigorously positioned to utilise the location’s compactness – this has been executed extraordinarily nicely. Cleverly designed fences additionally add privateness to the out of doors areas, marking out the profile of the person townhouses.
Photographs: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dfrpsgxwlmh5765/AAAbSu8oAvv_MLNw_QvssD0wa?dl=0
Townley Building, Winner of the APL Sustainable and Environmental Excellence Award, and a Gold Award, for a house in Wairau Valley, Blenheim
This environmentally pleasant timber clad dwelling met the target of being fully off-the-grid with low operating prices. Massive thermally damaged aluminium joinery on the north aspect of the house permits the low winter solar to circulation via the principle dwelling and bed room areas the place the warmth is absorbed and launched by the totally insulated polished concrete flooring. Sited to maximise the usage of the solar and heated solely with the usage of passive power, this self-sufficient dwelling harnesses its pure assets, while sustaining a contemporary sensible setting that feels bigger than its footprint would counsel.
Photographs: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0wfwlywtc3gicp9/AABejNNa56JFQZGACe3q_Utqa?dl=0
Wilson Constructing (Wgtn), Winner of the Plumbing World Toilet Excellence Award, Resene Eco.Decorator Inside Design Award, and a Gold Award, for a house in Mount Victoria, Wellington
Plumbing World Toilet Excellence Award
By means of intelligent use of lighting and classical styling, the grasp lavatory of this home is an image of understated magnificence and luxurious. The lavatory has been carved deep into the location, and combines sturdy design, beautiful detailing and excellent craftmanship.
Marble wall tiles, timber cabinetry, brass faucets, and black hexagonal ground tiles assist create a timeless and refined house. Specific consideration has been paid to the atmosphere of the lighting, which has been strategically positioned to light up key areas and options and contains intelligent placement of recessed strip lights the place direct lighting is required.
Resene Eco.Decorator Inside Design Award
The inside of this dwelling presents a extremely crafted steadiness of conventional design parts that are skilfully juxtaposed with extra fashionable options. An eclectic strategy has been employed, the place every room has a singular character developed via the usage of distinctive wallpaper, thrilling mild fittings, and punctiliously chosen furnishings.
