Hapua Street is something of a modernist show-stopper: there are mid-century classics by many of the country’s greatest architects. In recent years, a number of them have been sensitively altered.

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Lucky for you, we’re opening two of the finest on one day in November. There’s the winner of our Reuse and Renovation category in the 2023 Here Awards: a sensitive renovation by Lisa Webb of a house designed by Geoff Newman. Originally an uncompromising fortress of black-stained cedar and white-painted concrete block, Webb has brought in light and free-flowing spaces – and now, a whole new main bedroom suite – without losing any of the magic.

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Similarly, Dom Glamuzina has renovated, in stages, a townhouse designed by the celebrated Claude Megson. Megson was known for spaces that were dynamic and light-filled – if slightly flawed. Here, Glamuzina has also carefully turned a small townhouse into a modern family home for his brother and family in a series of deft, wry changes.

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Both houses show the joy that comes from altering these houses by being respectful – but not slavishly reverential. We’d love to see you there.

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What:

Hapua House by Studio LWA, with original design by Geoff Newman; Rees Townhouse by Glamuzina Architects, with original design by Claude Megson

Where:

Hapua Street, Remuera, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

When:

Saturday 18 November, 2023; sessions from 9.30am

Tickets:

$25 (limited numbers!) from open-home-hapua.eventbrite.co.nz

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