We like: Hometown Boomtown

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Preservation arguments are raging in Christchurch right now, which makes this very interesting clip from the documentary <em>Hometown Boomtown</em> from NZ On Screen all the more pertinent. It examines the major changes to Wellington's cityscape (many of them made in the name of earthquake strengthening) in the 1970s and 1980s, includes interviews with many of the major players of the time (including Bob Jones and then-mayor Sir Michael Fowler), and has heaps of amazing demolition footage. Worth a look!</span><br /><br /><br /><object height="358" width="410"><param name="movie" value="http://www.nzonscreen.com/nzonscreen-player.swf"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param><param name="flashvars" value="c=3774&v=5635"> <embed src="http://www.nzonscreen.com/nzonscreen-player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="c=3774&v=5635" width="410" height="358"></embed></object>

We like: Hometown Boomtown

Preservation arguments are raging in Christchurch right now, which makes this very interesting clip from the documentary Hometown Boomtown from NZ On Screen all the more pertinent. It examines the major changes to Wellington's cityscape (many of them made in the name of earthquake strengthening) in …

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We like: Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes those late-night internet shopping binges don't carry any post-purchase regret: this morning our copy of <em>Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel </em>arrived in the post, and we've all been swooning ever since. Vreeland was fashion editor at <em>Harper's Bazaar</em> in its mid-century heyday (with editor Carmel Snow and art director Alexey Brodovitch, with an incredible roster of contributors including Richard Avedon and a host of other top-notch photographers) before moving to become editor in chief at <em>Vogue</em>. The layouts she worked on are still beautiful and inspirational. (The image on the cover was photographed at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West). The book is a perfect Christmas gift. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_Y7CGndNvpLTHd8NZ0SzG-jhfIPR42z5TDaUnFXdQ1peQ29LZbCGshXd5XyVpvUTMagb6p6QXXcP3q0aRvllL0eGqMSnCyNnxiQieRGW6yoaFdvuRq8rzt_0umGTMJKaUyCANmwuTZ8J/s1600/Diana+Vreeland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_Y7CGndNvpLTHd8NZ0SzG-jhfIPR42z5TDaUnFXdQ1peQ29LZbCGshXd5XyVpvUTMagb6p6QXXcP3q0aRvllL0eGqMSnCyNnxiQieRGW6yoaFdvuRq8rzt_0umGTMJKaUyCANmwuTZ8J/s400/Diana+Vreeland.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtp_9_59BXq87I_AWiT9oVeZAucX72SQC3slpkQ_s-QQPT9Av8n2YQJHSlDRCOtkbp1vR_KG1Wpdmlz6szvoe6i80TqwSImbECHsv0dhE9ky0UyEVs2LbVgIOzpsOu9qRyggvTwxGvpCx/s1600/Diana+Vreeland+Harper%2527s+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtp_9_59BXq87I_AWiT9oVeZAucX72SQC3slpkQ_s-QQPT9Av8n2YQJHSlDRCOtkbp1vR_KG1Wpdmlz6szvoe6i80TqwSImbECHsv0dhE9ky0UyEVs2LbVgIOzpsOu9qRyggvTwxGvpCx/s400/Diana+Vreeland+Harper%2527s+cover.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY3_c9FqdR7g4xKD0-mpypeprDWtUQ8qKD_CbGrC00-YhxYdaoD_VBqhqsBozeSa2s4eEOv6l6udzcYfr52kmD12ZGlnBW0nYDZuzSe-9yAL4xZQwcL8dyhdw4S-1rPgK8JZ4UPQl4Q0s/s1600/Diana+Vreeland+covers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY3_c9FqdR7g4xKD0-mpypeprDWtUQ8qKD_CbGrC00-YhxYdaoD_VBqhqsBozeSa2s4eEOv6l6udzcYfr52kmD12ZGlnBW0nYDZuzSe-9yAL4xZQwcL8dyhdw4S-1rPgK8JZ4UPQl4Q0s/s400/Diana+Vreeland+covers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>

We like: Diana Vreeland, The Eye Has to Travel

Sometimes those late-night internet shopping binges don't carry any post-purchase regret: this morning our copy of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel arrived in the post, and we've all been swooning ever since. Vreeland was fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar in its mid-century heyday (with editor …

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Outtakes: Melling Morse's Garden Shed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Wellington's Melling Morse Architects do an accomplished line in compact, relatively cheap, incredibly charming dwellings, and the Garden Shed, a finalist in our 2011 Home of the Year award, is no exception. It was given its name because its site is a garden sub-divided from a larger property, and because the home's owner wanted to feel as if she lived in the garden (rather than in a house that had monstered it). </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;">This desire to keep as much of the property for gardening as possible partly explains the decision to position the house right up against the footpath of its street. (These photographs are by Paul McCredie). </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/AVvXsEiaLvyz08ssGPZ2_GD_nztlsM3hA8Rskqui-eqK7aYRYFHux45fEuWBxbon7FqJdvb1WppGwIVS9tmFQ7PJXPcATpARKUAY5R0QDFJ5MNj1TvXRaTTTpi0iprBQUcPSEZ2hfnskEe6aF-xI/s1600/Gardenbox10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLvyz08ssGPZ2_GD_nztlsM3hA8Rskqui-eqK7aYRYFHux45fEuWBxbon7FqJdvb1WppGwIVS9tmFQ7PJXPcATpARKUAY5R0QDFJ5MNj1TvXRaTTTpi0iprBQUcPSEZ2hfnskEe6aF-xI/s400/Gardenbox10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4S4BkpxOZ2WujtVeoICMT-Vka2RhNUMDO-3jhFxXYy4p1Z6QzWJEffXHy7J57gGS6CjBxW0oCmrD99mLwCRuZUDmjTf05IoKDnMbyk-jyL_JL-YxQVnfNQ5LBDuhcDMhvzKvLxb_O5bq/s1600/Gardenbox9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4S4BkpxOZ2WujtVeoICMT-Vka2RhNUMDO-3jhFxXYy4p1Z6QzWJEffXHy7J57gGS6CjBxW0oCmrD99mLwCRuZUDmjTf05IoKDnMbyk-jyL_JL-YxQVnfNQ5LBDuhcDMhvzKvLxb_O5bq/s400/Gardenbox9.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMCMQ9QaAX3KjupEG_iTb1o969GrboeIFzdlHautYVqD6Sly3VZPe0AhE0DeHyp4hXnceI4YcsovNySvwQEeaPAl93iPQrZfFIGarKuPOwux9kM255Qk_xFP4cqzfBWCVIHF5K_QFGJCF/s1600/Gardenbox5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMCMQ9QaAX3KjupEG_iTb1o969GrboeIFzdlHautYVqD6Sly3VZPe0AhE0DeHyp4hXnceI4YcsovNySvwQEeaPAl93iPQrZfFIGarKuPOwux9kM255Qk_xFP4cqzfBWCVIHF5K_QFGJCF/s400/Gardenbox5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">While it presents a relatively closed face to the street, the 65-square-metre home's northerly elevation opens to the garden, with tall windows drawing sunlight into the double-height kitchen, dining and living space. The generous scale of the home's terrace adds an interesting note of grandeur to an otherwise highly efficient composition. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS_BHNKz-XGRG5xm64pizN2vTafNZlYOup0BZ7uurBUoR-WFT-nft7x33fPPNrycpkqwhyJsRq6iFoBXjRuACjx-UXfz3biA-BnMLkfPrfTna69o5Hv-gcYGmW-0ePU3M_ZSHrifep9U1/s1600/Gardenbox4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS_BHNKz-XGRG5xm64pizN2vTafNZlYOup0BZ7uurBUoR-WFT-nft7x33fPPNrycpkqwhyJsRq6iFoBXjRuACjx-UXfz3biA-BnMLkfPrfTna69o5Hv-gcYGmW-0ePU3M_ZSHrifep9U1/s400/Gardenbox4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4SzdANPUOrDCcWDUQK698HXt6ct_j1I2CbyFL1ajWu2p9lxI3u3Oyc27VZYfEEohQltz1knYjR-Vk1buQ0_siMXdY2vG20FkKRhLEObrLxHHzsiKBXJJgb4jfOCanvgTwJU6fQelD1J8/s1600/Gardenbox12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4SzdANPUOrDCcWDUQK698HXt6ct_j1I2CbyFL1ajWu2p9lxI3u3Oyc27VZYfEEohQltz1knYjR-Vk1buQ0_siMXdY2vG20FkKRhLEObrLxHHzsiKBXJJgb4jfOCanvgTwJU6fQelD1J8/s400/Gardenbox12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL1cWjRx839yMAdpVf8h1sn0zpud42bvhlb1WU8J0XoW1ferA78X-TIkQiIZJUZW6j5khu0Jl8IDX9YBL7PnqzFi-7H6IvlIPOVvmfRh29vXUp5iV3wHZ1URN0CRdeuiOg4AtAuSi6A8d/s1600/GardenShed21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL1cWjRx839yMAdpVf8h1sn0zpud42bvhlb1WU8J0XoW1ferA78X-TIkQiIZJUZW6j5khu0Jl8IDX9YBL7PnqzFi-7H6IvlIPOVvmfRh29vXUp5iV3wHZ1URN0CRdeuiOg4AtAuSi6A8d/s400/GardenShed21.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The home's main bedroom is downstairs and opens onto the terrace that overlooks the garden. Upstairs (shown in the image below) is a space containing a mezzanine study area and room for a spare bed if needed (the owner currently uses this area for doing yoga).  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7XpDadbhlbgXperFlj4M9T8nZWSGxpxSkHt4og9IneS2OQ9H8ZIq1goRk6UtcWFdfUIO8dz0ZwU9CxKQq62jXYlIB-PGyLa3JICVO2AG8gRxsF4S7hwb9Ilh9LQZJM8QVsm1q_0amw0l/s1600/Gardenbox2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7XpDadbhlbgXperFlj4M9T8nZWSGxpxSkHt4og9IneS2OQ9H8ZIq1goRk6UtcWFdfUIO8dz0ZwU9CxKQq62jXYlIB-PGyLa3JICVO2AG8gRxsF4S7hwb9Ilh9LQZJM8QVsm1q_0amw0l/s400/Gardenbox2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>

Outtakes: Melling Morse's Garden Shed

Wellington's Melling Morse Architects do an accomplished line in compact, relatively cheap, incredibly charming dwellings, and the Garden Shed, a finalist in our 2011 Home of the Year award, is no exception. It was given its name because its site is a garden sub-divided from a larger property, and b…

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We like: Patti Smith's photographs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There probably isn't anything this woman can't do. In the <em>New York Times' </em>style magazine, <em>T, </em>A.O. Scott interviews Patti Smith, who has an exhibition opening of her photographs, all of them beautifully composed and acutely observed. The link to the article is </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/requiem-lass/?ref=womens-fashion-issue"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, and the photograph of Smith below is by Anton Corbijn from the <em>New York Times</em>. </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/AVvXsEhmeUTNc38ZhnKqW19zEV3mL3WSHF8TY3WJIE4BMk_ACwo6sgzHJ-d5YAszTLdIfXMzabFJFK_75axiZmuGEwY-cIeX5xfQ2BBhZcDLezmbJtVp6lIwwrNMISuXpbVdpG6_sMB2V1xAAMW6/s1600/Patti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeUTNc38ZhnKqW19zEV3mL3WSHF8TY3WJIE4BMk_ACwo6sgzHJ-d5YAszTLdIfXMzabFJFK_75axiZmuGEwY-cIeX5xfQ2BBhZcDLezmbJtVp6lIwwrNMISuXpbVdpG6_sMB2V1xAAMW6/s400/Patti.jpg" width="396" /></a></div>

We like: Patti Smith's photographs

There probably isn't anything this woman can't do. In the New York Times' style magazine, T, A.O. Scott interviews Patti Smith, who has an exhibition opening of her photographs, all of them beautifully composed and acutely observed. The link to the article is here, and the photograph of Smith below …

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From our archives: A royal visit, 1953

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In 1953, the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip was considered significant enough to make the cover of our predecessor, <em>Home and Building. </em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsyNe0-q9dcRMmPSmllpLvLCqwx2SgGbvhZyBPoaWpczup6mQldI-LlujFsxb9n8NYL3YPTiSsa-KBVNdIgHfmtc8WoOA3L7eBP_pNzaWgSEGpOrigHRAs-E0RlYvmdSACWRyCkGU9Ws9/s1600/HOMENZ_101220_OCT-OLDISSUES_0271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLsyNe0-q9dcRMmPSmllpLvLCqwx2SgGbvhZyBPoaWpczup6mQldI-LlujFsxb9n8NYL3YPTiSsa-KBVNdIgHfmtc8WoOA3L7eBP_pNzaWgSEGpOrigHRAs-E0RlYvmdSACWRyCkGU9Ws9/s400/HOMENZ_101220_OCT-OLDISSUES_0271.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>

From our archives: A royal visit, 1953

In 1953, the visit of the Queen and Prince Philip was considered significant enough to make the cover of our predecessor, Home and Building. …

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Steve Jobs and a Legacy of Design

<div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I started writing this post over a month ago when Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple.  At the time, I felt really disturbed over this news because it signaled something that many people did not want to acknowledge.  It signaled was that Steve Jobs was near the end of his life on earth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To most people, his death will probably be a blip in the news feed and by next week we will go back to talking about Greek debt or something.  But to me, I found a kinship in the work that Steve Jobs did and how he saw the universe.  In a world where so many leaders seem to be following a broken compass, I felt reassured that somebody at the top gets it.  And not only do they get it, they want to share it with everyone else.  This thought gave me comfort.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As I read the many articles and editorials that are flooding the news stream right now, I feel a little scared.  Probably more scared than I feel about the economy or terrorists and I know that sounds horrible to say.  Yes, I'm sure Tim Cook and Apple will continue to churn out great products and build on the foundation that Steve Jobs created.  But somehow, I really did feel like Steve Jobs was looking out for people like me.  People who feel that the world could be a better place if we focus on just a few really important things.  Steve Jobs used Design to create a line of products that focused on improving communication, creating art, and providing entertainment.  Steve Jobs believed in Design against all odds. Although Apple's growth had always outpaced industry standards, his focus was never corporate profits.  His focus was on changing the world and making it better.  And even though his success is undeniable, it is funny how many business minds dismiss it as a 'one-off' phenomenon.  Apple always seems to be cited as an example and almost dismissed as quickly.  And that is what really scares me.  It scares me that most people really don't understand how building a quality product that is well designed will translate into both success and value.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Steve Jobs was the loudest voice for the movement of Design and Quality.  Now that his voice has left us (at least physically) I worry about who will take up that stance.  I worry that it won't be taken up at all.  At least for the moment, we have enough of his wisdom to help us find the way.  I will leave you with a couple of quotes from Steve Jobs on Design and Quality:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn’t what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it.'</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.” </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rest in Peace Mr. Jobs.  We miss you already.</span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Steve Jobs and a Legacy of Design

I started writing this post over a month ago when Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple.  At the time, I felt really disturbed over this news because it signaled something that many people did not want to acknowledge.  It signaled was that Steve Jobs was near the end of his life on earth.To most peopl…

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Events: The Department Store

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks to Altherm Window Systems, Waipara Hills wines and The Department Store for their support for a client function we held at The Department Store in Takapuna last night. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our guests got to use their Department Store vouchers from their gift bags (which also contained The Department Store newspaper and a copy of the new issue of <em>HOME</em>) to shop a little before our conversation about design with architects Patrick Clifford of Architectus, Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects and Richard Naish of RTA Studio. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We even had a celebrity guest (thanks for coming, Tim Finn!). </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8JxRKVux84V_z3gmhmTpIHmy2dqZyKlPsYvq4p_yLQB370N64sx6lPBk_e4i23KhlBcoby5zZI8u4803eryiMo0T7bJNYhSR4Nt5lCMKWidI4l7RpY2eg2xmEaIMjDXE5c_jq_Xex_Hz/s1600/Tim+Finn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8JxRKVux84V_z3gmhmTpIHmy2dqZyKlPsYvq4p_yLQB370N64sx6lPBk_e4i23KhlBcoby5zZI8u4803eryiMo0T7bJNYhSR4Nt5lCMKWidI4l7RpY2eg2xmEaIMjDXE5c_jq_Xex_Hz/s400/Tim+Finn.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPl5CMwFGvVp2POKmni7lH7RY8wODr0kqlbn5KOIo80OYRE2hm7QL-L8erEECtBtXebRpVAZgkpVTYk0rTEivoDMC73dU6niFS-fcYunMm42k8EIlv9OdPVHkS7CB6pq5rS8XHZ2fnZeu/s1600/Waipara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPl5CMwFGvVp2POKmni7lH7RY8wODr0kqlbn5KOIo80OYRE2hm7QL-L8erEECtBtXebRpVAZgkpVTYk0rTEivoDMC73dU6niFS-fcYunMm42k8EIlv9OdPVHkS7CB6pq5rS8XHZ2fnZeu/s200/Waipara.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_HA8xyuCjaxK9hi3FmeKdwD1iylAejeqTBATXeAslgI-St6_RsiTQyPVhkHypw-3rq9j7IROmB4em4AFCmAEXuOntUvKfGRacEfOrE3KIMICbPGA8DNIkYGE3EcXoSxWsHoL8XMzrEZM/s1600/Gift+bags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_HA8xyuCjaxK9hi3FmeKdwD1iylAejeqTBATXeAslgI-St6_RsiTQyPVhkHypw-3rq9j7IROmB4em4AFCmAEXuOntUvKfGRacEfOrE3KIMICbPGA8DNIkYGE3EcXoSxWsHoL8XMzrEZM/s320/Gift+bags.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JUGBehSxKfJ92TSbRzeo7IKnCILwy7aPfyplVWDgYgpYaN76i7iyMRorcbT6aA-PYGQbXjghHrKHzk9VctU0nfIGXmpFvagKAfYA21HkpgYGyqRoJrYYTHWjZoQmE6GSgsJAqc_zxnrF/s1600/Brett+and+Portia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JUGBehSxKfJ92TSbRzeo7IKnCILwy7aPfyplVWDgYgpYaN76i7iyMRorcbT6aA-PYGQbXjghHrKHzk9VctU0nfIGXmpFvagKAfYA21HkpgYGyqRoJrYYTHWjZoQmE6GSgsJAqc_zxnrF/s400/Brett+and+Portia.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>

Events: The Department Store

Thanks to Altherm Window Systems, Waipara Hills wines and The Department Store for their support for a client function we held at The Department Store in Takapuna last night. Our guests got to use their Department Store vouchers from their gift bags (which also contained The Department Store newspap…

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We like: Al Brown's Depot

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We would like to join the chorus of approval for Al Brown's Depot in Auckland's Federal Street. The pleasingly rustic interior, designed by Charlie Nott, feels as if it has always been there; the food is easy-going and excellent, and the service impeccable. These photographs are by Florence Noble, and are also featured (along with a terrific write-up by Simon Farrell-Green) in our latest issue. We wish the eatery was a bit closer to work, as we'd go there even more often. </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;">Below, Al Brown at Depot before the lunchtime rush (the place is open from 7am but doesn't take bookings, so it's best to arrive earlyish to ensure you get a table in good time, although the staff are very good at managing waiting times). </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/AVvXsEjSMRsHljAtzy8Dbyoq_EGvJwpNQH48Cdnp5kfQrFJ2Gy7iLr7Bb3PyUt4IajCNPvv2D1PJ_dubgpNsyfLd-FHKSqkg_fAgW59R5RkNoARFbrGEyXtgIAXfdQt5lGnKxA5lW8JbQZUG2InG/s1600/Depot+Al+Brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMRsHljAtzy8Dbyoq_EGvJwpNQH48Cdnp5kfQrFJ2Gy7iLr7Bb3PyUt4IajCNPvv2D1PJ_dubgpNsyfLd-FHKSqkg_fAgW59R5RkNoARFbrGEyXtgIAXfdQt5lGnKxA5lW8JbQZUG2InG/s400/Depot+Al+Brown.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A vintage aesthetic permeates the place, making it feel like a long-lasting and well-loved establishment, even though it's pretty new. Just out of shot in this pic is where they shuck the excellent oysters. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaojlkE8g3Ykgk4EzxTLxMHZGr9DpO8EzO4DhqxEuawQtfQWtPwWwuyNyWmgHX71g6hF1417opiZD7Sbe9Da5mJLjl7m_HLIvuRxjitkvwA6H_xYAN8bnaHcgL1sg1cmzPvJZGmj53VEmG/s1600/Depot+bar+stools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaojlkE8g3Ykgk4EzxTLxMHZGr9DpO8EzO4DhqxEuawQtfQWtPwWwuyNyWmgHX71g6hF1417opiZD7Sbe9Da5mJLjl7m_HLIvuRxjitkvwA6H_xYAN8bnaHcgL1sg1cmzPvJZGmj53VEmG/s400/Depot+bar+stools.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Diners down the back get a good view from their benches of the small kitchen. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg-KOq-xl33dv7bNWKIAWai2Knad__TyDMND88L3nDLhyphenhyphenBkP-kIe4av95CubLqX_rDLsYSePiLxSDyuJDBUAyb4gBZzHo9GCZbNcI9g1MOX0Qn472YvgNGCyuiSwhJP1AYCGUb0H8US-i/s1600/Depot+kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg-KOq-xl33dv7bNWKIAWai2Knad__TyDMND88L3nDLhyphenhyphenBkP-kIe4av95CubLqX_rDLsYSePiLxSDyuJDBUAyb4gBZzHo9GCZbNcI9g1MOX0Qn472YvgNGCyuiSwhJP1AYCGUb0H8US-i/s400/Depot+kitchen.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaPRD2_cJK5e83TZ1NveTiLgbQNfNqUqO5GAydsph-JGRT2Q2KWoebkA_FJLlO6WHeUsVuiB58pQW9Wid9BSBHb1KRBR36-QvmYBdgZDMMVcUySgtQZLj8AMx3Cp5XEYB5ak-ujYcH2tP/s1600/Depot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaPRD2_cJK5e83TZ1NveTiLgbQNfNqUqO5GAydsph-JGRT2Q2KWoebkA_FJLlO6WHeUsVuiB58pQW9Wid9BSBHb1KRBR36-QvmYBdgZDMMVcUySgtQZLj8AMx3Cp5XEYB5ak-ujYcH2tP/s400/Depot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

We like: Al Brown's Depot

We would like to join the chorus of approval for Al Brown's Depot in Auckland's Federal Street. The pleasingly rustic interior, designed by Charlie Nott, feels as if it has always been there; the food is easy-going and excellent, and the service impeccable. These photographs are by Florence Noble, a…

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Events: Kevin McCloud, a reminder

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A reminder, for those of you who don't have your tickets yet (and many of you do, we know), that <em>HOME New Zealand </em>is delighted to be part of the team bringing <em>Grand Designs</em> host Kevin McCloud to New Zealand to do a lecture at The Civic in Auckland on Wednesday October 26, 2011. Tickets are on sale via The Edge at the link <a href="http://www.the-edge.co.nz/Event-Pages/K/Kevin-McCloud.aspx">here</a>. </span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jb79_pHv2UE__Tyazy_EIrAXthkw0U7a9icdzD3H27C6KFDN4J1aVeyisIgIiPNgnEMdG5ONdDfyKu1fJEAkhglaJ7tiuqh7kS6yMFinNxdj17xuhh0xa5zNvLvdLrjKPD_TjbIkfNwH/s1600/Kevin+McCloud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jb79_pHv2UE__Tyazy_EIrAXthkw0U7a9icdzD3H27C6KFDN4J1aVeyisIgIiPNgnEMdG5ONdDfyKu1fJEAkhglaJ7tiuqh7kS6yMFinNxdj17xuhh0xa5zNvLvdLrjKPD_TjbIkfNwH/s400/Kevin+McCloud.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Events: Kevin McCloud, a reminder

A reminder, for those of you who don't have your tickets yet (and many of you do, we know), that HOME New Zealand is delighted to be part of the team bringing Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud to New Zealand to do a lecture at The Civic in Auckland on Wednesday October 26, 2011. Tickets are on sale v…

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We like: David Hockney's iPad show

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the best things about our recent visit to Copenhagen was seeing David Hockney's show of his drawings on the iPad and iPhone at the Lousiana Museum of Modern Art (which is about 30 minutes by train north of the Danish capital). In a darkened room, a wall was lined with iPads showing slideshows of Hockney's sketches - all of them small observational moments with an incredibly charming naive quality to 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;">Hockney began using the 'Brushes' application on his iPhone in 2008 and drawing by making strokes with his fingers. More recently, he has been using a stylus on his iPad. He says one of the things he likes about these drawings is the questions they raise about authenticity and reproduction: he emails drawings to his friends which are, as he says, not copies of the original works, but identical to them in every way.</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;">His commentary accompanying the exhibition also makes the point that, in this context at least, the iPad is a magical medium, lending a luminous quality to these beautiful drawings that pen and ink could never emulate. There is also a pleasing showbizzy sort of touch to the exhibition, with the animated playbacks of some of the drawings being created projected onto one of the gallery walls. </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;">You can read more about the exhibition at the Louisana Museum of Modern Art site <a href="http://www.louisiana.dk/uk/Menu/Exhibitions/Past+exhibitions/David+Hockney%3A+Me+Draw+On+iPad">here</a>. The drawings below are on display on the site.  </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhlQG0zEKVa_flLQO5nFsMHlJuQpDTL12oaVkwhLK4OCfvKm4NRqTHja1dpn2yZiwt61mPXKDLf5S-wZtrLrtHeUnAAEZvgWutL8e6TBaYmhGBciNphTloI438hB2B3x89W42ipQ9KCDqG2/s1600/hockney_515x385-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQG0zEKVa_flLQO5nFsMHlJuQpDTL12oaVkwhLK4OCfvKm4NRqTHja1dpn2yZiwt61mPXKDLf5S-wZtrLrtHeUnAAEZvgWutL8e6TBaYmhGBciNphTloI438hB2B3x89W42ipQ9KCDqG2/s400/hockney_515x385-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CK3tVUcAMpuvR_053Co3vp4CjGo37Z91Ng4cHZ-br0dLqFi1zWslWrB71gztwcS2lc3hhk91xHP2z_dJmtZqrSz7nP5c306ZhUkRY0qyez0kOzJ0ljY-mltSyMJg-TDOFzcJf4bA0-Nd/s1600/hockney_515x385-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CK3tVUcAMpuvR_053Co3vp4CjGo37Z91Ng4cHZ-br0dLqFi1zWslWrB71gztwcS2lc3hhk91xHP2z_dJmtZqrSz7nP5c306ZhUkRY0qyez0kOzJ0ljY-mltSyMJg-TDOFzcJf4bA0-Nd/s400/hockney_515x385-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzalEgGeIryKVqYYOFPZlQKXDCfWsjvBzxOZi_-zsjM5l9Fo0OBw7QDgOsCZh_BzVtT-VMUMBVJzniwGaKg_m9MPGCXVgjMLxpCZgl8TRK8jAIbtu1PBkOCVnnuE4ztAVzERH8W5CSDn2/s1600/hockney_515x385-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggzalEgGeIryKVqYYOFPZlQKXDCfWsjvBzxOZi_-zsjM5l9Fo0OBw7QDgOsCZh_BzVtT-VMUMBVJzniwGaKg_m9MPGCXVgjMLxpCZgl8TRK8jAIbtu1PBkOCVnnuE4ztAVzERH8W5CSDn2/s400/hockney_515x385-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

We like: David Hockney's iPad show

One of the best things about our recent visit to Copenhagen was seeing David Hockney's show of his drawings on the iPad and iPhone at the Lousiana Museum of Modern Art (which is about 30 minutes by train north of the Danish capital). In a darkened room, a wall was lined with iPads showing slideshows…

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Outtakes: The Kare Kare house, our Home of the Year 2011 by Michael O'Sullivan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From the black sand of Kare Kare beach, the <em>HOME New Zealand</em> magazine Home of the Year 2011 is almost invisible. The house was designed by Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects for Bob and Barbara Harvey. It's a pleasure for us to be able to show you some outtakes from Patrick Reynolds' beautiful shoot of the house here. In the shot below, you can just see the house nestled among the trees in the lower right-hand corner of the frame. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA1o9rwozROjQNInc5fLeASM1wJuUKGt15eY1X8ozA_5M2k8BeLBitmFFSPrIe04wHOtaCKvFQ_rZ_8DgkqVgsep0djwBb3BjvbHAwxwhOt33a61MPZ9LsBXUWG92hOwNDlubndhUkWR0/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA1o9rwozROjQNInc5fLeASM1wJuUKGt15eY1X8ozA_5M2k8BeLBitmFFSPrIe04wHOtaCKvFQ_rZ_8DgkqVgsep0djwBb3BjvbHAwxwhOt33a61MPZ9LsBXUWG92hOwNDlubndhUkWR0/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1540.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inside, the house faces south towards the beach, but draws light in from a sheltered north-facing courtyard and from glass panels on the roof. The weatherboard ceiling appears to fragment and fall away as it nears the home's southern wall, giving way to the glass panels overhead. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaQcM6JKHVfGIXstzNePn_KmluNci4pmpPlTqW7oMwDXM-fef9myXAr0gQzek6KVsZROyyamobUMejguSfcmYf0ISSGUSCFkBMIdBd3TSEqLC8uNacKQtSg9RbPTllPsbp0zwjor5wTaU/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaQcM6JKHVfGIXstzNePn_KmluNci4pmpPlTqW7oMwDXM-fef9myXAr0gQzek6KVsZROyyamobUMejguSfcmYf0ISSGUSCFkBMIdBd3TSEqLC8uNacKQtSg9RbPTllPsbp0zwjor5wTaU/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1589.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE0bSNpAYxvEO_Butu531__r_CUWhGcqEekthwEJ5sAnKT6jcPF8AY5zZ2oowZd94VRcyVTrYctzpVusFutUMDzqCu3kX0aZSCTattm2eDifDb2p-xitV5_YTesdOSz1XtwTQIPCvj0DD/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE0bSNpAYxvEO_Butu531__r_CUWhGcqEekthwEJ5sAnKT6jcPF8AY5zZ2oowZd94VRcyVTrYctzpVusFutUMDzqCu3kX0aZSCTattm2eDifDb2p-xitV5_YTesdOSz1XtwTQIPCvj0DD/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1800.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The ceiling tilts towards a band of windows that frame the view towards the beach into a horiztonal slot. Holes for lightbulb recesses are punched into the ceiling. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DhH1N-TUw3fHVCiQMMjWE4yAxF7ieD2USBjDNy8_C7_EgZ5jBwfSrAWKoOTwcBiK6jbzvbXNLs86npeW5MyNgorc7z4q2Ie48LV3la1P7MIWxLBuS6yIcRCiY6XpPeS2mpCJWP7ph4LD/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DhH1N-TUw3fHVCiQMMjWE4yAxF7ieD2USBjDNy8_C7_EgZ5jBwfSrAWKoOTwcBiK6jbzvbXNLs86npeW5MyNgorc7z4q2Ie48LV3la1P7MIWxLBuS6yIcRCiY6XpPeS2mpCJWP7ph4LD/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1867.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Outside in the courtyard, the ceiling plane appears to erode again to admit as much sunlight as possible into the space. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA0Jic0q4UWYSOGC4PsZXfDm2YXA2bbcXF2pbvAHhr_8lLw5na-1Juhr8_i4dbSMqdDVRau_UP8C0V23MAXj1kpkzEFzW6Uvtu1fpATGMu2cfQrSqxs3WvddZvPECFwbMvoxg9oC2FiC7/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqA0Jic0q4UWYSOGC4PsZXfDm2YXA2bbcXF2pbvAHhr_8lLw5na-1Juhr8_i4dbSMqdDVRau_UP8C0V23MAXj1kpkzEFzW6Uvtu1fpATGMu2cfQrSqxs3WvddZvPECFwbMvoxg9oC2FiC7/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1886.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The main bedroom (the 129-square-metre house has two bedrooms in total) features orange carpet and windows wrapping the ceiling and wall at the northern end of the room. The door at left leads to the courtyard. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlQd8dqXGWEC1JQ06e3Z1PDBBjirlNwoHVuDgnAM0c3j4l9Ak6J1DoaVWWlzf88erRKJzfbLZL2Zj3BRMroFZzfYDN-CRdmnaQ8voa8YovcnJaBCUCqhGx2LcK-4mi2QwU4lLCPPz-rzR/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_1900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlQd8dqXGWEC1JQ06e3Z1PDBBjirlNwoHVuDgnAM0c3j4l9Ak6J1DoaVWWlzf88erRKJzfbLZL2Zj3BRMroFZzfYDN-CRdmnaQ8voa8YovcnJaBCUCqhGx2LcK-4mi2QwU4lLCPPz-rzR/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_1900.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This view from outside the house is about all that can be seen of it from the road. It shows the main bedroom volume (clad in black bituminous roofing membrane) cantilevered over the carport.  </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGQ6OOSELDaVqKRAuOLczo99e6UKH5Opft5FG9XqS2fTYN_66sBAgxT_3VZT6zgmf9pnG9LwasUySqPIpRa-eH7KeamORXJuAAUA0lDyZhZvpZcSAvw26nMPdesZX7C0ACbNVeDl1V-s_/s1600/KAREKARE+BACH_2154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGQ6OOSELDaVqKRAuOLczo99e6UKH5Opft5FG9XqS2fTYN_66sBAgxT_3VZT6zgmf9pnG9LwasUySqPIpRa-eH7KeamORXJuAAUA0lDyZhZvpZcSAvw26nMPdesZX7C0ACbNVeDl1V-s_/s400/KAREKARE+BACH_2154.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We'll post more outtakes of the finalists in the 2011 Home of the Year here on the blog in the coming days. Thanks again to our Home of the Year partner Altherm Window Systems for their ongoing support of New Zealand's richest architectural prize. </span></div>

Outtakes: The Kare Kare house, our Home of the Year 2011 by Michael O'Sullivan

From the black sand of Kare Kare beach, the HOME New Zealand magazine Home of the Year 2011 is almost invisible. The house was designed by Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects for Bob and Barbara Harvey. It's a pleasure for us to be able to show you some outtakes from Patrick Reynolds' b…

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Real Estate: A piece of New Zealand history, for sale

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's not often you see a piece of New Zealand history in the real estate pages, but now potter Peter Stichbury and his wife Diane are moving out of their South Auckland house and studio and putting the property up for sale. (The auction's on Sunday October 30 - more info at the link </span><a href="http://www.mikepero.com/property/MPRE21224"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">).</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/AVvXsEhUZc5OPvIPFf9AtOk9M2yCwfCX4vut9z6J5YD8_1hnb76u6hlZTJjfATAD34HIF6jVnCcnoHgVzj3gUDF4di3wD7tHCnV0hPpElc2HO_cie7XT5oxVfbfKZ_9AgBfqQl0l5lGgWyNoza6P/s1600/Peter+Stitchbury+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZc5OPvIPFf9AtOk9M2yCwfCX4vut9z6J5YD8_1hnb76u6hlZTJjfATAD34HIF6jVnCcnoHgVzj3gUDF4di3wD7tHCnV0hPpElc2HO_cie7XT5oxVfbfKZ_9AgBfqQl0l5lGgWyNoza6P/s400/Peter+Stitchbury+house.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Peter stopped potting about five years ago, but you can read more about his works at Te Papa's website </span><a href="http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=2259"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. </span></div>

Real Estate: A piece of New Zealand history, for sale

It's not often you see a piece of New Zealand history in the real estate pages, but now potter Peter Stichbury and his wife Diane are moving out of their South Auckland house and studio and putting the property up for sale. (The auction's on Sunday October 30 - more info at the link here).Peter sto…

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Zaha Hadid's second Stirling Prize

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">British architect Zaha Hadid has won the 2011 Stirling Prize for her design of a London school building, the Evelyn Grace Academy. She also won the award last year for the MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome. The award, now in its 16th year, is intended to recognise the best European building designed or built in Britain.  </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/AVvXsEiERzRh8RwXy9PuVr2EI8byfyVCBMGYNy8RJ2c4nCWF5gLIqq-ELJ6Qsu377Kqd0NLPdZaRqooOjK4dA7dukvZ07NLKQKLUitpsvfpjQz9woW3uTC7X4yAH_Ged0kBLmu4lyT2sF1PXRka9/s1600/Evelyn-Grace-Academy-in-B-007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERzRh8RwXy9PuVr2EI8byfyVCBMGYNy8RJ2c4nCWF5gLIqq-ELJ6Qsu377Kqd0NLPdZaRqooOjK4dA7dukvZ07NLKQKLUitpsvfpjQz9woW3uTC7X4yAH_Ged0kBLmu4lyT2sF1PXRka9/s400/Evelyn-Grace-Academy-in-B-007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can read Vanessa Thorpe's story on the prize announcement in <em>The Guardian</em> at the link </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/oct/01/stirling-prize-zaha-hadid-brixton-school"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. The newspaper also features a video presentation of the Stirling Prize finalists <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2011/sep/30/stirling-prize-2011-shortlist-video?intcmp=239">here</a>. </span></div>

Zaha Hadid's second Stirling Prize

British architect Zaha Hadid has won the 2011 Stirling Prize for her design of a London school building, the Evelyn Grace Academy. She also won the award last year for the MAXXI Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome. The award, now in its 16th year, is intended to recognise the best European building …

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Renzo Piano at Ronchamp

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There's an interesting piece by Jonathan Glancey in <em>The Guardian</em> about a new convent designed by Renzo Piano at Ronchamp, which of course is also the site of Le Corbusier's revered Notre Dame du Haut chapel.</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/AVvXsEhW1cClpZ7U_QuGJyaujWO2F-d4Pnp2oSupzu2nh6anOIUvyw6UXdYaA6r1ffWjjoKEOvEvSZkvAmv18KoRZgyC0-TuodWg9T_1jVOlDBDT6rOrcEr-CNQwWTO1m1gfFEGBht7SZc5vvWII/s1600/Renzo-Pianos-chapel--007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1cClpZ7U_QuGJyaujWO2F-d4Pnp2oSupzu2nh6anOIUvyw6UXdYaA6r1ffWjjoKEOvEvSZkvAmv18KoRZgyC0-TuodWg9T_1jVOlDBDT6rOrcEr-CNQwWTO1m1gfFEGBht7SZc5vvWII/s400/Renzo-Pianos-chapel--007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Much consternation surrounded the announcement that Piano was to create a building here, but the purists need not be worried about architectural sacrilege, as Glancey praises Piano's "quietly masterful" work in producing a convent that "wraps itself around contours of the hill, burrowing into the landscape like the strands of a rosary pressed gently into the earth". You can read his story and see more images of the convent at the link <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/25/renzo-piano-convent-ronchamp">here</a>. We'd like to go and visit right away...</span><br /><br /><div align="left"></div>

Renzo Piano at Ronchamp

There's an interesting piece by Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian about a new convent designed by Renzo Piano at Ronchamp, which of course is also the site of Le Corbusier's revered Notre Dame du Haut chapel.Much consternation surrounded the announcement that Piano was to create a building here, but …

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