Home Of The Year 2009

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HOME OF THE YEAR 2009

HOME New Zealand magazine, with its partner BMW, will announce the winner of its Home of the Year award at a function in Auckland at 6pm on Wednesday August 5, 2009.

The Home of the Year award recognises excellence in home design and is New Zealand’s richest architectural prize, with the winning architects receiving $15,000 in cash. This is the 14th anniversary of the Home of the Year award.

Five exceptional homes have been selected as finalists in the award, with the identity of the winning home remaining secret until the event.

Each year, HOME New Zealand calls for architects to enter the award by sending photographs and plans of recently completed homes. A three-person judging panel (this year comprised of HOME New Zealand editor Jeremy Hansen and architects Hugh Tennent and Alistair Luke) shortlists 10 houses for a judging visit before choosing the winner and four finalists to feature in the magazine.

The five finalists are:
• Andrea Bell of Bossley Architects for a home she designed in Glendowie, Auckland
• David Mitchell and Julie Stout of Mitchell & Stout Architects for a home they designed on Waiheke Island
• Michael O’Sullivan of Bull O’Sullivan Architects for the design of his own family home in Mangere Bridge, Auckland
• Gerald Parsonson of Parsonson Architects for a bach he designed in Hawkes Bay
• Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson of Stevens Lawson Architects for a home they designed in Hawkes Bay

The Home of the Year award announcement is being held at the Wintergarden at the Northern Club, 19 Princes St, Auckland, designed by Jeff Fearon & Tim Hay of Fearon Hay Architects, winners of the Home of the Year award in 2000.

Those in attendance will include the architects and owners of the homes in this year’s finals, as well as previous winners and homeowners from the rich parade of homes that have previously won the award.

HOME New Zealand’s Home of the Year award issue is on sale Thursday August 6, 2009.

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