4 Houses You Couldn’t Build in New Zealand

Despite everything you’ve heard, New Zealand “enjoys” some of the most restrictive building regulation on the planet.

Here are four houses built “at the edge of the earth” that a NZ building inspector would love to get his hands on – every one breaking a rule (sometimes more than one) they wouldn’t be allowed to get away with here!

For which we are all the worse.

Halifax Architects & Building Designers MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited

Seattle Architects & Building Designers MW|Works Architecture+Design

Austin Architects & Building Designers Andersson-Wise Architects

Halifax Architects & Building Designers MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited

Can you spot the “illegalities” in each one?

WARNING: Not all rule-breaking shown in these photos. Head to the main story to see the story and full slideshow: ‘All the Possibilities: 4 Homes at the Edge of the Earth.’