01 Cape to Bluff: A survey of residential architecture from Aotearoa New Zealand
by Simon Devitt, Luke Scott & Andrea Stevens
The quality of architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand and the talent in the country’s design community belie its size, as anyone who has visited or even opened a copy of one of its several architecture magazines can attest. In Cape to Bluff, author and former architect Andrea Stevens and award-winning architectural photographer Simon Devitt document 30 homes — many never before published — that span the country’s dramatic geography and encompass multiple microclimates.
Each home is introduced with an essay that includes insights from the architect. The layout by designer Luke Scott privileges Devitt’s imagery, which in turn highlights the homes’ relationships to their breathtaking locations. Volume, light, materiality — with natural choices predominating — and an unerring eye for proportion mark each dwelling. While the number of
