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Project The ‘Altana’

Architect Tom Locke

Location Waimate North, Far North

Brief To build a summer house on the highest point of a rural property where views are at their best.

Its name wavers between ‘drinking platform’ and ‘altana’. Architect Tom Locke calls it the former, his parents prefer the latter. Either way, it’s the latest addition to the

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