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Surface Tension
Lance and Nicola Herbst design a crisp house at Muriwai around art, books and some beautiful native trees.
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October/November 2017

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Figure Of Speech
A modern farmhouse on the harbour at Point Wells is designed around the collections of a lifetime and the rhythms of rural life.
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October/November 2017

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Figgy Logic
A meeting of minds prompts some garden-variety philosophising.
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February 2018

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Home Events 2018
HOME’s architecture and design-focussed events are a great way to get inspired and stay in touch with the latest industry developments.
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February 2018

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Glass House
Even the most rudimentary research on architect Claude Megson throws up the fact that he was something of an egotist.
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February 2018

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Pot Kettle Black
In the hands of Wellington ceramicist Richard Stratton, the humble teapot transcends its origins to become high art.
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August 2018

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The Right People
In the New Plymouth home of the late Tom Kreisler and his widow Lesley, Mexican artefacts and family heirlooms rub shoulders with Tom’s diffuse, large-scale paintings.
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August 2018

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Model Citizen
Assembly Architects develops a novel process for getting houses built fast, without compromising design.
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August 2018

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Blade Runner
An enigmatic house by Tim Dorrington up to a creek, while turning its on an overlooked corner of land edges back on suburban neighbours.
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August 2018

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Fearon Hay Has Created A Moody Retreat In The Mountains Near Arrowtown.
Its almost filmic. After turning off the main road to Gibbston and up the switchback Crown Range Road, you turn onto a rutted gravel driveway and a dark house in the distance flits in and out of view.
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October 2018

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In 1968, Claude Megson Devised A House Of Angles, Drama And Intrigue For The Artist Roy Good In Oratia
This year Roy Good celebrates 50 years as a practising artist and designer.
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October 2018

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Going Coastal
On a good day, the view stretches up the harbour to Hobsonville in one direction, and the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the other.
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October 2018

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Purple Patch
Our writer reflects on the season that denotes change and ponders its power for genuine metamorphosis.
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October 2018

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A Place To Paint Colin Mccahon In Auckland
An in-depth exhibition of Colin McCahon’s work focuses on his connection with Auckland and marks the centenary of his birth. Auckland Art Gallery curator Ron Brownson discusses the survey of one of New Zealand’s foremost artists.
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August 2019

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Lost And Found
Behind the scenes at Post hoc by Dane Mitchell, New Zealand’s representative at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
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August 2019

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Forever Relevant
Planned obsolescence is anathema to Dieter Rams and Vitsœ, the company that makes his classic furniture at its low-energy headquarters in central England.
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August 2019

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Bend & Stretch
Project Minor dwellingArchitect Pat de Pont, SGALocation Mt Eden, AucklandBrief Build a secondary dwelling for rental, no bigger than 65 square metres
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August 2019

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Tall Order
Ronnie van Hout’s artwork at Potters Park in Mt Eden, Auckland, is a massive undertaking in scale and skill.
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August 2019

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Glass House
Monmouth’s makers realise their dream of opening their own store.
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August 2019

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Going Solo
In remote Spain, Mary Gaudin discovers architecture that’s worth travelling for.
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April 2019

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My Favourite Building
Sophie Wallace of Parlour Projects visits the Martin House by John Scottin Hawke’s Bay.
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February 2018

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1966 & 2016 Maurice Mahoney Fendalton
The architect’s legacy has largely been obliterated from the landscape by the Christchurch earthquakes, but the Mahoney family home has been respectfully reinstated.
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February 2017

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c1965 Don Cowey Remuera
With a respectful renovation, architect Julian Guthrie maximises a modernist home that efficiently fits five bedrooms into its modest footprint.
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February 2017

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Akl Syd
In Sydney, Simon Devittfinds Derek Henderson in a century-old cottage with a mid-century twist, furnished with art made by friends.
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October/November 2017

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Off Shore
Off Shore
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October/November 2017

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White Chapel
At her Auckland apartment, gallerist Sarah Hopkinson shows how to live with challenging contemporary art.
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October/November 2017

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Provincial Economy
Whanganui was once a byword for small-town conservatism but in recent years, artists and curators have discovered the town’s charms. Anthony Byrt reports on an unlikely art scene.
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October/November 2017

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Party Out The Front
Andrew Meiring adds to a heritage-listed Devonport villa with a playful assemblage of stone, wood, glass and concrete.
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June 2018

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More Than An Elegant Shed
At Moncks Bay in Christchurch, the last house designed by the late David Mitchell is both playful and rational.
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June 2018

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Moving Mountains
Assembly Architects designs a family compound in central Queenstown.
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