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AMONGST THIS YEAR’S NZIA AUCKLAND

ocal Architecture Housing shortlist – almost exclusively a mix of large houses in affluent suburbs and affluent holiday houses on beautiful coastlines – the Bowden house by Belinda George Architects, in association with Mandeno Design, is the most intriguing. The semicircular plan, timber shingle roof and diversity of pathways in the ‘hero’ photo above (not to mention the backgrounding of what is likely

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