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Residential architecture and interiors for a lifetime of living. Villa and bungalow renovations, new homes, and holiday homes across Auckland and beyond.

Rogan Nash Architects, established by Kate Rogan and Eva Nash, is an Auckland based architectural and interior design practice. www.RoganNash.com

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14/09/2026

A staircase worth slowing down for | Mission Bay new house

One of our favourite moments from Room With A View 🌅

The staircase brings together some of our favourite materials: dark stained oak, soft carpet, rich Emperador marble and a beautiful feature pendant that casts the warmest glow through the timber screen.

We love how the combination feels both sophisticated and relaxed. There’s a real sense of warmth and atmosphere, even in a space that is essentially a connection between two floors.

For us, these in-between spaces are just as important as the rooms themselves. A staircase can be functional, but it can also create a moment, frame a view and set the tone for the spaces beyond.

Architecture + interiors by Rogan Nash

11/09/2026

🎙️ We’re on the Super Creative Podcast!

We’re very excited to share Episode 115 of the Super Creative Podcast, featuring our directors, Eva Nash and Kate Rogan.

Eva and Kate sat down with host Catie Dawson for a conversation about building Rogan Nash Architects together over the past 14 years, and what it really means to run a small, creative practice.

They talk about why we’ve deliberately chosen to stay small and hands-on, our approach to architecture and interiors, working collaboratively with clients, trusting our instincts and the relationships that develop along the way.

There’s also plenty of conversation about the business of creativity, finding your way through the inevitable challenges, and building a practice that still feels like you after 14 years.

We loved this conversation with Catie and were thrilled to see the episode go live. And yes, seeing our names pop up on Spotify was a particularly exciting moment! 🎧

Listen to Episode 115 of the Super Creative Podcast now, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/eva-nash-kate-rogan-rogan-nash-growing-a-creative/id1531981810?i=1000788809664

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ITNSsOJgt1jylE11B15Ct?si=c64a7bf008ce437b

Thank you Catie for having us and for such a thoughtful conversation. ❤️

07/09/2026

You Had Me at Hello | Westmere Bungalow Renovation

Some houses make an impression from the moment you see them. This one keeps revealing more the further you go.

The exterior is crisp and contemporary, with a white slatted pergola framing the two-storey extension and creating a strong connection between the house, garden and pool. Looking back from the pool, the pergola becomes a defining element of the home, providing shade, shelter and a beautiful outdoor room for entertaining and everyday life.

Inside, the mood changes.

A rich, moody green bathroom brings a sense of depth and calm, while the dark oak bar adds warmth and a little grown-up glamour.

We love creating homes where the architecture and interiors work together, but where each space can have its own personality. Here, the light and fresh exterior gives way to richer, more atmospheric interiors, creating a home that feels both relaxed and considered.

A house of contrasts, with plenty of reasons to keep looking.

Which detail would you choose: the pool and pergola, the moody green bathroom, or the dark oak bar?

04/09/2026

ROOM WITH A VIEW | MISSION BAY

What do you do when your site comes with a view this good?

You make sure the house doesn’t get in the way of it.

For this new Mission Bay home, the design is all about creating a series of spaces that connect with the landscape while still feeling private, sheltered and wonderfully tactile.

The entry sets the tone. A substantial stone-clad wall meets a louvred screen, creating layers of texture, light and privacy as you approach the house. It feels solid and grounded, but there are glimpses of what lies beyond.

Outside, the BBQ area became one of our favourite spaces. Rather than simply adding a BBQ to a deck, we designed a covered and sheltered outdoor room, clad in stone and connected to the living spaces. A place to cook, eat, entertain and actually enjoy being outside when Auckland decides to throw a little weather into the mix.

Inside, the kitchen is rich and moody, with dark stained oak cabinetry framing that spectacular view to Rangitoto. The contrast between the deep timber and the bright outlook gives the room a real sense of depth.

And then, tucked away from the big view, is a completely different mood.

The bathroom is intimate and atmospheric, with shimmering gold hexagonal tiles and a softly glowing wall light that makes the whole space feel warm and almost jewel-like.

Four spaces. Four very different experiences.

But the same idea runs through the house: architecture should make you feel something.

It should give you the big moments, of course. The view. The light. The connection to the outdoors.

But it should also give you the quieter moments: stepping through a sheltered entrance, gathering around the BBQ, cooking with Rangitoto in the distance, or switching on the bathroom light at the end of the day.

That’s what we love about residential architecture. It’s not just about how a house looks.

It’s about how you experience it.

Architecture + interiors by Rogan Nash Architects.

Which would you choose: the Rangitoto view, the outdoor room, or that bathroom? 👇

28/08/2026

A house shaped around the light

We’ve recently presented the concept design for this Glendowie home, a renovation centred around one simple idea: creating a home that feels warm, generous and connected to outdoor spaces.

The existing house is extended along its roof line to create a new kitchen, scullery, living and dining area. These spaces open directly onto a covered outdoor deck, creating a natural extension of the living spaces and a place for the family to gather throughout the year.

An outdoor fire sits at the heart of the deck, giving the space another layer of warmth and making it a place to enjoy well beyond the summer months.

One of the key elements of the design is the white timber batten screen that wraps the deck. The battens provide privacy while still allowing the garden and sky to remain visible. More importantly, they filter the light, creating changing patterns of sun and shadow across the deck throughout the day.

We love the way this creates a sense of movement and warmth. The architecture itself becomes the experience.

The lawn is deliberately maintained as a generous piece of garden rather than being consumed by the extension. The design is about finding the right relationship between house, deck and garden, and making each part work harder for the way the family wants to live.

The architecture is contemporary and clean, but the approach is deliberately grounded in the existing home. Extending the roof line gives the addition a strong sense of continuity, while the new forms, proportions and detailing give the house a fresh identity.

At the centre of the design is the idea that a home should feel good at different times of the day, in different seasons and through the changing rhythms of family life.

Morning light in the kitchen. Long lunches that move outside. A quiet afternoon on the deck. Dinner around the fire as the evening cools.

These are the moments that architecture can create the conditions for.

Architecture for a Lifetime of Living

19/08/2026

Sense + Sensibility | Westmere Bungalow renovation

Some houses don’t need to be reinvented. They just need to be understood.

For this Westmere bungalow renovation, our approach was to work with what was already there, retaining the character and charm of the original house while giving it a stronger presence and a new way of living.

The existing bungalow had many of the qualities we loved: its proportions, traditional details and relationship to the street. Rather than stripping these away, we carefully retained and restored the character of the original home, allowing those elements to remain an important part of the finished design.

At the same time, the house needed to evolve. The renovation strengthens the street presence and introduces new spaces that respond to how the family lives today. The new and old parts of the house are deliberately connected, but remain legible, creating a home that feels cohesive without pretending it was all built at the same time.

For us, a successful renovation isn't about making an old house look new. It is about understanding what is worth keeping, what needs to change, and how the two can work together.

The before and after photographs show just how much can be achieved without losing the soul of a character home.

Architecture for a Lifetime of living.

13/08/2026

You Had Me At Hello | Westmere Bungalow Renovation

This week we are sharing the story behind You Had Me At Hello, a Westmere bungalow renovation that reminded us why we love working with character homes.

The original bungalow was filled with character and charm, with beautiful proportions and details that gave the house its sense of place. We didn’t want a modern renovation to erase any of that. Instead, the challenge was to carefully rethink the way the house worked for contemporary family life while allowing its original character to remain at the heart of the design.

The bungalow had undergone a series of small changes over the decades, and had never connected with the outdoors. Our approach was to reconsider the existing layout with care, then introduce a new two-storey pavilion at the rear. This creates a new relationship with the garden, pool and outdoor living areas, while respecting the proportions and character of the original home.

If your character bungalow or villa feels like it has lost its way over the years, our experience is that the good bones are very often still there. They’re worth uncovering, adapting and building upon, rather than starting over.

Architecture for a lifetime of living.

05/08/2026

Four renovations, all just finished — a heritage-listed villa on Northcote Point, a character villa in Mt Eden, a bungalow in Westmere, and a Californian bungalow in Stanley Point.

Each one started with a family who had chosen a character home because they valued what was already there, and wanted more of it. Each one ends with a house that is more fully itself than it was before — more light, more space, more connected to the garden or the view or the street it belongs to.

We are grateful for clients who trusted us with something that mattered to them.

If you are thinking about renovating your own villa or bungalow, we would be glad to talk.

Architecture for a lifetime of living.

31/07/2026

Stanley Point on the North Shore has much interesting heritage architecture — villas that sit at the meeting point between Victorian character and early twentieth-century modernisation, harbour-view sites that have been prized for over a hundred years.

This one is now complete. It is the second project we have delivered for the same client on Stanley Point — perhaps the clearest measure of trust an architect can receive.

The renovation honours the original form of the house while realising the potential of the setting. A home this good deserves to be lived in properly.

Architecture for a lifetime of living.

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