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At The Water’s Edge
When you’re upgrading a property as special as this, it’s important to get it right. The owners, who have had their holiday retreat here for more than a decade, wanted an understated dwelling that would meld with the bush backdrop, but they were also
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Home Of The Year 2022
Sally is one of the two directors of the award-winning Patchwork Architecture, having started the practise with Ben Mitchell-Anyon in 2012. This followed a year in which they were physically building a house in Whanganui (the Dogbox), an experience t
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Of Note
A promising, upcoming memoir of a bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the small village of Manapouri in Fiordland and who has led a full, intense life full of adventure and depth. This is a stunning compendium of photographs of house trucks an
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Urban encampment DESIGN:13
A beautiful headland, surrounded by water on three sides, this Westmere property oozes prominence and personality. However, when Auckland-based architect Pete Bossley, of Bossley Architects, first visited the site around 2007 he was met with two negl
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Back In Black
“Eternally the fragile surf is shattered on this iron beach,” wrote Kevin Ireland in his poem “Summer Evening: Piha”. It’s a delicate description of the harsh coastal setting in which this new home sits. Set up the hill from the north end of Piha Bea
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Dance Of The Dragonfly
Taking its name from the French word for dragonfly, libellule, BELLE is a performance of air — a space transformed by light and sound within which aerialists and dancers reimagine circus-style performance. In some cultures, the dragonfly is symbolic
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In Detail
The connoisseurs of designer furniture tell us what we’ll be seeing more of in 2022 For many, there’s the pandemic reality that our homes have become the main stage sets for our lives, where we work, sleep and socialise. As we rethink the way we us
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At Home On The Course
There is a kind of chilled-out, California vibe going on here. The small, uplit bar beside the kitchen has enough tequila to fuel a small revolution. The background music is hip-hop and R&B, with equal measures of smoothness and autotune. Although th
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Local Goods
Moyle’s two previous books (Art Deco Airports and Art Deco New Zealand) captured a very niche type of nostalgia for that era when aviation was luxe, design was streamlined, and architecture reflected a very specific type of optimism. In this, his lat
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Of Brick And Soul
At a factory 20kms inland from Venice, after searching for almost four years, Mark Todd found the perfect glazed brick. It changes colour all day, every day. Under the morning sun, it’s a gleaming emerald green, like a summer walk to Karekare Falls.
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Crafting luxe DESIGN:09
How would you describe your aesthetic? What makes a KFD Interiors project unique? Our homes are where we spend our time, where we retreat, recharge, reconnect. I’m passionate about creating homes that echo what each client values, that remind them o
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Rural simplicity DESIGN:11
Will Worsp has always had a creative bent. After graduating from art school and spending time working on film sets, he transferred his skillset to project managing interior fitouts for notable brands in London including Selfridges and GAP. However, i
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Rhythm And Green
Entrance to this house, designed by Dorrington Atcheson Architects, is by way of a meticulously landscaped pathway. The journey takes the visitor from the street elevation, which pays heed to a contemporary rhythm with its black vertical cedar claddi
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Architects At Home: Revisiting The Bomber
It’s almost impossible to know what sits up there in the trees. Maybe nothing? From the street you can see only an old concrete garage and a set of steps that disappear into the bush. The path is slow and meandering, winding past the neighbours, up o
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Idyll By The Bay
The bach that previously occupied this site was nearly derelict. A peach-coloured, unlined fibrolite, beehive-shaped structure with a wobbly deck, it stood, through the decades, above a small Cable Bay hill a jandal’s throw away from the rolling wave
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Contributors
In this issue you write about an architect’s own home. Tell us about your own living space. I’m fortunate enough to be living in the Dogbox, a house that Patchwork and Spacecraft built a few years back. I love everything about this house, but the ba
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A Defining Experience DESIGN:10
“If luxury is defined as superfluous, useless abundance and excess, the term certainly does not apply to Studio Italia and its brands,” says Joanna Hoeft, design and sales manager of Studio Italia. Here in New Zealand, Italy is celebrated for its exc
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Design_ Life and Culture
The latest multimedia abstract print collection from Auckland-based surface designer Briar Lloyd is conceived as a reinterpretation of the lines and angles of Danish architecture. Created from freehand digital illustrations and ink-pen artworks, the
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Textured elegance DESIGN:12
The first thing you notice in this new build at Muriwai on the west coast of Auckland is the black and gold kitchen, echoing — unconsciously or otherwise — the volcanic sands of the rugged coastline of this small rural community. It’s bold and organi
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The French dispatch
To celebrate the opening of the first New Zealand showroom by iconic French furniture and homeware design brand Ligne Roset, we paired some of our favourite pieces with artworks expected to be shown at the upcoming Aotearoa Art Fair in Auckland. Lign
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Au naturale DESIGN:15
Choose well for your walls with Resene Zylone Sheen. Environmental Choice-approved, low odour and no added VOCs.
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Editor's Letter
Over the summer break I spent time with family and friends in the Ruapehu district, in a cabin my children call the ‘ski shack’. It’s a tiny structure but one whose spaces feel comforting and encompassing. The rooms are small, the gable is high, and
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Turkish delight DESIGN:08
We chat to Georgia Baker, director of Ottoloom, about luxurious bath rituals and the towels that help create them. How did you come up with the idea for Ottoloom? I’ve always had a love of textiles, and artisan-made products. When I returned to New
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Chaotic Stillness
Living in the small west coast town of Raglan, landscape artist Brodie Reynolds takes inspiration from the constant transformation of the natural world, capturing moments of mist, movement, and light in her paintings. Using oil and intricate brushwor
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Arts
Our must-see for this year’s celebration of the arts include: Mark Work (at Objectspace) spanning the fields of contemporary jewellery, architecture, design, and painting, and exploring mark making in creative practices. In terms of performing arts:
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House On A Rock DESIGN:14
Ken and his wife, Sarina, aren’t Christchurch natives, moving from Waiheke in 2012 for a job opportunity following the earthquakes and upon their return from the UK. They haven’t looked back since, revelling in the warm and welcoming community atmosp
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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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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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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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