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    WHEEL OF FORTUNE

    Jul 19, 2020 3 minutes
    WORDS Alice Lines
    PHOTOGRAPHY Jackie Meiring

    In an enclave of holiday homes set among farmland and bush at Medlands Beach on Great Barrier Island, this boxy bach makes clever use of Dutch design theory to work its angles within the environment. And this home has more angles than most around here; dubbed the Pinwheel House, it really does resemble the shape of its namesake.

    From the onset of the project, Wellington-based architect Stuart Gardyne’s enquiry for the site was

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