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A Passage Of Time
In 1973, Ashley Muir designed a shadowy, almost medieval house for wine pioneers Rolfe and Lois Mills. Four decades on, it’s no less powerful.
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June 2018
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A Clever Bach On A Dune, Like A Blade Of Grass In The Sun
Now, this is how a beach house should be: wet dogs and driftwood, wet towels and sand on the floor, discarded boardgames and kids – lots and lots of kids.
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December 2018
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Memory, A New House, And A Tennis Court With A View
Designed on the footprint of memories, this Opahi Bay home has history in its DNA.
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December 2018
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Thank Doc
Wanaka holds a lot of significance for owners Kathryn and Matt.
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December 2018
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Design Focus
Ahead of the annual Dulux® Colour Forecast, Davina Harper reviews her Milan Design Week highlights.
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June 2019
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Urban Planning
Lisa Webb creates a home of intrigue and shadow on a tiny scrap of land that was formerly a front lawn.
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June 2019
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Model Making
Patterson Architects design a penthouse apartment for a family of six who moved from the suburbs.
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June 2019
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Street Wise
Gerald Parsonson crafts two exquisite apartments – one to live in and one to rent – for a retired couple.
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June 2019
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Design Notebook
Q&A with associate Luke Douglas of Patterson Associates.
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June 2019
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Outer Space
Craig Wilson resolves a steep, narrow site with prefabrication technology and a little humour.
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June 2019
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The Plausible Rogue
A new book on John Scottby David Straight celebrates the life and work of one of New Zealand’s most important architects – this extract focuses on the 1970s, in which he built three key houses.
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April 2019
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Urban Renewal
With three singular designs at Wynyard Quarter, Patrick Clifford’s team at Architectus shows how good apartment living in Auckland can be.
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April 2019
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Ground Work
Richard Naish designs a home near Arrowtown that seems to emerge from the spectacular mountain landscape.
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April 2019
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Brick By Brick
A designer creates a fortress-like home in Birkenhead Point, Auckland, for her young family.
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April 2019
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Future Proofing
In a case of home as tardis, the past, present and future are all wrapped up in the four walls that Douglas Lloyd Jenkins inhabits in life and work.
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April 2017
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'Taihoa' Translates Loosely As 'No Hurry'
A private tramping hut in the Orongorongo Valley embodies the prelapsarian spirit of the people who built it by hand 56 years ago.
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December 2017
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This Is A Secluded Spot That Locals Simply Call 'Tara'
Gerrad Hall designs a series of modern farm buildings for collaborative clients in a valley near Mangawhai.
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