December 2021 - January 2022

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Editor's Letter
As I write this, Aucklanders are enjoying ‘Freedom Day’. Today marks 107 days since we went into the latest lockdown. Coincidentally, it’s also the closing date for entries to Home of the Year 2022, so there’s a lot to celebrate today — and just as m
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Editor-in-Chief Clare Chapman Managing Editor Federico Monsalve Art Director Day Barnes Subeditors Karen Alexander,Chris Hall Proofreader Jo Knight Commercial Director Nat Davis nat.davis@parkside.co.nz +64 27 371 0975 Advertising Manager Emily
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Contributors
For this issue, you penned features about a home on Eastern Beach and a landscape design on the North Shore. What were the most memorable aspects of each? The thinking that goes into an architectural project is invariably the most interesting aspect
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Shorts
With adversity comes opportunity. On seeing the struggles of her community during the pandemic and the resulting motivation and determination that drove business owners to diversify and change, Queenstown local Rachel Turner was inspired to do someth
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Home Of The Arts
According to its architect, Andrew Patterson, the original home where the art was displayed was built in the ’70s and inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was severely damaged by the Christchurch earthquakes. When it came time to rebuild, the Wakefield
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New Zealand’s form
From the soulful sprucing up of a community centre and humble extensions; from tiny homes for at-risk youth through to extensive new builds for corporate and civic projects – the scope and breadth of architecture in Aotearoa was recently celebrated a
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Close To Home: The Gift Of Experience
Twenty-two metres overhead, the architecture of prehistoric native bush meets the intricate workings of an aerial experience not quite like any other. Here, just outside Rotorua, conservation and adventure tourism collide in the swings, treetop platf
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… And The Living Is Easy
There is undeniable madness in big-wave surfing. Little else explains a sport that requires towing someone into raging walls of saltwater that rise anywhere between six and 30 metres tall, only to slide down while standing atop a thin, seven-metre bo
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Curved Lines
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Architects At Home: A Nest In The Bay
The sun pours into the recently finished hillside home of architects Celia Goldsmith and Ari Stevens, casting their mid-century furniture in light and shadow. Panel windows frame the view of Wellington Harbour and the sky beyond. Along Evans Bay Para
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Arts
Hastings-born artist Rita Angus (1908–1970) was one of New Zealand’s most influential modernist voices. From portraiture to landscapes and depictions of the built environment, her works became easily recognisable not just by their bold designs and st
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At Home In The Shed
There are mere handfuls of architectural firms in New Zealand with a wide enough body of residential work to allow one to compare and contrast, find similarities, and try to ascertain the places where motifs are being pulled and stretched in search o
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Moonlight On The Hill
Moonlight Bay Road hangs perilously above the Tasman a mere five minutes’ drive from downtown Raglan. The miniscule, downward-rolling street is packed with houses that have dug their retaining poles deep into the soil of the northeast-facing cliffsid
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Turquoise Breeze
The pastor and academic Douglas Horton wasn’t talking about swimming pools but his quote says plenty about this landscaping project. The aesthetically simple but conceptually complex design in Auckland’s Murrays Bay includes a pool, a barbecue area,
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Reimagined Glory
Designing this renovation for a family returning to New Zealand after many years living in New York, architect Jessica Walker of Bureaux envisioned an enviable balance between functionality and beauty. The original Arts and Crafts cottage in Remuera
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A Joyful Drop
Jules Taylor was born in Marlborough in the year the first vines were planted in the region. It’s been a life deeply involved with the grassy Sauvignon Blanc for which the region is known, some of the best of which is now expertly made by Jules and h
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In Detail
The faceted kitchen island and bathroom vanity basins at architect Matt Brew’s Eastern Beach house are a thing of beauty. Constructed from slabs of Terra Vein Travertine sourced by Artedomus from an exclusive quarry in Italy’s Tuscany, the natural s
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Cliffhanger
“When I first met with them they were living in an old leaker on the site. We had a good chat about life in general and discovered some common interests … so we agreed to have a go at it,” recalls architect John Irving of Studio John Irving. Privacy,
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Raglan Rest
For a family relocating to New Zealand from Singapore, where they had lived in a 60m² apartment, the expanse of space that came with a 1.7ha section just outside Raglan township was alluring, if not initially confronting. The site they purchased is p
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Eastern Shore
In an east Auckland suburb, overlooking a pretty stretch of shelly beach, sits a striking new home. Surrounded by ’50s baches, ’90s plaster monoliths, and everything else in between, it’s the most impressive house on the laid-back street. It’s also
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Wild West
It’s not often you hear an architect comparing a house to the way a bulldog stands head on against the wind, but that’s exactly how Daniel Marshall describes this intriguing home on Auckland’s rugged west coast. It’s here in Piha that architect Danie
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A Matter Of Duality
This is a house of two faces: one robust, immoveable; the other elegant and light on its feet. It’s a contradictory coupling that perfectly suits this Mangawhai site, where the sculpted ground is like a hillside pā, and the home is fortified with con
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Bathroom Trends
Brad Wallace, the general manager of Plumbline, points to its most recent trends report in which 10 overarching themes have been explored and predicted as likely paths the bathware industry is expected to take. These range from raw and textural (thin
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Notable
The Italian tap design and manufacturing company Gessi has released its Hi-Fi range which takes its inspiration from the world of high-fidelity sound equipment. Thermostatic mixers, taps, shelves, push buttons, and even shower columns take on the sha
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Reflections Of Old: Combining Art And Function
With the use of an antiquing process, mirrored glass can become much more than just functional — it becomes a sophisticated and engaging visual feature and a work of art in its own right. Incorporating antiqued mirrored glass into bathroom design pro
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Depth And Texture In Bathrooms
There is a beautiful rawness to polished concrete and this freestanding bath and basin by Concrete Nation takes advantage of those imperfections for a truly tactile finish. Each piece has a visual patina, colour variation, surface variation, and air
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Paros Towels
Hand dyed and woven, with a unique and intricate design, the limited edition Pars range brings a mix of navy, blue, cream and teal hues in an elegant stripe. The densely woven, silky soft, natural fibres feel blissfully indulgent and will complement
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Robertson Bathware
Fans of architecture will know the importance of the modest I-beam in the construction of everything from small homes to the most iconic buildings in the world. Now, your own bathroom can pay homage to the material with the award-winning Beam Shelf.
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Gloria of Greymouth
The poet and sculptor Sam Duckor-Jones is one to push boundaries: with words, with sculpture, and in colour. His latest project — a home he will eventually be evicted from by the art that will fill it — is no different. His home was initially an Angl

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