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An eye-catching new café becomes a community hub

Source: Architecture Now"The recently completed Tamahere Country Club Café by award-winning Cambridge-based practice Turner Road Architecture offers pride of place and a new meeting hub for a country community in the Waikato."Read the full story - An eye-catching new café becomes a community hub ...

Post-earthquake villa's huge transformation makes it a winner

Source: Stuff News, www.stuff.co.nz2023 TIDA New Zealand Designer New Home of the YearLee Turner, of Turner Road Architecture has won this award for a home on an expansive site with panoramic views that provided the perfect blank canvas for a bespoke design to meet the needs of a family of five in rural Waikato.Read the full story -"Post-earthquake villa's huge transformation makes it a winner"...

Turner Road Architecture wins 2023 TIDA NZ Designer New Home of the Year

Source: TRENDS website, www.trendsideas.comCongratulations to Turner Road Architecture, 2023 TIDA New Zealand Designer New Home of the Year, for a rural home with expansive views...Read the full story here - "Turner Road Architecture wins 2023 New Zealand Designer New Home of the Year"...

The Butterfly Effect: A Beautiful Collaboration Between Client and Designer

Source: Defign New Zealand Magazine, 2024"The walls splay outwards, and the ceiling forms an inverted valley, mirroring the roof lines. It's a strong sensory experience; you can't help but go 'wow' when you look at the ceiling."Click the PDF link below to read the full story....

Soaring Box House one of three ADNZ Waikato winners

Source: Stuff News, www.stuff.co.nzJust three Waikato projects won awards in this year’s Regional ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards – two new homes and a horticulture research and development centre.Soaring Box House in Whatawhata, designed by Lee Turner of Turner Road Architecture, turns heads for its sprawling, contemporary architecture.Read the full story - "Soaring Box House one of three ADNZ Waikato winners"...

Restless Living Volume 180

Source: Restless Living Magazine, Volume 180 What a pleasure to have our Soaring Box house featured in Volume 180 of Restless Living Magazine – all the way over in Copenhagen, Denmark!Read the full article below....

NZ House and Garden Magazine Article

Source: NZ House and Garden Magazine, July 2023 issue"An award-winning house that cascades down the hill gives Waikato couple everything they dreamed of..."Click the PDF link below to read more....

e-architect Soaring Box House feature

Source: e-architect.comLocated in rural Waikato, New Zealand, Soaring Box House is a sprawling family home offering the perfect response by Turner Road Architecture...Read more...

Archipro Article: Unique contemporary design in a rural setting

Source: Archipro, www.archipro.co.nzAcross from land that was once a golf course in rural Hamilton, this site was the perfect blank canvas for this design created by Turner Road Architecture – crafted in response to the client’s wish for a place of tranquility where family and friends could be entertained with style and ease.From every angle, it’s evident the design is something special – a bespoke creation for the family and the site...Read the full story here - 'Unique contemporary des...

Defign Magazine Feature

Source: Defign Magazine, Issue 10, 2023"Context is king in architecture; We believe architecture needs to not only look good itself, but also in its environment. We wanted a design that would not protrude unnecessarily and interrupt the profile of the mountain".Click the PDF link below to read more....

Heaven in the Hills

Source: Architectural Designers NZ Standing on the corner of the cantilevered bedroom deck that hovers above the lawn of this Cambridge house, is an exhilarating experience for the owners who treasure a long family history in the Waikato.From here, the land drops away to a rural tapestry and, in the distance, the volcanic cone of Mount Pirongia is a familiar presence on the horizon...Read more...

Lee Turner chats to The Breeze about his awards win

Lee Turner, our director, caught up with Camille and Stu on The Breeze radio for a chat and a bit of banter about Turner Road Architecture’s recent awards win at the ADNZ Resene Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architectural Design Awards. Listen here - about 36 seconds in......

Great house designs for steep sites are ADNZ winners

Source: Stuff - www.stuff.co.nz202 ADNZ Residential New Home Over 300m2 Architectural Design Award and Resene Colour in Design Award to Lee Turner, Turner Road Architecture, Waikato, for Stepped Ridge House.Two steep rural sites in Cambridge have prompted award-winning design responses in the 2022 Waikato Regional ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards. Daniel Cullen won the Regional Residential New Home over 300m² Award for Amongst the Gully, a home on a steep, bush site in rural Cambrid...

Karapiro House Wins Runner Up at the 2021 New Zealand TIDA Designer Home Awards

TIDA Homes show cases award-winning new homes, renovations and interior design from New Zealand's top architects and designers to illustrate the latest trends in home design. The Karapiro House won Runner Up in the TIDA's 2021 Designer Home Awards. Awards results – 2021 TIDA Homes for Designer Homes | Trends (trendsideas.com)...

Lake Karapiro Fortress

Source: ANDZ NewsTaking out the Residential New Home over 300m2 title at the 2020 ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards, ‘Karapiro Lake House’ designed by Lee Turner of Turner Road Architecture, is a sprawling home overlooking Lake Karapiro in the foothills of Maungatautari Mountain in Cambridge....Read more...

Lee Turner | Design Evolution

Source: Defign Magazine, Issue 6, 2018 Making a career move from professional rugby to architecture might not seem, the most obvious of transitions. But for Cambridge born-and-bred Lee Turner, his rugby career in Ireland was simply time out from architectural design. Click to read the full story....

Former state house beats all comers to win Resene ADNZ Supreme Architectural Design Award

Source: Stuff - www.stuff.co.nz 2020 ADNZ Resene Residential New Home Over 300m2 Architectural Design Award: Lee Turner, Turner Road Architecture, Waikato for Karapiro House. This is a lean, low-profile home that sprawls above Lake Karapiro in the foothills of Maungatautari Mountain in Cambridge...Read more...

ADNZ Waikato awards recognise 'DOC hut' renovation and fortress-like new build

Source: Stuff -  www.stuff.co.nzLee Turner, of Turner Road Architecture took out the award for best Residential New Home Over 300m2 with a large, contemporary house overlooking Lake Karapiro. Karapiro Lake House is a lean, low-profile home that sprawls above the lake in the foothills of Maungatautari Mountain in Cambridge...Read more ...

Karapiro home wins top design award

Source: Cambridge News – page 13Two architectural designer have received recognition at the Waikato 2020 ADNZ Resene Architectural  Design Awards. Lee Turner, of Turner Road Architecture took out the award for best Residential New Home over 300m2...Read more ...

Ridgeline retreat

Defign Magazine, Issue 6, 2018 It's hard to believe that the beautiful home weaving along the ridge high up in the Maungakawa Ranges behind Cambridge was once a spec home. But the builder gave free reign to Turner Road Architecture's Lee Turner, whose design was informed by the ridgeline and the possibilities of capturing expansive views of the Waikato River...Read more ...

Mother nature: modern design's muse

Source: defign.blog | Date: July 2018The Waikato region had always well represented at the ADNZ Deign Awards and had deep levels of architectural talent. “Year-on-year the competition gets bigger and more challenging. There are some incredible designs this year and the Waikato region really held its own. The designers who have won, are assets to the region and its architectural landscape.” Read more here....

New accolade for award winning team

Source: Cambridge News, July 27 2018 Staff at Cambridge's Turner Road Architecture are in celebration mode again after winning a prestigious and highly competitive category in this year's Resene Architectural Designers New Zealand (ADNZ) Awards...Read more...

Cabin and trees inspires judges

Source: Cambridge Edition | Date: July 2018The Waikato ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards celebrate innovative and exceptionally designed projects from New Zealand...Read more below....

Bold house a winner

Source: Waikato Times  | Date: August 2017  Cambridge designer Lee Turner of Turner Road Architecture was the star of the show at the 2017 Waikato Regional ADNZ | Resene Architectural Design Awards.  The newcomer to the competition won the Residential New Home over 300m2 Architectural Design Award, and was commended in two categories – Residential New Home between 150m2 and 300m2, and Residential Alterations and Additions. Read more below......

Cambridge architectural designer star of regional awards night

Source: Stuff www.stuff.co.nz | Date: July 2017 A Cambridge designer who brought a little bit of Central Otago to Waikato has stormed to the top of the region's architecture awards. Lee Turner is a newcomer to the Resene Architectural Design Awards, but walked away from the Friday night regional awards dinner in Hamilton with a swag of gongs... Read more ›...