Builder and self-titled concreteologist Ross Bannan plans to push concrete to new limits to create a towering architectural home for his family on the cliffs of Auckland suburb Pt Chevalier.
New Plymouth couple Greg Whitham and Gayle Avery want to build a rustic French farmhouse style home for their extended family and they want to do this using hemp.
Steve Wilson and Wendy Grell want to get out of the city and live the quiet life. So they've demolished the old family holiday home and are building a permanent home in a small, isolated Northland bay.
Engineer David Fitzmaurice moved to Christchurch with his wife Joyce to work on the reconstruction of the city after the devastating earthquakes and he plans to build a home there from shipping containers.
The suburb of Ponsonby is full of pretty historic wooden villas and the locals are very protective of them. So when Francophiles Sarah and Philippe Lods decide to build a modernist home they have some challenges ahead.
Andy Macbeth and Jo Denton are Christchurch earthquake refugees who are building a new life and modern-day fortress against the elements in alpine Queenstown.
With predicted rising sea levels, Wellington's wild Kapiti coastline is in danger of eventually being washed away. But that's not stopping Guy Marriage and his cousins from building an experimental home.
A Christchurch family is determined to stay in South Brighton despite ongoing earthquakes, Andrei and Abby Martin are going to demolish their damaged cottage and build a prototype earthquake-proof home that can withstand shakes.