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Design Case Studies with Altherm Window Systems: the Signal Box by Melling Morse Architects

<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Welcome to the third in our series of Design Case Studies with <a href="http://www.altherm.co.nz/">Altherm Window Systems</a>, which we've created to help give insight into the process of designing and building a home - and staying within budget as you do so. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This week, we visit the Signal Box in Masterton by Melling Morse Architects. The home won our 2008 Home of the Year award. Since then, we're sad to report that Gerald Melling, who ran Melling Morse Architects with Allan Morse, has passed away. We hope this post serves as a reminder of Gerald's cleverness and the original, thoughtful homes he and Allan created together. The photographs are by Paul McCredie.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0Owi6rZ65EmgK4wPbFBuwp-ByE_hGIIL7sWBgZXxSWJVnV95ZSNACTTrFpvUFjhct-dLqBDlpmhTV-Ziop8OIFqtY9MNABlZGbFkGNbj9qoQNuL1FLAtcTPYqwrPIyex4FBCMYImmbU/s1600/hnz0808_signalbox25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0Owi6rZ65EmgK4wPbFBuwp-ByE_hGIIL7sWBgZXxSWJVnV95ZSNACTTrFpvUFjhct-dLqBDlpmhTV-Ziop8OIFqtY9MNABlZGbFkGNbj9qoQNuL1FLAtcTPYqwrPIyex4FBCMYImmbU/s1600/hnz0808_signalbox25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Signal Box by Melling Morse Architects, our Home of the Year in 2008, is whimsically inspired by the signal arms of the nearby railway station.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Make no mistake: Stephanie Chilcott loves her house. “It’s really lovely – in winter, I walk in when I get home from work, and it’s usually about five degrees warmer than it is outside, all thanks to the sun,” she says. “I wanted a house designed for me, and that’s what I’ve got. I found it really rewarding”. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once she had purchased her site near the Masterton railway station, Stephanie’s next challenge was to find an architect. With an estimated budget of just over $200,000, she found many architectural practices wouldn’t even allow her to make an appointment to see them, as they considered her budget unrealistic. Eventually she called architects Gerald Melling and Allan Morse, creators of a number of successful low-budget homes. She found them happy to take on the project. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZRc7Qq3fh2H1_jeyzAYbcRJNO6wkeU3Ax1GpnA6FXuFd2_FbrOztr1b2ahgDsbSFM-BRts0yyJKB6Mm_OLU3pqesNq9LRDlfL_lr6Yv7p6heOvdPi4p4PtW0zKAdIcUj7J21OiWHQsk/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox19_vers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZRc7Qq3fh2H1_jeyzAYbcRJNO6wkeU3Ax1GpnA6FXuFd2_FbrOztr1b2ahgDsbSFM-BRts0yyJKB6Mm_OLU3pqesNq9LRDlfL_lr6Yv7p6heOvdPi4p4PtW0zKAdIcUj7J21OiWHQsk/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox19_vers2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the kitchen, the 'PH5' lights are by Poul Henningsen. The artwork above the sink is by Bill Hammond.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In order to save money, Stephanie decided to manage the project herself, hiring the builder on a labour-only basis and ordering many of the materials and joinery. She estimates that doing this probably saved her $50,000. Despite this, her budget blew out, requiring her to eventually spend a total of about $350,000. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are two options Stephanie believes she should have considered at the beginning of the process. One would have been to employ a quantity surveyor at the outset of the project to provide a more rigorous estimate of how much it would cost to build Melling Morse’s design. Stephanie says had she known how much the house would end up costing, she would probably still have gone ahead with the build, but saved herself the stress of needing to refinance part-way through the process. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jg30FyygJzMJMEeCOClDj3Q8-leYsdpkzVlBEL4K0ihdAh5wDnvIXFVBHcccpdJGpAD22TTP-azXH1KlEZBNsyDvuAHbsqDqMiRAoGV5PZIYJ0w6GKDVlHz6nI3zKIyeQ-hOV5vbdDs/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox15_vers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jg30FyygJzMJMEeCOClDj3Q8-leYsdpkzVlBEL4K0ihdAh5wDnvIXFVBHcccpdJGpAD22TTP-azXH1KlEZBNsyDvuAHbsqDqMiRAoGV5PZIYJ0w6GKDVlHz6nI3zKIyeQ-hOV5vbdDs/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox15_vers2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The home's entry hall is a cool respite in the heat of summer. The artworks are by Gavin Chilcott.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The other option she could have considered to keep costs from blowing out would have been to employ a builder on a fixed-price contract (a fixed-price contract means the builder agrees to complete the job for a mutually agreed sum). Some architects believe fixed-price contracts are inflexible and can create tension on a building site if unforeseen complications arise that require the builder to spend extra time on the job – something that is especially common in renovations, where the condition of the original building isn’t always clear. In Stephanie’s case, she did ask two builders to quote for fixed-price contracts, and both of them estimated a price of about $350,000. Those estimates turned out to be accurate, but at the time, Stephanie was convinced she could do it cheaper, so she employed a builder on a labour-only arrangement, which means the builder charged an hourly rate for his services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></div>  <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHgA-rVyBG7JTS37cXX9I-uWJdqwsev1fFhMESnt0lzI0jccBVqZy8zCoB30tg6pH4oRigfPdpEwl_Pcwz6uQdkZPblb1Zj-FEsfAs64zpnOwkaMSNTy6rEugeyJqUexgqwGN18dUqcQ/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox109_DSC0188_vers3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHgA-rVyBG7JTS37cXX9I-uWJdqwsev1fFhMESnt0lzI0jccBVqZy8zCoB30tg6pH4oRigfPdpEwl_Pcwz6uQdkZPblb1Zj-FEsfAs64zpnOwkaMSNTy6rEugeyJqUexgqwGN18dUqcQ/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox109_DSC0188_vers3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the dining area, the concrete floor and insulated block walls retain solar heat.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Is the cost blowout an architects’ problem? Not necessarily. Architecture schools don’t teach students how to estimate costs, so most architects are judging a building’s budget from their own experience, or from an estimated average square-metre cost, which can prove to be inaccurate depending on the time required to realise an unusual design. It’s worth having a frank discussion about your financial situation with your architect, but to take the pressure off, a quantity surveyor or a project manager can work on your behalf to ensure your initial estimates are accurate, and that a building project comes in as close as possible to its original estimate. Architects will also manage the building process for you, for a higher percentage of the costs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KjDol3LpBLU7cDRmMiWBDNzUhCPhXwZADicnETybEr_p-sAbux5TfM8sC766bim-4ePAWyzj5A6z0cSUKWNniZkc62rpgZjJS5hebiXexjjjVsPsBTOYUzUbmVSBsCBQBvBn45SUJYU/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox105_DSC0027_vers2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KjDol3LpBLU7cDRmMiWBDNzUhCPhXwZADicnETybEr_p-sAbux5TfM8sC766bim-4ePAWyzj5A6z0cSUKWNniZkc62rpgZjJS5hebiXexjjjVsPsBTOYUzUbmVSBsCBQBvBn45SUJYU/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox105_DSC0027_vers2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The living room features a vintage settee by Peter Hvidt. The artwork above it is by Gavin Chilcott.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The other thing Stephanie says first-timers should be aware of is that they need to budget for costs such as GST, council fees, architects’ fees, engineer’s fees, securing a building permit, drainage fees, and so on. Architects and tradespeople generally assume a budget figure to be net costs (this is so their fee, a percentage of the build costs, is based only on the net figure) – so if you tell an architect you have a budget of $200,000, he or she will create a design up to that amount without including potential ancillary costs unless specifically directed to do so.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0vTS87aBl-b__xZOtM0QrLlTSGlYSx3k10iU6ThB-hxCo4eorolOwjvcCRf8X1g7ynnw1PrlSYz0LGVYxC_qvMaI-fp7uzbU2IwCmg0bFMs7ce3w0fAu180QsE65nLJtdR4mOixhQg0/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox53_DSC0069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0vTS87aBl-b__xZOtM0QrLlTSGlYSx3k10iU6ThB-hxCo4eorolOwjvcCRf8X1g7ynnw1PrlSYz0LGVYxC_qvMaI-fp7uzbU2IwCmg0bFMs7ce3w0fAu180QsE65nLJtdR4mOixhQg0/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox53_DSC0069.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bedroom in the home's "Signal Arm" is a series of stepped platforms.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Q+A with Stephanie Chilcott</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>HOME</b> What would you do differently if you were to build another house? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Stephanie Chilcott </b>The key thing is that I would probably pay money for a quantity surveyor or go for a fixed-price build. My advice would also be to be quite direct with your architect. [A budget blowout] is a gradual process that creeps up on you. Some building costs had escalated by the time we started. I could have finished the house more cheaply on the inside, but that would have cheapened it. You’ve got to finish a house the way it was intended, but that must be a serious dilemma for lots of people. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>HOME</b> You managed the project yourself in order to save money. Was that challenging? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Stephanie Chilcott </b>You don’t need special skills to manage a process like this, but you do need to be able to interpret a plan to understand a little bit about the construction process. You need a really good relationship with the builder. I offered my builder a little bit more to manage the site – he had sub-contractors he liked to use so he used them. It’s important to have a clear discussion with your builder about who’s responsible for what. You don’t want to be involved in site management, deciding when the subbies should come. You shouldn’t spend any more time on the building site than you have to, but go down there only when required. If you go there too much, you start making changes and you’ll find yourself spending more money. You have the plans, you’ve got a builder – you let them get on with it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoTNoAt9PQJqfFxOCRGP1U_GIPd8_YS0oHQ3EctG_TEaVq2pxkA52-GMQvHuDDe4SPhP5ZxdUleSyL6KDcfw6gHh1sP1kHyLaXkNVRKbvy27utYNANkC7DQHCI7UCK8OiBbvPsfs5Wec/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox31_DSC0088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoTNoAt9PQJqfFxOCRGP1U_GIPd8_YS0oHQ3EctG_TEaVq2pxkA52-GMQvHuDDe4SPhP5ZxdUleSyL6KDcfw6gHh1sP1kHyLaXkNVRKbvy27utYNANkC7DQHCI7UCK8OiBbvPsfs5Wec/s1600/hnz0808_Signalbox31_DSC0088.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A small study is located on a landing on the way up to the bedroom.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <b>HOME</b> Did you enjoy the process? </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Stephanie Chilcott </b>I found it really rewarding to watch things come into three dimensions, to watch the house grow and change. The driver for the house was I wanted something designed for myself, and that’s what I’ve got – it’s been designed for me, for how I live. The proportions of all the rooms are perfect, and that’s what you’re paying for – design skills. The house has a valuation for more than it cost to build, and it has a value above the dollar stuff because of its inherent qualities.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKpis5SaCJm9vtagIemauuaT5mSbDGrRgEppbx_7FU10zU4W4JaOVb7fHqb7cffmJesg4Ss92c0xQNRtXg8-cL-H9iZxwSiHxiG3Pqe_I_zIQuwZuoVILwJXmTsiFS8Gig0fNC-1izlM/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox42.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKpis5SaCJm9vtagIemauuaT5mSbDGrRgEppbx_7FU10zU4W4JaOVb7fHqb7cffmJesg4Ss92c0xQNRtXg8-cL-H9iZxwSiHxiG3Pqe_I_zIQuwZuoVILwJXmTsiFS8Gig0fNC-1izlM/s1600/hnz0808_SignalBox42.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"It was either going to be a complete embarrassing disaster or something a bit special," said architect Gerald Melling of the home's signal arm inspiration. </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Before his death, Gerald Melling formed a Wellington-based architectural partnership, <a href="http://melling-architects.co.nz/">Melling Architects</a>, with his son, David Melling. David still runs the practice today. Allan Morse has his own firm, <a href="http://allanmorsearchitect.co.nz/">Allan Morse Architect</a>, also based in Wellington. </i></div>

Design Case Studies with Altherm Window Systems: the Signal Box by Melling Morse Architects

Welcome to the third in our series of Design Case Studies with Altherm Window Systems , which we've created to help give insight into t...

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Architect Amanda Levete is coming to New Zealand

<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're delighted to announce that the Stirling Prize-winning London architect Amanda Levete will travel to New Zealand be the international member of our Home of the Year 2014 jury. She will give lectures in Auckland (on Monday March 10) and Christchurch (on Wednesday March 12) about her remarkable work. Tickets to the lectures can be purchased <a href="http://www.eventopia.co/amandalevete">here</a>. We're grateful for the support of <a href="http://www.altherm.co.nz/">Altherm Window Systems</a>, our Home of the Year sponsor, whose generosity has made Amanda's visit possible.   </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2bvTVIgfSvMXXMS44f4rpLmKaRBibwwnc0PB6x_D9MjOTlT83H5r1jaDVlprwwcGHhbTNnHMpI_xriEn5zzxKyEvfr1mhzcoJOl3n9gGq5Lpe7nFh8-V_piTi5MVub9G-OZa1FBedI8/s1600/Amanda+Levete+%28Peter+Guenzel%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2bvTVIgfSvMXXMS44f4rpLmKaRBibwwnc0PB6x_D9MjOTlT83H5r1jaDVlprwwcGHhbTNnHMpI_xriEn5zzxKyEvfr1mhzcoJOl3n9gGq5Lpe7nFh8-V_piTi5MVub9G-OZa1FBedI8/s1600/Amanda+Levete+(Peter+Guenzel).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Amanda Levete in her London office. Photograph by Peter Guenzel.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yV7kV7wL-UIO01QQXA_lk6DBc6BGDcGB5nS4BH4EX-lQHMdTIhfeFO5QIc-6hfrRhi06uP4gWjjuoUCkNnwtCzszo4dOxoIMmppEdg0KLY686tdIATn0X-P9pud3yINOGHKvjgDGb00/s1600/Amanda+Levete+%28Peter+Guenzel%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">HOME editor Jeremy Hansen met Levete at her office in London last June. Here's his profile of her from the current issue of the magazine: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Amanda Levete almost didn’t become an architect. Expelled from school for sunbathing naked on the roof when she should have been at biology class, she had no idea what she was going to do next. “I got so embarrassed that all my friends were going to university that I did an A-level in art and art history and a foundation year at art school,” she told Stuart Jeffries of <i>The Guardian. </i>“That’s when architecture came across my radar, and when it did, I realised that I work best when I’m doing something creatively, but have a boundary to push.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Levete (pronounced Lev-eet) has been pushing boundaries to create remarkable buildings ever since. For 20 years she was one-half of the innovative firm Future Systems with her then-husband, the late Jan Kaplický. Together they designed the Media Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground, a curvaceous pod of white aluminium that almost bankrupted them but then won the 1999 Stirling Prize, Britain’s most prestigious architecture award. Their subsequent design for Birmingham’s Selfridges store, a swoop of a building covered in circular aluminium discs, was hailed as a symbol of the city’s regeneration. Kaplicky stormed out of the Selfridges opening because the finished structure wasn’t as pure as their original design. Levete was more pragmatic. “I don’t devalue the power of conceptual thinking, but for me the thrill of architecture is to see your ideas realised – to struggle against the problems out there and overcome them,” she told Jeffries.   </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_FTZC8TmGZP86Ch9t_4paaWVUSsitsMCDl97Clic08PRuE3XdxVS401HOMdoeCSrRb8dzfsjvIzAc90s-SkfYVQRqwaRrQiI7IunDt0F-1qvSzG5VYFILle0a_f3xP-jrbBk_Lm6VA0/s1600/Aerial+2+copyright_AL_A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_FTZC8TmGZP86Ch9t_4paaWVUSsitsMCDl97Clic08PRuE3XdxVS401HOMdoeCSrRb8dzfsjvIzAc90s-SkfYVQRqwaRrQiI7IunDt0F-1qvSzG5VYFILle0a_f3xP-jrbBk_Lm6VA0/s1600/Aerial+2+copyright_AL_A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i>An aerial rendering of what the EDP Cultural Centre in Lisbon will look like on completion.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfCRiESUt_uwjOX0TSz8zRaB49TqEhm3fDPaJFkd9Y8s0tkPbjnt97v08vBQmWqK5Nni7x0-Bvg4_455U-dBywsP1TbVYulhxUqslesdGWI6472cW9HnWEyA7nNQGHAQsS5JtQhjLUcs/s1600/04_River+_view_upd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfCRiESUt_uwjOX0TSz8zRaB49TqEhm3fDPaJFkd9Y8s0tkPbjnt97v08vBQmWqK5Nni7x0-Bvg4_455U-dBywsP1TbVYulhxUqslesdGWI6472cW9HnWEyA7nNQGHAQsS5JtQhjLUcs/s1600/04_River+_view_upd.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A rendering of the EDP Foundation Cultural Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, designed by Amanda Levete Architects and currently under construction. </i><br /><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX_C9iX_BsXwCsNd9gJ-QPkb95Y74U13ygj8TzBmo8ykmGiKQs6s9y9AnnjlP9mnQtHUn8RHdHgq4XnoGx1tbhBv4WtnCOcTZqiILIvhupZE7h4pEkNZOHRXvbPjH8ehfr_qiqZJeVAg/s1600/Goldish+ceramic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX_C9iX_BsXwCsNd9gJ-QPkb95Y74U13ygj8TzBmo8ykmGiKQs6s9y9AnnjlP9mnQtHUn8RHdHgq4XnoGx1tbhBv4WtnCOcTZqiILIvhupZE7h4pEkNZOHRXvbPjH8ehfr_qiqZJeVAg/s1600/Goldish+ceramic.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The EDP Cultural Centre is a dramatic swoop on the Tagus River with a rooftop walkway.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvpqRIP_axwymMOxS5ZRqEeLhr96IDkTbZszv3I6lj9X4YTwNu0xyTE5582vhKwwxyBr0fzL-ult51X-6BJVpmWRpvc2diMQ5ZNXywjyOk9zlPuL146nt48lDNXGgienuXt0YcEFhsX4/s1600/elevation+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDvpqRIP_axwymMOxS5ZRqEeLhr96IDkTbZszv3I6lj9X4YTwNu0xyTE5582vhKwwxyBr0fzL-ult51X-6BJVpmWRpvc2diMQ5ZNXywjyOk9zlPuL146nt48lDNXGgienuXt0YcEFhsX4/s1600/elevation+.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A rendering of the cultural centre's exterior and its </i><br /><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">specially designed tiles.</i> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Levete and Kaplicky had a son, Josef, but divorced in 2006 – “a very public falling out,” according to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Levete. Kaplicky, who was Czech, died in Prague in 2009 at the age of 71, just after visiting his second wife, Eliska, and their newborn daughter in hospital. He and Levete had continued working together after their divorce, but had agreed to separate their architectural practice four months before his death, which is when Levete established Amanda Levete Architects. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Anyone who wondered if she had been riding on the coattails of Kaplický’s genius (a word Levete uses to describe him) has since been thoroughly silenced. In 2011, Levete won an international competition to build an extension to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The 1,500-square-metre gallery for temporary exhibitions will be the biggest new art space in London since the Tate Modern; the project also involves the design of a new entry to the building from Exhibition Road. An earlier scheme by Daniel Libeskind was abandoned seven years earlier after encountering a storm of public option. “It was an iconic building, but the time for iconic buildings has passed,” Levete told <i>The Guardian</i>. Her design is currently under construction.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-RFsFJMZJg3w-_qI69LDmMgcSt57WDC9dtl9-Z_P78nzGxxpw0mi9so1x99yLttsL99zluEH-9m9MRAQnuVMBtlMBUa5zrS1TVBLcke1E5eVKoALiJvR8afbT952pZsqA0aP62YcuTk/s1600/02+AL_A+V%2526A+Courtyard+%2528Night%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-RFsFJMZJg3w-_qI69LDmMgcSt57WDC9dtl9-Z_P78nzGxxpw0mi9so1x99yLttsL99zluEH-9m9MRAQnuVMBtlMBUa5zrS1TVBLcke1E5eVKoALiJvR8afbT952pZsqA0aP62YcuTk/s1600/02+AL_A+V%2526A+Courtyard+%2528Night%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A rendering of Amanda Levete Architects' competition-winning scheme for a new entry and gallery space for London's Victoria and Albert Museum. </span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ-MOGMw63VVmcsIIOlnw2ykS7sP8gzu3gLqUHIB2jNnftaV8dhVsPHmij-OIzJhCIgrBLyASzBP8ETbF7AQcccCoRhyphenhyphenpz2Itf1FgzoZV3cduhRWrOx62sDf2z5lF6u0rbUwUgjZ7l2o/s1600/01+AL_A+V%2526A+Courtyard+%2528Day%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ-MOGMw63VVmcsIIOlnw2ykS7sP8gzu3gLqUHIB2jNnftaV8dhVsPHmij-OIzJhCIgrBLyASzBP8ETbF7AQcccCoRhyphenhyphenpz2Itf1FgzoZV3cduhRWrOx62sDf2z5lF6u0rbUwUgjZ7l2o/s1600/01+AL_A+V%2526A+Courtyard+%2528Day%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another rendering of the V&A project, which features a courtyard connected to Exhibition Road. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLswCv4SYrsGxDgph1uc2l1bvEztP8IPiBHoRdwJ37BWq1lLij9g6KgdKbNRTcRgIWbIE-pW-B9iSmd0vdkHPvFF-B1Zd7YjGDidwKTMfF6vYM4RAIIOjJVhyux_Poka5pqiqJv4SJMRU/s1600/09+AL_A+V%2526A+Gallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLswCv4SYrsGxDgph1uc2l1bvEztP8IPiBHoRdwJ37BWq1lLij9g6KgdKbNRTcRgIWbIE-pW-B9iSmd0vdkHPvFF-B1Zd7YjGDidwKTMfF6vYM4RAIIOjJVhyux_Poka5pqiqJv4SJMRU/s1600/09+AL_A+V%2526A+Gallery.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwbBHjA3tVyQOGMdO4nlq6qof97LALKSQ8jBcAa51F00L8aMPkt8DtwPaMzOgrw-b4xfObwSXpBlRgd75gcaDQ_BHrVK1TqWlmU5yg18aPYWBFc6YXRHtx8cVrfHi4h_vL-1jWVF-8pY/s1600/11+AL_A+V%2526A+Ascent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiwbBHjA3tVyQOGMdO4nlq6qof97LALKSQ8jBcAa51F00L8aMPkt8DtwPaMzOgrw-b4xfObwSXpBlRgd75gcaDQ_BHrVK1TqWlmU5yg18aPYWBFc6YXRHtx8cVrfHi4h_vL-1jWVF-8pY/s1600/11+AL_A+V%2526A+Ascent.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Two views of the new subterranean gallery spaces that are </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">currently under construction at the V&A.</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Other major projects are nearing completion:  a waterfront cultural centre in Lisbon that reads as a dramatic bulge in the landscape; a shimmering high-rise hotel and shopping centre in Bangkok which Levete will attend the opening of on her way home from helping to choose our 2014 Home of the Year. She has also designed furniture for London’s Established & Sons and writes regularly about architecture, design and urbanism for <i>The New Statesman </i>(you can read her articles <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/amanda_levete">here</a>). Her office, a non-descript semi-industrial building in London’s northeast, now employs more than 50 staff, who pad around on the immaculate space’s bright carpet in socks (the office’s no-shoe office rule means you are greeted by an archipelago of footwear when you arrive at reception).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDonnvlOm3pruUqCZNGBjJFzaJySGkmStwv07gSLJ5Lx0xWBpf-ceFAMwVJWEzlnvxx_umOuPM5IEOwVFwYPkGZFEQf63lSbelllIcycapFYWE0ko4bGgrruHT18lLM_Zm99V1kVwxLc/s1600/449+101104+GF_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDonnvlOm3pruUqCZNGBjJFzaJySGkmStwv07gSLJ5Lx0xWBpf-ceFAMwVJWEzlnvxx_umOuPM5IEOwVFwYPkGZFEQf63lSbelllIcycapFYWE0ko4bGgrruHT18lLM_Zm99V1kVwxLc/s1600/449+101104+GF_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA79hKxbm2sWuoXrkWsFiZPFeEVZA4qbxX46RGJK53CsNoqMe4MOollSfAPIRf3arCXl_VuXxB8f6XUMNm95HE5YD4JL2ltJ0YVxq5_itbLOxqfFsalQcIA2LEkrI1pUwXm7i7L_545M/s1600/449+101104+GF_12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVA79hKxbm2sWuoXrkWsFiZPFeEVZA4qbxX46RGJK53CsNoqMe4MOollSfAPIRf3arCXl_VuXxB8f6XUMNm95HE5YD4JL2ltJ0YVxq5_itbLOxqfFsalQcIA2LEkrI1pUwXm7i7L_545M/s1600/449+101104+GF_12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr align="left"><td class="tr-caption"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Two views of Amanda Levete's London home, photographed by Gidon Fuehrer.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>This will be Levete’s first visit to New Zealand. Her husband Ben Evans, director of the London Design Festival, will accompany her. She has already reviewed the entries in the 2014 Home of the Year with us, and will help choose a winner when we visit the shortlisted homes in person. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First impressions? This year’s entrants are notable for their “modesty in scale and materials and technology, and within that they’re searching for something quite profound and poetic,” she says. That seems promising. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We’re looking forward to showing her the best New Zealand homes of the past year. Please come along to Levete's Auckland and Christchurch lectures: it’s a rare chance to hear a remarkable talent reveal more about her remarkable work.</div>

Architect Amanda Levete is coming to New Zealand

We're delighted to announce that the Stirling Prize-winning London architect Amanda Levete will travel to New Zealand be the internation...

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Meet the Architects on September 11 at Auckland Art Gallery

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We're delighted to invite you to Meet the Architects, our free evening where you can hear some of the country's best architects in conversation with HOME editor Jeremy Hansen and see slides of their recent and upcoming projects. We're hosting the event with our Home of the Year partner, Altherm Window Systems. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5K57UFm-xRkVkT2yHSvQ_45WL1ISb-huHt35LNafdglPIlvWQFOduw9Y8ZxvV44tV-yQwB_lgbcElCLmiYmHxX7IdCSPwXo49FFmnph55_ykPyigDNnmz7EMU24OTKNcHrMOHeNSJCQ/s1600/Meet+the+Architects+Sept+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5K57UFm-xRkVkT2yHSvQ_45WL1ISb-huHt35LNafdglPIlvWQFOduw9Y8ZxvV44tV-yQwB_lgbcElCLmiYmHxX7IdCSPwXo49FFmnph55_ykPyigDNnmz7EMU24OTKNcHrMOHeNSJCQ/s640/Meet+the+Architects+Sept+2013.jpg" width="494" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The event is being held at the Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium at 6pm on Wednesday September 11. Entry is free, but please RSVP to Ashleigh Webb, <a href="mailto:awebb@bauermedia.co.nz">awebb@bauermedia.co.nz</a>, if you're keen to come - it's important we manage numbers so we can fit everyone in. Architects who attend get 15 CPD points. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's who'll appearing on stage:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson, designers of the Home of the Year 2013, will talk about the winning house and their exciting upcoming projects, which include a medium-density residential development in Auckland, and a theatre in Hawke's Bay. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOGgjNrFPp1eRhNECZ4faxLZpGvxIwtFcV7RCI6KnUSnP158jkUpqt8iRdjGrtDbrLhKr8oGmuqIn9IakIbODzWa2_Y0DtlkhmaTDkIdYGgnHwtFCXUlYImDp_P6EtCHx6FF5bAYXprQ/s1600/CF083849.TIF.p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOGgjNrFPp1eRhNECZ4faxLZpGvxIwtFcV7RCI6KnUSnP158jkUpqt8iRdjGrtDbrLhKr8oGmuqIn9IakIbODzWa2_Y0DtlkhmaTDkIdYGgnHwtFCXUlYImDp_P6EtCHx6FF5bAYXprQ/s640/CF083849.TIF.p.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Headland House by Stevens Lawson Architects. Photograph by Mark Smith. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aaron Paterson and Dominic Glamuzina of Glamuzina Paterson Architects (recent winners of two NZ Institute of Architects' New Zealand Architecture Awards) will talk about their Lake Hawea House, a finalist in the Home of the Year 2013, as well as other upcoming projects. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY4QDZHlyglh1ugisDCNLOZQBZBYdE8-mBAdp1wA98UiifUmDKYHY142_u3piel5dLJ2TNO3rhgNhZjhbxkxsAb4cYvgQyfTyuREAAYnW4pBYbue2IeHauTNoUwsuzPmxF83VTgAQtv8/s1600/LAKE+HAWEA+HSE_6910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaY4QDZHlyglh1ugisDCNLOZQBZBYdE8-mBAdp1wA98UiifUmDKYHY142_u3piel5dLJ2TNO3rhgNhZjhbxkxsAb4cYvgQyfTyuREAAYnW4pBYbue2IeHauTNoUwsuzPmxF83VTgAQtv8/s640/LAKE+HAWEA+HSE_6910.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lake Hawea House by Glamuzina Paterson Architects. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sally Ogle and Ben Mitchell-Anyon are the designers of The Dogbox, the Whanganui house that was a finalist in the Home of the Year 2013. They'll be talking about designing and building that remarkable house, as well as the other projects they've got coming up. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp6_pGHWsJH8FlvLbAhB6nzYT8MegeysC0clWD09z7k6sAxPZhXJF22VZ0TcK5dEdNNzjrEkzeJp7vU2u2x9meOEsQV4vUXGE1Ei486TgQdvNrOaolF8xuhjIeyZ1roIW6fQG-nKji8Q/s1600/Patchwork5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp6_pGHWsJH8FlvLbAhB6nzYT8MegeysC0clWD09z7k6sAxPZhXJF22VZ0TcK5dEdNNzjrEkzeJp7vU2u2x9meOEsQV4vUXGE1Ei486TgQdvNrOaolF8xuhjIeyZ1roIW6fQG-nKji8Q/s640/Patchwork5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dogbox by Patchwork Architecture. Photograph by Paul McCredie. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The talk will run from 6pm and finish about 7.15pm. Please come along - it's not only a talk for architects, but for anyone who's interested in design. We look forward to seeing you there. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span>

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Meet the Architects: Auckland, October 31

<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We'd like to invite you to our special 'Meet the Architects' evening we're holding in conjunction with our Home of the Year partners Altherm Window Systems in Auckland on Wednesday October 31st (yes, we know it's Halloween; no, the architects won't be spooky).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The details:</span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MEET THE ARCHITECTS</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6PM-7.30PM, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">GEYSER, 105 PARNELL ROAD, AUCKLAND</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Entry is free, but please register to attend by emailing Gabrielle Lourens at glourens@acpmedia.co.nz  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We'll serve drinks at 6pm, then you'll be able to hear HOME editor Jeremy Hansen in conversation with the following excellent architects, who will talk about recent and future projects. The whole event will be a little over an hour long, is open to everyone. It promises to be a fascinating evening. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. ANDREW PATTERSON, PATTERSON ASSOCIATES </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Andrew has won more architectural awards than we can count, including one for the amazing Mai Mai house (on p.84 of our current issue) and another for Geyser, the Parnell building where we're holding our event (below, photographed by Simon Devitt). </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErWa99SjV1W3NgnMY2sBsidpxzoYymBupL7dNDB3Uq_TQPkTh_1Dx0BPeyYuwh6h3Xzuw7cq2OTyW9SAIlrikayRzaUpca6HlKusyhYW983ZAV0Z8tc1wSX0CoCQ23ghoqrYcfghUpJs/s1600/Andrew+Patterson+portrait+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErWa99SjV1W3NgnMY2sBsidpxzoYymBupL7dNDB3Uq_TQPkTh_1Dx0BPeyYuwh6h3Xzuw7cq2OTyW9SAIlrikayRzaUpca6HlKusyhYW983ZAV0Z8tc1wSX0CoCQ23ghoqrYcfghUpJs/s640/Andrew+Patterson+portrait+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFWVm6qlU-pH9gdz4UrKLlowH4MIfD3CqpU8j0ym6qIDZM8sSKEeClVWdQ7CNiOnduFdwdka8jGYkMZ5s9ledimOlwrv_6EAo4ioGMtulVsIsMH0JB3ToYaheqF8yOpnTOzT9c6N5GlU/s1600/Geyser+by+Patterson+Associates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFWVm6qlU-pH9gdz4UrKLlowH4MIfD3CqpU8j0ym6qIDZM8sSKEeClVWdQ7CNiOnduFdwdka8jGYkMZ5s9ledimOlwrv_6EAo4ioGMtulVsIsMH0JB3ToYaheqF8yOpnTOzT9c6N5GlU/s640/Geyser+by+Patterson+Associates.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. DAVE STRACHAN, STRACHAN GROUP ARCHITECTS</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dave is an accomplished architect, former builder, and teacher at Auckland's Unitec, where the bach he created in collaboration with last year's architecture students was a finalist in our 2012 Home of the Year award (below, photographed by Simon Devitt). He'll talk about this year's student project (a social housing initiative) plus a number of the other fascinating projects and beautiful homes his firm has under development.  </span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnSNagIft-C-UpOvvoMNsjT7uKVcF8T2DzCYnh8Dzf4L_GG3VK1ZHAKExJPZFiUl5jdq53bYCuvlYfvkKICoDpkY-0eUtu0hEbrLXT2UevXefq4YvUS82VL9dmR93eQW8k1L_3vVW1zE/s1600/daveStrachanBW2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnSNagIft-C-UpOvvoMNsjT7uKVcF8T2DzCYnh8Dzf4L_GG3VK1ZHAKExJPZFiUl5jdq53bYCuvlYfvkKICoDpkY-0eUtu0hEbrLXT2UevXefq4YvUS82VL9dmR93eQW8k1L_3vVW1zE/s640/daveStrachanBW2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGz2AT6vM29ic-ceFL2Mf57zF-VlxnTy72ISbPdgTdtXYVpl2yAh97xWYPsdhiDLymK9i3U6q0ZHNOojrR96gEkx87ssqPXO90uLxBQH1MgIhAqpI7-hWn98XctjoacLmGJq65Y9Wi_nA/s1600/P0182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGz2AT6vM29ic-ceFL2Mf57zF-VlxnTy72ISbPdgTdtXYVpl2yAh97xWYPsdhiDLymK9i3U6q0ZHNOojrR96gEkx87ssqPXO90uLxBQH1MgIhAqpI7-hWn98XctjoacLmGJq65Y9Wi_nA/s640/P0182.jpg" width="416" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">3. LANCE AND NICOLA HERBST, HERBST ARCHITECTS </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The husband-and-wife architecture team will talk about the development of 'Under Pohutukawa', the unforgettable 2012 Home of the Year (below, photographed by Patrick Reynolds), as well as their approach to light, space and craft. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqzxKnzA7YKBfH99fhhLLciWPZhLLP3uEXLFYweLLs7gzblovtFboW4AhFCwVzxzASrYCz_PFEFXZ7Gc2-kyTHDDiLvwZnwavq5Y0jGhxtvQnwFNcGun7W8aBM7M9rqDxnO5OBBlt8cQ/s1600/he0807Homes_Herbst__L6Y8779_gray.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqzxKnzA7YKBfH99fhhLLciWPZhLLP3uEXLFYweLLs7gzblovtFboW4AhFCwVzxzASrYCz_PFEFXZ7Gc2-kyTHDDiLvwZnwavq5Y0jGhxtvQnwFNcGun7W8aBM7M9rqDxnO5OBBlt8cQ/s640/he0807Homes_Herbst__L6Y8779_gray.tif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6dufF9J8drRuDLyX0xVVzjdK8wWzZc6KMz0Tz9oskbrtmV3hkAs-aUA7VBlnxrSN-tuq39gTXhwqeZN1pAoZl5KE1EvkdrVvoM9X6Zjp7Tj0LzGdQVpoki0fHeT-AVYR3iaNyJBOqQc/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6dufF9J8drRuDLyX0xVVzjdK8wWzZc6KMz0Tz9oskbrtmV3hkAs-aUA7VBlnxrSN-tuq39gTXhwqeZN1pAoZl5KE1EvkdrVvoM9X6Zjp7Tj0LzGdQVpoki0fHeT-AVYR3iaNyJBOqQc/s640/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5279.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please join us for what we know is going to be a fantastic event. We look forward to seeing you there. </span>

Meet the Architects: Auckland, October 31

We'd like to invite you to our special 'Meet the Architects' evening we're holding in conjunction with our Home of the Year ...

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The Grey Lynn house making headlines

The Grey Lynn house making headlines

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Home of the Year hall of fame

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As we hurtle towards sending our Home of the Year 2012 issue to press, we thought it was a good time to review the previous winners of the award, which is now in its 17th year. So here they are - we'd like to live in all of them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(This year's Home of the Year winner will be revealed in our new issue, on newsstands April 2. Thanks again to our Home of the Year partner, Altherm Window Systems, for their ongoing support of the award.) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">First, our 1996 winner: in Auckland, by Patrick Clifford and his colleagues at Architectus. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn8LgmJhzlbwIoc_G5YsVaeCnrpqqVQSrhDZittYtsKDYZnw5khckJK7SoBDGmYTjrNcY8snqRE0Li_-bJFW2YQF6iniYWTZJg7QKQCU60eqQgNJR9EzPFz3Gluv2mBq7ujaeu4igVNRd/s1600/1996+Clifford+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOn8LgmJhzlbwIoc_G5YsVaeCnrpqqVQSrhDZittYtsKDYZnw5khckJK7SoBDGmYTjrNcY8snqRE0Li_-bJFW2YQF6iniYWTZJg7QKQCU60eqQgNJR9EzPFz3Gluv2mBq7ujaeu4igVNRd/s400/1996+Clifford+house.jpg" uda="true" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our 1997 winner, also in Auckland, was designed by Felicity Wallace. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi038O3bIiPsYDH0eXR5XqnngROe0MUrYoAETyY5Oh50q6fgJv3X_WN-x8QeNd9IhyphenhyphenPoy2ocsYUoi_abckCfYgMKHS5o8vNX0dgssWKRYQnJV8jkUQ6A4KLwMZDkCaqcviuxPaqo9mjBVd3/s1600/1997+Felicity+Wallace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi038O3bIiPsYDH0eXR5XqnngROe0MUrYoAETyY5Oh50q6fgJv3X_WN-x8QeNd9IhyphenhyphenPoy2ocsYUoi_abckCfYgMKHS5o8vNX0dgssWKRYQnJV8jkUQ6A4KLwMZDkCaqcviuxPaqo9mjBVd3/s400/1997+Felicity+Wallace.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This house in the Bay of Islands by Pete Bossley won Home of the Year in 1998. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVccUJg_9sOE_rMAOF-rfn0Soe7bN3iry_LDUTSXuEMXQQzcEqsC-k3ILtyeNI9P2uqiNybPsEAAS7F3llFKOMxrVX8TF4h_iyNOcTCRcd9-s2jEKuSd1C6fcViUGVs_Kh39gCROKoZ4o3/s1600/1998+Pete+Bossley+Architects.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVccUJg_9sOE_rMAOF-rfn0Soe7bN3iry_LDUTSXuEMXQQzcEqsC-k3ILtyeNI9P2uqiNybPsEAAS7F3llFKOMxrVX8TF4h_iyNOcTCRcd9-s2jEKuSd1C6fcViUGVs_Kh39gCROKoZ4o3/s400/1998+Pete+Bossley+Architects.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Back in Auckland, architect Gerrad Hall's own home won the award in 1999. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7Ne1eB5GeSDNZfD4_cH8lFTiGDgC-I2EhyfppV27oq19UNxGC5LWhGLAXqY3H1hUEQ7vH08a_57nGb9ccfE0Araal5MB5_5I58J28ShQrasyEk4ZR7EILd-68fCoG6ztM4prcSvDrG0G/s1600/1999+Gerrad+Hall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7Ne1eB5GeSDNZfD4_cH8lFTiGDgC-I2EhyfppV27oq19UNxGC5LWhGLAXqY3H1hUEQ7vH08a_57nGb9ccfE0Araal5MB5_5I58J28ShQrasyEk4ZR7EILd-68fCoG6ztM4prcSvDrG0G/s400/1999+Gerrad+Hall.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fearon Hay Architects took the prize for this Bay of Islands holiday home in 2000. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6_dFa12r8rHpSqi6FQ6Puz0aHKj9q61LFNa6Avm_jj2jmZhDDvEHzRR8vB9AGonLKkX1_YyDigO_U1vREb2OLXZyl9j6YV8RITgBZKO6-T30_-uoDxsW1woC0iRe5B83P-lAulij12LH/s1600/2000+Fearon+Hay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6_dFa12r8rHpSqi6FQ6Puz0aHKj9q61LFNa6Avm_jj2jmZhDDvEHzRR8vB9AGonLKkX1_YyDigO_U1vREb2OLXZyl9j6YV8RITgBZKO6-T30_-uoDxsW1woC0iRe5B83P-lAulij12LH/s400/2000+Fearon+Hay.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Architect Gerald Parsonson's own family bach on the Kapiti Coast was our 2001 winner. Photograph by Paul McCredie. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNtkUXbvKMJFFFbt0Kfo8dYcEYWo_6wEa_q72goTiJwqxYlnl-WvZL1GLt0t1bdSe39mUADkFdlMiXRdqcFoKNVJ9Zkmtt3msP9oxJGsMeWzTl9wMnLeXdonAUY9yECOZrawpqZ7EWKmi/s1600/2001+Parsonson+Architects.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNtkUXbvKMJFFFbt0Kfo8dYcEYWo_6wEa_q72goTiJwqxYlnl-WvZL1GLt0t1bdSe39mUADkFdlMiXRdqcFoKNVJ9Zkmtt3msP9oxJGsMeWzTl9wMnLeXdonAUY9yECOZrawpqZ7EWKmi/s400/2001+Parsonson+Architects.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Stevens Lawson Architects won the first of their three Home of the Year titles for this Auckland home in 2002. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOIhgGXF5pGlMQ3d3UFBjqb_QEuqILbvu9ymjvPZrV5IUUPXKrNVTuXbVva5btwhRT5B0Q2DW_nmTyjRqzDB0hDK4NPQuhZsRCNbaZ0pDr3u0FPt8x2Cu512CsXmTNR6bELCApnRepYuR/s1600/2002+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOIhgGXF5pGlMQ3d3UFBjqb_QEuqILbvu9ymjvPZrV5IUUPXKrNVTuXbVva5btwhRT5B0Q2DW_nmTyjRqzDB0hDK4NPQuhZsRCNbaZ0pDr3u0FPt8x2Cu512CsXmTNR6bELCApnRepYuR/s400/2002+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Architect Ken Crosson's bach on the Coromandel Peninsula won the Home of the Year 2003 award, as well as the Home of the Decade prize (held to mark 10 years of the Home of the Year award) in 2005. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKFHScwfprhC9MPD1daOE2165Kh4U9UMltE5Aa-Wa45JpLFi4ulU2le_hp3IvJ6x6qpvseO3RpoO6YqcZTwZp6wn95wbs7dLFH6BLV4nXotcw914nVzb2HfF2nbQUgKl6RsnUVVOYgFcL/s1600/2003+Ken+Crosson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKFHScwfprhC9MPD1daOE2165Kh4U9UMltE5Aa-Wa45JpLFi4ulU2le_hp3IvJ6x6qpvseO3RpoO6YqcZTwZp6wn95wbs7dLFH6BLV4nXotcw914nVzb2HfF2nbQUgKl6RsnUVVOYgFcL/s400/2003+Ken+Crosson.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Home of the Year 2004 was this Bay of Islands holiday home by Pete Bossley. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfGCDer8mv3QD9APJPDsnUFgEhQxmIbfK4RlAqghjqZ1wKAhDpNC5F0DmXnfOoJ5h-WGO0Zt2fpFUD5jNEgc-leCV9AUYkfto0YCt8fxeOaA_uv8OP3k_KTxFlgaPmql0iDYCloqKDrgE/s1600/2004+Pete+Bossley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfGCDer8mv3QD9APJPDsnUFgEhQxmIbfK4RlAqghjqZ1wKAhDpNC5F0DmXnfOoJ5h-WGO0Zt2fpFUD5jNEgc-leCV9AUYkfto0YCt8fxeOaA_uv8OP3k_KTxFlgaPmql0iDYCloqKDrgE/s400/2004+Pete+Bossley.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This house in the King Country by Mitchell & Stout was named Home of the Year 2005.  Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeeaRo2NFGEza1d6anR5i3Blz339SWvFWPCpy8iSouJyhZarBFGhz4GNygskoge0lV_03ahhJo7igm6GfwjBbQ_7-1eLgcz21o3pgoD3TDQ_cf-4sQmP9gyZJQ_kzxxg2u9xPGq-bYhsn/s1600/2005+Mitchell+&+Stout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeeaRo2NFGEza1d6anR5i3Blz339SWvFWPCpy8iSouJyhZarBFGhz4GNygskoge0lV_03ahhJo7igm6GfwjBbQ_7-1eLgcz21o3pgoD3TDQ_cf-4sQmP9gyZJQ_kzxxg2u9xPGq-bYhsn/s400/2005+Mitchell+&+Stout.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Home of the Year 2006 in Day's Bay, Wellington, was designed by Hugh Tennent. Photograph by Paul McCredie. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-6x0dYPAvYI5VJfQAYNqL0nO_6p6CMAmfqogwemCKChhaB5HS1x8Su0X1ah6A2KMfn5jXeDJ3e7QRWiSQ4-GnQiUCnW50K61bnJHkA-y6omI8cO0OqdatHWa0wTp5s0mmoAt3YdF5UKW/s1600/2006+Hugh+Tennent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-6x0dYPAvYI5VJfQAYNqL0nO_6p6CMAmfqogwemCKChhaB5HS1x8Su0X1ah6A2KMfn5jXeDJ3e7QRWiSQ4-GnQiUCnW50K61bnJHkA-y6omI8cO0OqdatHWa0wTp5s0mmoAt3YdF5UKW/s400/2006+Hugh+Tennent.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This Auckland house by Stevens Lawson Architects was our 2007 Home of the Year. Photograph by Mark Smith. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvbfJp1T3yR2EEG-uGzt202-FHnEUCaeU5ZrDPDpXdNaKq1qKseDH4icshke2R2niCfU-mVc7LGK6YwTIx2LIzXEFTA4BD_XUgOi9a2UjWZglHmJqLs4igSSE2Ljum0thetix3ynGBw7a/s1600/2007+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBvbfJp1T3yR2EEG-uGzt202-FHnEUCaeU5ZrDPDpXdNaKq1qKseDH4icshke2R2niCfU-mVc7LGK6YwTIx2LIzXEFTA4BD_XUgOi9a2UjWZglHmJqLs4igSSE2Ljum0thetix3ynGBw7a/s400/2007+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The 'Signal Box' in Masterton, designed by Melling Morse Architects, was our 2008 winner. Photograph by Paul McCredie. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHMUobWKo4OT3YUA-P5N8EH3fLPRGxxPb0seynxrN1K3Ss0-lVJuGqWhUfO2MhCFRgYUvYi_O5bfwbOIUaSWnasDhroDnsJF-qVKtkPAR-iDYTgFdT0ablXNYYvmBWnbwB_rofUCsDvzL/s1600/2008+Melling+Morse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHMUobWKo4OT3YUA-P5N8EH3fLPRGxxPb0seynxrN1K3Ss0-lVJuGqWhUfO2MhCFRgYUvYi_O5bfwbOIUaSWnasDhroDnsJF-qVKtkPAR-iDYTgFdT0ablXNYYvmBWnbwB_rofUCsDvzL/s400/2008+Melling+Morse.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mitchell and Stout Architects' Waiheke house was the 2009 Home of the Year. Photograph by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnHQU_TKnQtOw3glGQoUi7_CbJpqIEBGUdhN1Zl1wcewgxlLF7vdf7b3Kiq3EJiKMVhsdDpEpp_uwvTQG2euKmCFgWdHTw_hQ2YxGQz5SAunYcaORUBW7W-_4GW5BF9YFuimQReXv2igR/s1600/2009+Mitchell+&+Stout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnHQU_TKnQtOw3glGQoUi7_CbJpqIEBGUdhN1Zl1wcewgxlLF7vdf7b3Kiq3EJiKMVhsdDpEpp_uwvTQG2euKmCFgWdHTw_hQ2YxGQz5SAunYcaORUBW7W-_4GW5BF9YFuimQReXv2igR/s400/2009+Mitchell+&+Stout.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our only South Island winner to date, the 2010 Home of the Year is near Wanaka and was designed by Stevens Lawson Architects. Photograph by Mark Smith. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjjWEZRiP5mY-5nv3kfAe3jSwwutK4y8syrrkSSUXhFnVZ-qI5rDRnHApj-eXjk5wPOjD3nti0wSPOU-gcYZ2Ri9Iax71fdhh71A5FdxxkZA4KXjMh4IpPSLWAgxZHR7cexUv-NAM-kXm/s1600/2010+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjjWEZRiP5mY-5nv3kfAe3jSwwutK4y8syrrkSSUXhFnVZ-qI5rDRnHApj-eXjk5wPOjD3nti0wSPOU-gcYZ2Ri9Iax71fdhh71A5FdxxkZA4KXjMh4IpPSLWAgxZHR7cexUv-NAM-kXm/s400/2010+Stevens+Lawson.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a> </div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last year's Home of the Year was the Kare Kare house, designed by Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW_BemIUdwEiOCs66pp2JW0sVxi5BWi3DrLj4iLu6jgEvWxO7v-IExDhSUn73FY0xwL89iGADM3Mj8qGAtbfu38drz0iLde8nZVbRe4OStNNmQITFHmVZ9zTElxhHKTid3hJnnWfUIIuo/s1600/2011+Michael+O'Sullivan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZW_BemIUdwEiOCs66pp2JW0sVxi5BWi3DrLj4iLu6jgEvWxO7v-IExDhSUn73FY0xwL89iGADM3Mj8qGAtbfu38drz0iLde8nZVbRe4OStNNmQITFHmVZ9zTElxhHKTid3hJnnWfUIIuo/s400/2011+Michael+O'Sullivan.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div>

Home of the Year hall of fame

As we hurtle towards sending our Home of the Year 2012 issue to press, we thought it was a good time to review the previous winners of the a...

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