The House that punk built
Apr 02, 2021
4 minutes
Words Federico Monsalve
Images
Sam Hartnett
“The building of a house is a bit of a punk thing to do,” says Callum Dowie, the architectural graduate, who, along with his partner Jessica Rose, designed and built this, their family home in Auckland’s Avondale.
“The Ramones weren’t a very good band,” he continues the analogy, “so lots of people saw them playing and said: ‘Hey, I can do that! I don’t have to be a brilliant musician to be in a band that entertains a lot of people!’ So, the act of us building this house could be inspiring to others and be a little punk!”
The two-storey home sits at the end
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