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New Zealand is riddled with damp, cold - yet still expensive - houses.
So whenever we see fresh, inventive solutions in this space, it's worth paying attention.
This year's winners of the 2025 F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Affordable Housing aren't reinventing the wheel, they're giving traditional designs new life.
Homes in Aotearoa have long embraced flexible, semi-outdoor living spaces, beginning with Maori and Pacific architecture and later expressed through verandas in early modern houses.
Cynthia Yuan and Norman Wei are reintroducing those ideas through their Loose-Fit Futures housing model - showing that affordability and quality don't have to be at odds.
They've already convinced Te Kahui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects of the potential. Cynthia and Norman join Kathryn to explain how it works.
