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Designing a better candidate

<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is a widely accepted history of Abraham Lincoln that goes something like this:</span><br /><br /><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1831, Abraham Lincoln failed in business.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1832, Abraham Lincoln was defeated for state legislator.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1833, Abraham Lincoln tried a new business, and failed.</span></div><div style="padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #555555;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">In 1835, Abraham Lincoln’s fiance died.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1836, Abraham Lincoln had a nervous breakdown.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1843, Abraham Lincoln ran for congress and was defeated.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1848, Lincoln ran again, and was defeated. Again.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1855, Lincoln ran for the Senate, and lost.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1856, Lincoln ran for Vice President, and lost.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In 1859, Lincoln ran again for the Senate. He was defeated.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Then, in 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran for President and became the 16th President of the United States.  </span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can you imagine if Lincoln was running today?  I can just see the ads - Lincoln in rehab after a nervous breakdown.  Lincoln's economic policies being ripped apart because he couldn't even run a business.  His opponents would paint him as a loser who has no business running for anything.   So with that in mind, how was he able to become one of the greatest leaders in history?  As you may have suspected from the title of this post, the answer is rooted in Design.</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In nature, every thing is designed for a purpose.  It is our job as Designers and Architects to employ those things for the best possible purpose.  We do this with intent.  Most designers have a unique perspective that makes them interpret the world in a certain way.  This is the essence of our individuality and determines our path in life.  Our perspective.  </span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In politics today, it is hard to know who stands for what.  It seems the main purpose of being a politician is to raise money and spend it on marketing and PR.  The better the PR, the more likely you are to win.  That's where Lincoln went wrong.  For most of his life, he didn't have alot of money and he didn't have alot of power.  But he did have a unique perspective.  And in that sense, he was a true designer. </span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Lincoln imagined the world that he wanted to live in much like Designers do.  He imagined a world where all Americans were united regardless of color or social standing.  He spoke out strongly against a government that permitted slavery and segregation. He made this position the foundation of his platform and he won the election of 1860 despite losing in practically every southern state in the Union.  After he was elected, the South was so outraged they started a war of secession.   And in those days, it probably would have been easy enough to let them go.  But as everyone knows, that just wasn't part of the design.  In his 'House Divided' speech of 1858 Lincoln stated that the plan was for all of us to be united, one way or the other.  Although Lincoln lost the Senate race that year, he did not change his plan.   Lincoln's mission was not really to be President.  His mission was to live his life in fulfillment of the way that he was designed.  He couldn't help being a leader.  If he wasn't a leader, he wouldn't have kept trying after every failure.  He wouldn't have stuck to his post when everyone else was telling him he was crazy.  Does this sound like anyone else you know?  Steve Jobs?  Frank Lloyd Wright?</span></div><div style="color: #555555; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is certain that the current Presidential election will be the most expensive in history.  Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on TV ads, billboards, robocalls and bumper stickers.  This excessive spending comes at a time when most politicians are trying to get elected by saying we need to cut excessive spending.  The irony is amazing.  What I'd like to see is a return to the days where you have two people running on the strengths of their convictions without fear of having every mistake they ever made thrown at them on a screen.  Let there be a candidate who has a vision of the world that they want to live in with the acknowledgement that there will be consequences.  Let there be a candidate who wins a vote on the strength of their character and not the flaws in their opponent.  Let's see someone with a plan- or even a <i>Design</i> for the America of the future.  I think that a candidate like that would win - eventually.</span></div>

Designing a better candidate

There is a widely accepted history of Abraham Lincoln that goes something like this:In 1831, Abraham Lincoln failed in business.In 1832, Abraham Lincoln was defeated for state legislator.In 1833, Abraham Lincoln tried a new business, and failed.In 1835, Abraham Lincoln’s fiance died.In 1836, Abraham…

23Jul2012

World Architecture Festival - the NZ finalists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><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;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">New Zealand architects have made a fantastically strong showing in the shortlist of nominees for awards at the World Architecture Festival. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, with an impressive three nominations (and one shared one) are these projects from Fearon Hay Architects: The Brancott Estate Heritage Centre in Marlborough (below), shortlisted in the  'Display' category of the festival and featured in our December/January 2012 issue. The photo below is by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-_Quk5Nn4U8sxKYs8N5h49bKhghW2bIZKCPzkZQ-20y4g0K5-g1t3hab4UQLMqx-jqMSPysP3MzuQf8x73glAt3XwR4HTcGfaYBNzLBZXkclG-KJc8GEf7hdpp9tI-OY0NGw_mSzuDbE/s1600/Brancott+Estate+terrace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-_Quk5Nn4U8sxKYs8N5h49bKhghW2bIZKCPzkZQ-20y4g0K5-g1t3hab4UQLMqx-jqMSPysP3MzuQf8x73glAt3XwR4HTcGfaYBNzLBZXkclG-KJc8GEf7hdpp9tI-OY0NGw_mSzuDbE/s640/Brancott+Estate+terrace.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><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fearon Hay's Imperial Lane project in Auckland (below), featured in our February/March issue, picked up a nomination in the festival's 'Old and New' category. Photo by Patrick Reynolds. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Qhc25NboTObqD-9zFnYOa2OaxLCz3CNkvKGkxQ6pQgpTIRzuhmLbiTqbOL1b95k6JL8MFgFSWr0Hl_VTrqMVqmkygU6jjNjtX-v4H_oUGB-FfRjeDXbz_ntNqFm3O6UDpsjCR4rRaLn/s1600/Fearon+Hay+Imperial+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5Qhc25NboTObqD-9zFnYOa2OaxLCz3CNkvKGkxQ6pQgpTIRzuhmLbiTqbOL1b95k6JL8MFgFSWr0Hl_VTrqMVqmkygU6jjNjtX-v4H_oUGB-FfRjeDXbz_ntNqFm3O6UDpsjCR4rRaLn/s640/Fearon+Hay+Imperial+for+blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay are going to have a very busy time of it when they present shortlisted projects to the judges at the festival in Singapore in October: their Island Retreat (below), featured in our current issue, has been shortlisted in the 'Villa' category of the awards. </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;">And the firm was also nominated in the urban design category, along with Taylor Cullity Lethlean of Melbourne, for their excellent work at Auckland's North Wharf (below). Both photos by Patrick Reynolds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpZb_oqa81Oh8xUMpH-bej8L-XacW0jx3Z_r74GqAFXoiOSbp3ILA3HdlICfQg4fuVLwVi8vMYlj804ZO3FYKABu42BiJyGoFgk1jet7pZuVu7MZxrVlTdwXLBj3FouVbcZsCLow1ubNx/s1600/HNZ0612FearonHay-House_ISLAND+RETREAT_9284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpZb_oqa81Oh8xUMpH-bej8L-XacW0jx3Z_r74GqAFXoiOSbp3ILA3HdlICfQg4fuVLwVi8vMYlj804ZO3FYKABu42BiJyGoFgk1jet7pZuVu7MZxrVlTdwXLBj3FouVbcZsCLow1ubNx/s640/HNZ0612FearonHay-House_ISLAND+RETREAT_9284.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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RueA35KQ2O45rYQ-15AWKuz7ef7jNU5x-7ilhTKExRWKKpfVFTIR6Zn8zViaS5STYuYKo7QQZIgaE5iixvAdbkSnRZD7iKCcbZjUSnrps7lXczHix0MPtlmyi7UTrOZUwVI1E3veS8mA/s1600/North+Wharf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RueA35KQ2O45rYQ-15AWKuz7ef7jNU5x-7ilhTKExRWKKpfVFTIR6Zn8zViaS5STYuYKo7QQZIgaE5iixvAdbkSnRZD7iKCcbZjUSnrps7lXczHix0MPtlmyi7UTrOZUwVI1E3veS8mA/s640/North+Wharf.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In non-Fearon Hay nominations, Ken Crosson of Crosson Clarke Carnachan's Hut on Sleds at Whangapoua Beach (below), a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2012, is shortlisted in the festival's 'Villa' category. Photo by Jackie Meiring. </span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZkh_liLqBz_nvt9lDz0VlS9HYZNbw8v1lGyJ955e20BIlZTeTG45IYLnQM3_kRYg1W8AYuIP3itwKQY5a_l8on8A94Wxns5Xi1sSIjfdpmN4jQPDiJJWFKhiaOhEW-fJuvREQAubcAFp/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZkh_liLqBz_nvt9lDz0VlS9HYZNbw8v1lGyJ955e20BIlZTeTG45IYLnQM3_kRYg1W8AYuIP3itwKQY5a_l8on8A94Wxns5Xi1sSIjfdpmN4jQPDiJJWFKhiaOhEW-fJuvREQAubcAFp/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Patterson Associates' Geyser building (below) on Auckland's Parnell Road is nominated in the festival's 'Office' category. </span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichhrfsvqkCBG1S_0QJI52edjl2a1TlLXm1BYJWNkMCoxq-iXISZ0nn94Y527ALQMMObKtALiWIxG-Idl4OzxuTRQ5qYCfJrIQCUVqU8B-NJUVOGV2HB3BnVdm_1YuJhFn8B_N4XV53ea6/s1600/Geyser2-560x305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEichhrfsvqkCBG1S_0QJI52edjl2a1TlLXm1BYJWNkMCoxq-iXISZ0nn94Y527ALQMMObKtALiWIxG-Idl4OzxuTRQ5qYCfJrIQCUVqU8B-NJUVOGV2HB3BnVdm_1YuJhFn8B_N4XV53ea6/s640/Geyser2-560x305.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As we mentioned earlier in the week, RTA Studio's C3 house (below, which is planned, but not yet built) has picked up a nomination in the 'Future Projects' section.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFQHZtUaUVhYqcb3whFQlUfBmuCUI7MGL8oTSoyy4BCfBnGfTwlQaxFS-HA4JToTKziodR_jzxqCKI3nT3NLDchiEk8ZdpfIqnAjWiw6r_C5xrHp0fpifq2KZUiyVm35edBoziYpOZK0S/s1600/2+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFQHZtUaUVhYqcb3whFQlUfBmuCUI7MGL8oTSoyy4BCfBnGfTwlQaxFS-HA4JToTKziodR_jzxqCKI3nT3NLDchiEk8ZdpfIqnAjWiw6r_C5xrHp0fpifq2KZUiyVm35edBoziYpOZK0S/s640/2+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also in 'Future Projects' a planned Waikato Whanau Ora centre (below) by Hamish Monk, Aaron Paterson and Dominic Glamuzina of The Flood.</span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlQLLfsRxQr2A0hbCEfGmN6o94Yr9Sxrf0U4Ll0pQbezpt9IJrRE64y18bIgtkM9S-QlLt5mP2NPmzVv1NVr4Kb60VSIAW7r8IwRW25PhDbvUdXz9y0ostz7haXBTOvyOjib_R7c5Y5n/s1600/Whanau+Ora+by+The+Flood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHlQLLfsRxQr2A0hbCEfGmN6o94Yr9Sxrf0U4Ll0pQbezpt9IJrRE64y18bIgtkM9S-QlLt5mP2NPmzVv1NVr4Kb60VSIAW7r8IwRW25PhDbvUdXz9y0ostz7haXBTOvyOjib_R7c5Y5n/s640/Whanau+Ora+by+The+Flood.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All the finalists will travel to the World Architecture Festival in Singapore in October to give presentations about their work to a panel of judges. We wish them luck, and congratulate them on their success in getting this far. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The full World Architecture Festival shortlist is </span><a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/shortlist.cfm?eventYear=2012" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" target="_blank">here</a>.

World Architecture Festival - the NZ finalists

New Zealand architects have made a fantastically strong showing in the shortlist of nominees for awards at the World Architecture Festival. First, with an impressive three nominations (and one shared one) are these projects from Fearon Hay Architects: The Brancott Estate Heritage Centre in Marlborou…

19Jul2012

Outtakes: William Tozer's London loft

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Photographs are by Emily Andrews.</span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seen below, shelving in the TV room - a snug space off a generous, gallery-like hall - displays a collection of artworks and books.</span></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: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eh5yb8laD8KXhyphenhyphenWsisHby2-nE07oZJiYsyE105_PzUVaU6k65XIF_R1we0FUn7DI0D-poP5FStNfpcVmz_JGmooIf_NZvQFB4pprCzyIFgK9BuurTvURplvMDWfrocN5DyP3RhAHApws/s1600/AR36411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eh5yb8laD8KXhyphenhyphenWsisHby2-nE07oZJiYsyE105_PzUVaU6k65XIF_R1we0FUn7DI0D-poP5FStNfpcVmz_JGmooIf_NZvQFB4pprCzyIFgK9BuurTvURplvMDWfrocN5DyP3RhAHApws/s640/AR36411.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty9aIjurb1-AN_knlA0XMJRuo8sMrZ0_ZURpUz-EgEyjWiNUmI9fTqjOS9YZQuDqO2ey8JzRwoQzI5B5auwJ8sQBGJ7r8sAB6hZ3zOzH3TSsBLNIXfX4vvCEEThA3wbbCpPptdVeH6iYV/s1600/AR36395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">A study area is also located off the gallery space, with a built-in desk and shelving. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6q37S_I4CLCp2bIqhf4ymnSg837hJuqEy1TTsZHmjigvra4xyYg_jMfKlpmbkOYY6gTJ4tOORqqcPuSajnPfUNtfn-VEB30HtRRqQkDosMHz_dQEZF0rZaKHggQ_-BGyHwqDBQc3HpMW/s1600/AR36589-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6q37S_I4CLCp2bIqhf4ymnSg837hJuqEy1TTsZHmjigvra4xyYg_jMfKlpmbkOYY6gTJ4tOORqqcPuSajnPfUNtfn-VEB30HtRRqQkDosMHz_dQEZF0rZaKHggQ_-BGyHwqDBQc3HpMW/s640/AR36589-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The dining area (below) features pendant lights by Phillippe Starck, a table by Belgian designer and architect Maarten van Severen and 'Pelle' chairs by Hiroyuki Toyoda.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zB-vaNwvB0aZVjBgaq-MohyphenhyphenH3l45gbOWbF_7caLLLZYB4XehbD9PAkwITit45rWeuPXOJx3jcAn4yaUQ7xE4v_scQmIBuExFX_1GtVdC-bmeKspV1cnsewxI6QYy7OXYvLkocu7vB5pf/s1600/AR36496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zB-vaNwvB0aZVjBgaq-MohyphenhyphenH3l45gbOWbF_7caLLLZYB4XehbD9PAkwITit45rWeuPXOJx3jcAn4yaUQ7xE4v_scQmIBuExFX_1GtVdC-bmeKspV1cnsewxI6QYy7OXYvLkocu7vB5pf/s640/AR36496.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's a view of the London skyline from the terrace, which wraps itself around two sides of the apartment.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwl0DCOhCvVbl8iOoCGAEzheWIQrBn6XVtSyZL6I3b6lJzYIg-5GgsBoCJUf4ukwCqrbwK2Dp_E1XQ-_IJ49iBkDCPVIUUu7zDD2oeTbGtms5GSZKnmeFR4P7sS1rxXfkSDCwhnPATYGc/s1600/AR36548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwl0DCOhCvVbl8iOoCGAEzheWIQrBn6XVtSyZL6I3b6lJzYIg-5GgsBoCJUf4ukwCqrbwK2Dp_E1XQ-_IJ49iBkDCPVIUUu7zDD2oeTbGtms5GSZKnmeFR4P7sS1rxXfkSDCwhnPATYGc/s640/AR36548.jpg" width="640" /> </a> </div></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: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtt5KSdqqd2lxJnSjSI5laQYQ8N_7HB6h7KCTYQGhWg-GJ6JAk_lf3QDVrdS0SGSRBJRmVwBSic8kC6e2m0L-q-h0NV7nIKLHv6sCSazNn27N1gizO-67uZIO3591LXl9zUtIaZiGuLr0/s1600/AR36529-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtt5KSdqqd2lxJnSjSI5laQYQ8N_7HB6h7KCTYQGhWg-GJ6JAk_lf3QDVrdS0SGSRBJRmVwBSic8kC6e2m0L-q-h0NV7nIKLHv6sCSazNn27N1gizO-67uZIO3591LXl9zUtIaZiGuLr0/s640/AR36529-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tozer's design preserves much of the building's industrial origins, leaving the raw concrete ceiling exposed throughout the building. In the kitchen, pipes for the rangehood are also left exposed.  </span></div><div style="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;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9TlufegocW1ubEmPz29-jlRpkVZ3pBxk0j3Jm6kLLvJmOIXE4UMI9lxKvvKFx6sV61c6h7uwYXxvIazflaOoD1yL5sW7S8YOsNXo2Uzs9Mn-fT-hwF1ILV4YqDrwVko6tNDyjWKaRUrM/s1600/AR36531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9TlufegocW1ubEmPz29-jlRpkVZ3pBxk0j3Jm6kLLvJmOIXE4UMI9lxKvvKFx6sV61c6h7uwYXxvIazflaOoD1yL5sW7S8YOsNXo2Uzs9Mn-fT-hwF1ILV4YqDrwVko6tNDyjWKaRUrM/s640/AR36531.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The view below looks from the kitchen towards the apartment's living area. The pendant lights over the kitchen island are by Danish designer Cecilie Manz.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-t0o2lCLGMtzg1sOVxWhE7LERsWEZ6G7zIpKeDeZPSwKq0Qo7dYR0G1uE8dqZKt5eDREHphukogylY24rjqbJX9zjEKuLUSfwPQLz3wPIcBQkrlKixnj6c9prCJFiPbWCgPjf83hcVLc/s1600/AR36575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-t0o2lCLGMtzg1sOVxWhE7LERsWEZ6G7zIpKeDeZPSwKq0Qo7dYR0G1uE8dqZKt5eDREHphukogylY24rjqbJX9zjEKuLUSfwPQLz3wPIcBQkrlKixnj6c9prCJFiPbWCgPjf83hcVLc/s640/AR36575.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This shot of the home's main bedroom shows William Tozer's clever insertion of new elements such as the en suite bathroom, with the dark timber clearly demarcating the old and new structures. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEjPUthaQH554PrFRJRVS8YAAKEtzb6Kd2E8uYDioMGLdbFsHUTsjCyNQrKxe3W_wyYAiyxok7ybC-hFMRz7p0WSbkB56cW1YZ6nfpFa49vmoeAdJTufzomXmhPs73oCePmVn40MjJPLic0T/s1600/AR36606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUthaQH554PrFRJRVS8YAAKEtzb6Kd2E8uYDioMGLdbFsHUTsjCyNQrKxe3W_wyYAiyxok7ybC-hFMRz7p0WSbkB56cW1YZ6nfpFa49vmoeAdJTufzomXmhPs73oCePmVn40MjJPLic0T/s640/AR36606.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Outtakes: William Tozer's London loft

Here are a few unpublished outtakes from a home featured in our current issue, a loft apartment in a former factory in London designed by New Zealand-born architect William Tozer. Photographs are by Emily Andrews.Seen below, shelving in the TV room - a snug space off a generous, gallery-like hall - …

18Jul2012

RTA Studio in the World Architecture Festival

<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;"></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;"></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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Congratulations to Richard Naish and the team at Auckland's RTA Studio: their design for the carbon-neutral 'C3' house has just been selected as a finalist in the 'Future Projects' section at the World Architecture Festival.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The as-yet-unbuilt house has been designed for a site near Lake Wanaka, and will be constructed from 100 percent recyclable or reusable materials including local stone, timber and rammed earth. It has been designed to achieve carbon-neutral certification once completed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Richard will travel to Singapore in October to make a presentation to the World Architecture Festival jury about the house. The World Architecture Festival winners will be announced soon afterwards. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is RTA Studio's fourth year in a row at the World Architecture Festival. Last year Richard's <a href="http://homenewzealand.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/on-film-finalist-naish-house-by-richard.html" target="_blank">own home</a> was a finalist. It was preceded by the RTA's AUT lecture theatre and conference centre in 2010, and the Ironbank building on Auckland's Karangahape Road in 2009. </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;">The renderings below of the C3 house show how it will look after construction, a subtle presence in a beautiful landscape.  We'll keep you posted with more details from the festival in October. We'll have more details on this exciting project in our October issue, too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></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;"></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/AVvXsEh8r9N8uFzmgG5RluBcKqJJ59sSu3KON9-hIrWbGC3UDctz_6n2jGvb4kRmBzzbq9zp3_0GLdFK6u_hYm7Hrys66oFS1ca_911c03pMxBCKURTSkbJweD81ZuYOp3uFw4UPRx5K86qtCPhC/s1600/2+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8r9N8uFzmgG5RluBcKqJJ59sSu3KON9-hIrWbGC3UDctz_6n2jGvb4kRmBzzbq9zp3_0GLdFK6u_hYm7Hrys66oFS1ca_911c03pMxBCKURTSkbJweD81ZuYOp3uFw4UPRx5K86qtCPhC/s640/2+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDQatsl3DIexteIwjnjYqZLoR5yIdZ0MVnF_d_gWigxaoY5KbhdaBtNE1VJrkGepD4tNrWGjvFENCqJ3eXdrTVXB3jbHvKh6LHUu_WoJUrJcxHhyeVRAZGk6TEKbQWLBzazzyzmYSXaK5/s1600/1+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDQatsl3DIexteIwjnjYqZLoR5yIdZ0MVnF_d_gWigxaoY5KbhdaBtNE1VJrkGepD4tNrWGjvFENCqJ3eXdrTVXB3jbHvKh6LHUu_WoJUrJcxHhyeVRAZGk6TEKbQWLBzazzyzmYSXaK5/s640/1+low+res.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;"></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/AVvXsEgbSrQPmZpT7aJZ6VUmDfS_Fqx83QUQhbWdn3zSPVHbAxtjCs3g6U0OCNytpa62baBj0eIbPe6a0m63ld8BImb0R2A48jrGIg6JmouOaduiSkALaTBbp4F4oCj95KIpyP7jfA9A8pdHn852/s1600/3+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSrQPmZpT7aJZ6VUmDfS_Fqx83QUQhbWdn3zSPVHbAxtjCs3g6U0OCNytpa62baBj0eIbPe6a0m63ld8BImb0R2A48jrGIg6JmouOaduiSkALaTBbp4F4oCj95KIpyP7jfA9A8pdHn852/s640/3+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIheBVfcw8TqiXMkP88afUbzT5Pl9valp3xG5oZ5fB1BYeV_-xr8rJEHdnua0MDkiVZJfhOApIi1sN6Snm6VgagVsRduYBLrdWnc2eepUC_FEE2QjglnBNfghO9ZSk_IG7rh4PDmJzjrgh/s1600/4+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIheBVfcw8TqiXMkP88afUbzT5Pl9valp3xG5oZ5fB1BYeV_-xr8rJEHdnua0MDkiVZJfhOApIi1sN6Snm6VgagVsRduYBLrdWnc2eepUC_FEE2QjglnBNfghO9ZSk_IG7rh4PDmJzjrgh/s640/4+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVHZjLGd-bXWpXXI9BgKVbdLFHan9tavYMve20eovyhWEfT3IaCsQ50MTQC1UCVHWBz1p9GU8Lzhyphenhypheneg-OZq0sqNwutGH5JiHcILIGhEXI190x75cZ6TXVHpI3l_X4KMdyHPFuv85fJMwN/s1600/5+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVHZjLGd-bXWpXXI9BgKVbdLFHan9tavYMve20eovyhWEfT3IaCsQ50MTQC1UCVHWBz1p9GU8Lzhyphenhypheneg-OZq0sqNwutGH5JiHcILIGhEXI190x75cZ6TXVHpI3l_X4KMdyHPFuv85fJMwN/s640/5+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />

RTA Studio in the World Architecture Festival

Congratulations to Richard Naish and the team at Auckland's RTA Studio: their design for the carbon-neutral 'C3' house has just been selected as a finalist in the 'Future Projects' section at the World Architecture Festival. The as-yet-unbuilt house has been designed for a site near Lake Wanaka, an…

17Jul2012

Outtakes: Pahoia house by Warren and Mahoney

<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our April/May issue Home of the Year issue featured this finalist in the award, a magnificent home near Tauranga designed by Andrew Barclay and Richard McGowan of Warren & Mahoney</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.The home is a linear ground-floor arrangement of bedrooms and living areas, with a black main bedroom suite and study on the black upper floor, which is placed transversely to the main volume of the house. In the shot below (all the photographs are by Patrick Reynolds), you can see the house on its beautiful peninsula site. </span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgQyomzHwk8tIkmTaSAQZFl17FkNC81FblNRNPnpnGipNMjxS9wkLLh2Nq4_dI0pQVcZJaOWqA29oihuVR4-qWaS0diSvXauWm8xJoWMeEogSesV95gl9VwFDn58YF7Rim93stFzrBa51/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgQyomzHwk8tIkmTaSAQZFl17FkNC81FblNRNPnpnGipNMjxS9wkLLh2Nq4_dI0pQVcZJaOWqA29oihuVR4-qWaS0diSvXauWm8xJoWMeEogSesV95gl9VwFDn58YF7Rim93stFzrBa51/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0432.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The home's owners asked Andrew and Richard for a home with sculptural lines, a sense of restfulness, and a focus on quality and permanence. The house was to be "simple and strong and bold" for a life of "reading, privacy and quietness." The two shots below show more clearly the relationship of the upper and lower volumes of the home, with the upper floor projecting over and providing shade for a lower-level terrace. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84975jOYEcNqtrf1TAfGL5ndc9d5pmtU-BXicbwAAUyIaRJNSB6jg83h1D_qQ4av0AwQYlv8NLEdcEyOLS-WK6NMcF4KoJCft2boubDvECj4MM7u3yWft1bHitTVaTdVmrRFfkG6i4Zvu/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84975jOYEcNqtrf1TAfGL5ndc9d5pmtU-BXicbwAAUyIaRJNSB6jg83h1D_qQ4av0AwQYlv8NLEdcEyOLS-WK6NMcF4KoJCft2boubDvECj4MM7u3yWft1bHitTVaTdVmrRFfkG6i4Zvu/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0536.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70nAm5VpsanhRavszmTycq4Kd7L6jvcjJfl5tjerxuiUeuhvmU7jBHEUeHH0Ag2SOg4sSm5mAtLL5qa-rICCXF6ooMeOig4tqt860DoxnszhDaSO9-n8obNVzkdVF_k97447DdpFetDf_/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70nAm5VpsanhRavszmTycq4Kd7L6jvcjJfl5tjerxuiUeuhvmU7jBHEUeHH0Ag2SOg4sSm5mAtLL5qa-rICCXF6ooMeOig4tqt860DoxnszhDaSO9-n8obNVzkdVF_k97447DdpFetDf_/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0491.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All  the home's main spaces face north, including the outdoor room (shown below), which features a  reflecting pool with a large sculpture by Paul Dibble. It's the beautiful outcome of the owners' desire to emulate the European concept of entering a courtyard before moving into the  house proper. It's also a way of encouraging sheltered outdoor living by dissolving the  barriers between indoors and out. Visitors pass under the bridge-like  form of the home's upper floor before walking through the front door,  which opens directly into the outdoor room. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uv1RfvxGIE-r4sKaf2Pn7nx-fLzapdm8WJFMUboKT5Q2xgayxi7jIZOwQpUL3HAvJoc4CB6I3YjS1ZHOqlmG6ReshJLS93OBsORvtGf5kKnP9Lqg3yfvSFFSk4d-Fhwi306W8sHylzP/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uv1RfvxGIE-r4sKaf2Pn7nx-fLzapdm8WJFMUboKT5Q2xgayxi7jIZOwQpUL3HAvJoc4CB6I3YjS1ZHOqlmG6ReshJLS93OBsORvtGf5kKnP9Lqg3yfvSFFSk4d-Fhwi306W8sHylzP/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0723.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The outdoor room is anchored, like the rest of the house, by a wall of travertine that acts as the building's spine (below). </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YHvUmUR0ijF2heL-dAAMtIxd4A1GHgBTyFH4XtGiXDdmgwySuN1UhyBXHYLIIfYP4NZsjKj1kv3kaMIoB9qRWluk4RuMbhOzRszH-MXLHJYf4nKMz2nA2uxTaneAyKwvw5jsLK0fI-SM/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YHvUmUR0ijF2heL-dAAMtIxd4A1GHgBTyFH4XtGiXDdmgwySuN1UhyBXHYLIIfYP4NZsjKj1kv3kaMIoB9qRWluk4RuMbhOzRszH-MXLHJYf4nKMz2nA2uxTaneAyKwvw5jsLK0fI-SM/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0365.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The view below looks back from the outdoor room to the home's main entrance, featuring another sculpture by Paul Dibble across the driveway. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpEX9_1owQJROruIv9Rs54uaX8trV_4iMgW4L04rIxfGmCbWM7PG_4pQeDltSV8h3OqrGvpY3JSdGJrqx663l_bHmh77g1HDRiYpk8EQuh-QlqTBINNi6p41UeFD40I2y5OE2MuXPW8nx/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpEX9_1owQJROruIv9Rs54uaX8trV_4iMgW4L04rIxfGmCbWM7PG_4pQeDltSV8h3OqrGvpY3JSdGJrqx663l_bHmh77g1HDRiYpk8EQuh-QlqTBINNi6p41UeFD40I2y5OE2MuXPW8nx/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0382.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The owners wanted the home to feel equally comfortable when their six children were around or when just the two of them were home. The main living area, entered from the outdoor room, is an intimate open-plan sequence of sunny sitting area, a kitchen and dining space and a compact formal sitting room with a fireplace. </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKkvzcodvv0VzbogYU_floj5w-7eRmQA9vPJBUJUGVtRHctYswyj4c0AILq4qNZxii86w06TYa1NMk_fiK_NEWlQbjnYHN9zA4vDLOzkAK0mhJT_qasV4rjyifLZguMgHN-cf_EDdxGWh/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKkvzcodvv0VzbogYU_floj5w-7eRmQA9vPJBUJUGVtRHctYswyj4c0AILq4qNZxii86w06TYa1NMk_fiK_NEWlQbjnYHN9zA4vDLOzkAK0mhJT_qasV4rjyifLZguMgHN-cf_EDdxGWh/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0682.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When the (mostly adult) children are visiting, they have the home's west wing, with three bedrooms and a small living room. At the eastern end of the ground floor is a separate guest suite featuring this elegant ensuite bathroom.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Evqpi8O9_Icf4KgapQDcY3V9lYCQVSY5iF_88tDJKmWp3LEDhFzsGn3IJAw22QcHHrTwuHtUBQNNiCH-2hBqW3Vq9SMXSEGD3GSm1DpxQOKVXNRkusKWRqM8JeEr00nYVCj711nuL3h/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Evqpi8O9_Icf4KgapQDcY3V9lYCQVSY5iF_88tDJKmWp3LEDhFzsGn3IJAw22QcHHrTwuHtUBQNNiCH-2hBqW3Vq9SMXSEGD3GSm1DpxQOKVXNRkusKWRqM8JeEr00nYVCj711nuL3h/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Upstairs, a dark-painted library located behind the main bedroom makes for a comfortable winter evening retreat. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBj_fizhsb-AeMYO6F1H7mM1GsvrZcLHTminWSIA75OLe6A-Jt7ikm35s-SXVkrxWJ0nAXY4YgZpk7mrOHfoVjaitJmKZ9sUmBwSJgcyW3ktAS6Adn9HYzcJje-MtZIP-5XRvBHPRjkz0/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBj_fizhsb-AeMYO6F1H7mM1GsvrZcLHTminWSIA75OLe6A-Jt7ikm35s-SXVkrxWJ0nAXY4YgZpk7mrOHfoVjaitJmKZ9sUmBwSJgcyW3ktAS6Adn9HYzcJje-MtZIP-5XRvBHPRjkz0/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0288.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The view below is from the guest suite on the ground floor, a lovely perspective looking north over the estuary. Thanks again to our Home of the Year partner, Altherm Window Systems, for working with us to present these fantastic homes. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdAuJSI-F5-E0lReVZOj8auj3-kDtcmbAB3jDEwp7kgdexynSEN4hIv2P-adEMyLVzyPSDobOBb2HJqX6Z4UdwWrAF36IXayIaI9w45DVwAsRChUw3vURUBRw2DYVObGF_NEz8AqZXI4M/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdAuJSI-F5-E0lReVZOj8auj3-kDtcmbAB3jDEwp7kgdexynSEN4hIv2P-adEMyLVzyPSDobOBb2HJqX6Z4UdwWrAF36IXayIaI9w45DVwAsRChUw3vURUBRw2DYVObGF_NEz8AqZXI4M/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />

Outtakes: Pahoia house by Warren and Mahoney

Our April/May issue Home of the Year issue featured this finalist in the award, a magnificent home near Tauranga designed by Andrew Barclay and Richard McGowan of Warren & Mahoney.The home is a linear ground-floor arrangement of bedrooms and living areas, with a black main bedroom suite and study on…

16Jul2012

Meet the Designers at Corporate Culture

Meet the Designers at Corporate Culture

Auckland design fans, take note: Our friends at Corporate Culture are inviting HOME readers to a very special 'Meet the Designers' event next Wednesday 18 July from 6-8pm at the Corporate Culture showroom (73 The Strand, Parnell). You'll ...hear designers Nathan Goldsworthy, Emma Hayes, Tim Webb…

11Jul2012

Outtakes: Waiheke Island holiday home

<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In our current issue, the Waiheke Island house by Fearon Hay Architects (photographed by Patrick Reynolds) creates a powerful paradox between a camping experience, with all the outdoors roughness it implies, and the luxurious elegance of a holiday home, to resolve it in a striking chef-d’oeuvre.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">At first sight, to reach for tent and camping metaphors in an expensive holiday home seems to flirt with absurdity. But here, the house and the environment enhance themselves in beautiful contrasts. If you set the luxury trappings aside, there is still something fundamentally camp-like about the experience of being in the home. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In the living pavilion, light flows freely through the space thanks to the fixed floor-to-ceiling panel windows that make up an entire wall. On the other side, glass doors open to blur the space with the lawn outside.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAVVUfk-CkWYMWHAOImhxmI-JZTw38L76ZMJfMDqaWeY8GzoDLmhPDsqA9X77gj6dfP3QF9cwY5ymZXQi2aq3Jm9XsH56dRadgs2w_FDlF833YsHQ6CdxgZDiE1AoH4n-5VFm8SfD_fOW/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAVVUfk-CkWYMWHAOImhxmI-JZTw38L76ZMJfMDqaWeY8GzoDLmhPDsqA9X77gj6dfP3QF9cwY5ymZXQi2aq3Jm9XsH56dRadgs2w_FDlF833YsHQ6CdxgZDiE1AoH4n-5VFm8SfD_fOW/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8880.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The pavilions are separated from each other, demanding a physical engagement with the outdoors – be it to feel the wind or get a little wet on your way to bed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIatiz6cL20bJol2mFCH5Y78QJDXqQ_8oRsaeNOqooK_jOZCshJAxmcPqkulGFTzIQE77vv2kRIeSo3W5d7vzJtjdsMOxzZ3MVZv_KZgATBtIqoQcLhZezKkeW-7V2BJXm4YHYxgcbggH/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIatiz6cL20bJol2mFCH5Y78QJDXqQ_8oRsaeNOqooK_jOZCshJAxmcPqkulGFTzIQE77vv2kRIeSo3W5d7vzJtjdsMOxzZ3MVZv_KZgATBtIqoQcLhZezKkeW-7V2BJXm4YHYxgcbggH/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8861.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">In the empty central space that makes for an outdoor gathering point, the home’s owners gather around a brazier in the evenings. “We thought, if you set up a camp here, this is where you’d put your fire” says Tim Hay of Fearon Hay Architects. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_kbfZreE1gpD6xQ3ZV9aKoliRk0IecZJd2-WD1VZznufj0ew7hU2-H509nVsjAa9OAbLc1EHA4lEgiV9XHim5wqAuujbw5sCmkLEUaHXWjce3ulTXVgDQg9D1P7f2i3hbcK95MuWQs9zX/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The encampment-like arrangement of the house was designed so it nestles into the topography. Says Tim: “There was a strong sense of a centre on the site, like a crater, and we didn’t want to disturb that.” That’s why they designed the pavilions to open inwards to the courtyard, the empty space at the heart of this remarkable home. On the other side of the courtyard is a living area containing a TV.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULuZyW40jtSnChtt7jQtf4zb8RjDNa4uRUE85Q-KObmBsk1h7UI3fuxwY-qzRV3jPcOwDYFyWPCVjgZ-ziFkAc5QVKBuPWIbdLhClxcc6ExOAFRwOkbtejW9Wtz_h5mSDYZy1AKh4ZcyX/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULuZyW40jtSnChtt7jQtf4zb8RjDNa4uRUE85Q-KObmBsk1h7UI3fuxwY-qzRV3jPcOwDYFyWPCVjgZ-ziFkAc5QVKBuPWIbdLhClxcc6ExOAFRwOkbtejW9Wtz_h5mSDYZy1AKh4ZcyX/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9034.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">This bowl-like shape of the land surrounding the property is made clear in this view through the main living pavilion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pOeVOa0Wtq_9yFvmuZqLbPBi4IY1Ownxur3CRBZ40z0OJvWcQmDIaL7gCcVgK_V9SVW2Y4Uajq8pLwflhM9klKOQ3LZuMRDelN8ygun3OsJkf0tDA8A8FoTWy5j-Ht5ut2K0bXAhDksH/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pOeVOa0Wtq_9yFvmuZqLbPBi4IY1Ownxur3CRBZ40z0OJvWcQmDIaL7gCcVgK_V9SVW2Y4Uajq8pLwflhM9klKOQ3LZuMRDelN8ygun3OsJkf0tDA8A8FoTWy5j-Ht5ut2K0bXAhDksH/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9155.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXZEqIhwCKgVS5MthjDP6bAccSq77INz-iR4dKOUe5u_5SO9QoIjRTVkUSsvhuSsJBloZpqTwjgvAe__lUqm9gsV2gZ_OLuTq40aQt1MynJxsJLpThDLCOrE1AdFrQ_BIqNo6SEoS5F-S/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXZEqIhwCKgVS5MthjDP6bAccSq77INz-iR4dKOUe5u_5SO9QoIjRTVkUSsvhuSsJBloZpqTwjgvAe__lUqm9gsV2gZ_OLuTq40aQt1MynJxsJLpThDLCOrE1AdFrQ_BIqNo6SEoS5F-S/s400/ISLAND+RETREAT_8937.JPG" width="266" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">The encampment setting heightens the sense of luxury of having a roof on your head. Roughness and refinement merge into each other. In the ensuite bathroom, designed by Tim’s sister Penny of Penny Hay Interiors, white curtains run on a continuous track around the room, allowing it to be turned into a cocoon-like space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcWg0jFAF44BLLhTdiO8KBlAYnm3s8ef5lCXm46WJTOpYE5Ql7n6vD-268ebTiQeVgX4yp0-KaF7L7_z5JQkNqxER1f2ntek5uvrj-ZvQIv61aQYrvlg15YKFhx4EEI1J0eAGrFa9cwkL/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcWg0jFAF44BLLhTdiO8KBlAYnm3s8ef5lCXm46WJTOpYE5Ql7n6vD-268ebTiQeVgX4yp0-KaF7L7_z5JQkNqxER1f2ntek5uvrj-ZvQIv61aQYrvlg15YKFhx4EEI1J0eAGrFa9cwkL/s400/ISLAND+RETREAT_8946.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"> An overhead skylight in the ensuite bathroom allows light to spill down the wall.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">“We were keen that [the house] had an expression of materiality that wasn’t too perfect or polished,” Tim says, so they chose a roughcast plaster finish for the house nicely offset by the smooth sheen of the perforated metal screens. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyFh1rSUsKIoaDnuBEvgA1mTAcMKr2Bveru1uqWo2hQKVuESV8nnWjdiQ8xlCi9UwX4k26GrT7nyyJ4oFoSEDan5qvWuNMIOwvTi1Rc4yKpWkSALfb8hysB799374X6tZPH1W6UeWa5l-/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_8820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyFh1rSUsKIoaDnuBEvgA1mTAcMKr2Bveru1uqWo2hQKVuESV8nnWjdiQ8xlCi9UwX4k26GrT7nyyJ4oFoSEDan5qvWuNMIOwvTi1Rc4yKpWkSALfb8hysB799374X6tZPH1W6UeWa5l-/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_8820.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">This house ultimately gives you the feeling to be both surrounded by nature and still nestled in comfort.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DHPiM37v2VMve2KFaFy7AR-vhK3e4bsYfy6fcjrJzgEhNt3eEgx00Sy63cLSr_VXld8Z6kh-Gdc4o3UDzCteZIDVUgb2KV95kdFh-Rq8svEx5YqNE1DIlvmNo7OxobGEJxHfPCepn5ri/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DHPiM37v2VMve2KFaFy7AR-vhK3e4bsYfy6fcjrJzgEhNt3eEgx00Sy63cLSr_VXld8Z6kh-Gdc4o3UDzCteZIDVUgb2KV95kdFh-Rq8svEx5YqNE1DIlvmNo7OxobGEJxHfPCepn5ri/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9187.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">From the courtyard, a small aperture between the bedrooms allows a glimpse of the view to the west, taking in Rangitoto and the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgLIWhTMt23Jqmf6pu3JzPhM_t4uK9u9nt097nSLFzTT5Bjei0ZXZ-OZ8YdaRXXUugo83nzwqFq5JRrDlJnoCJTr_VTkR4dN43lsev9_MTpTd80lTth9pOws-aL3gwCQcgmXwMIU4YgOh/s1600/ISLAND+RETREAT_9052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvgLIWhTMt23Jqmf6pu3JzPhM_t4uK9u9nt097nSLFzTT5Bjei0ZXZ-OZ8YdaRXXUugo83nzwqFq5JRrDlJnoCJTr_VTkR4dN43lsev9_MTpTd80lTth9pOws-aL3gwCQcgmXwMIU4YgOh/s640/ISLAND+RETREAT_9052.JPG" width="425" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Outtakes: Waiheke Island holiday home

In our current issue, the Waiheke Island house by Fearon Hay Architects (photographed by Patrick Reynolds) creates a powerful paradox between a camping experience, with all the outdoors roughness it implies, and the luxurious elegance of a holiday home, to resolve it in a striking chef-d’oeuvre.At f…

05Jul2012

Outtakes: Home of the Year 2012

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: small;">Every magazine shoot yields far more images than we can ever fit in our pages - so we like to take the opportunity to show you a few of our favourite outtakes here on the blog. This time, it's our Home of the Year 2012 by Herbst Architects, that marvellous structure amid a pohutukawa grove at Piha. The photographs are by Patrick Reynolds - and once again, a big thank you to our Home of the Year partners Altherm Window Systems for their support of the award. Thanks also to our intern, Jett Nichol, who's here for a week from Napier learning a bit about the magazine trade (as well as compiling these albums).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: small;">The image below shows the steps from the house out to the back deck, which catches the morning sun in summer. This opening also establishes a strong diagonal connection across the living space, as well as allowing cooling cross-breezes in summer.</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gOsON4gErFnYwTamDz4LvtRC1q9PGMYlwLnGaJ1d4DuCezu98bz-9vJZfcC5Raeg9U95wjkXBiugzJuO09Tc7tLbpgmfpSACEUC-D1LHsUY5GU7YAQn2ErMUvn_Nqiccihh1xG5r8YUz/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gOsON4gErFnYwTamDz4LvtRC1q9PGMYlwLnGaJ1d4DuCezu98bz-9vJZfcC5Raeg9U95wjkXBiugzJuO09Tc7tLbpgmfpSACEUC-D1LHsUY5GU7YAQn2ErMUvn_Nqiccihh1xG5r8YUz/s640/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5539.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In each bedroom, the walls have been lined in poplar ply, its light colour establishing a calm mood. This shot shows the main bedroom, which is entered via a mezzanine walkway above the living space.</span></div><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  <tbody><tr>   </tr></tbody></table><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><tbody><tr><td height="0" width="36"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>  </tr><tr>   </tr></tbody></table><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>   <td><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>  </tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwhUtRwZlxh08fa-CmRm0HIYjNSz4im5eQQdvOHTVE2iIFPFxAGFQ7GB87u98KkByTWDodveyrkEa-YnFi9p4sWj-ZA3F96JjJnXS1W-oqENXxx3hyphenhyphengxxUQsmRd5QNU6AaLzjRXhz6iI0/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwhUtRwZlxh08fa-CmRm0HIYjNSz4im5eQQdvOHTVE2iIFPFxAGFQ7GB87u98KkByTWDodveyrkEa-YnFi9p4sWj-ZA3F96JjJnXS1W-oqENXxx3hyphenhyphengxxUQsmRd5QNU6AaLzjRXhz6iI0/s400/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5516.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: small;">The branch-like roof struts reinforce the relationship between the man-made structure and its natural surroundings, blurring the boundaries between the building and the tree canopy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-APsUDuKLE4onPsIWq1DrVf-ofvgSjDfrB3T2_8Ip8sFj3kEkY1ZrPDyKFUjcG-4k61ab7mq9G7iHUxFTUE5Dvt6HtZoheHl-0T_9LnN7YdYLshdutlrPCg5luVsasxX4N5bK__H7JkL/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-APsUDuKLE4onPsIWq1DrVf-ofvgSjDfrB3T2_8Ip8sFj3kEkY1ZrPDyKFUjcG-4k61ab7mq9G7iHUxFTUE5Dvt6HtZoheHl-0T_9LnN7YdYLshdutlrPCg5luVsasxX4N5bK__H7JkL/s640/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5601.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: small;">Inside, the tall timber wall (its cedar patterns mimicking the pattern of the bark outside) makes the living area undeniably cosy, despite the openness of space. <o:p></o:p></span></div><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  <tbody><tr>   </tr></tbody></table><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><tbody><tr><td height="0" width="63"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>  </tr><tr>   </tr></tbody></table><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>   <td><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td>  </tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The house was designed on piles positioned to avoid the pohutukawa roots on the site.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">                                                                               </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF-RJi_K0o9ND11U8MNNULbGuSdb9nUNblvqkmSxSDEG6SC4yXXfgxKwO3SAN4FhR_ByeO17agXb6UyFwDtyk7mgZsyXE6Zb4gx9c0MsIChm8niWOqvefuXNvhkpKrhtB9TN9INhh3klo/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF-RJi_K0o9ND11U8MNNULbGuSdb9nUNblvqkmSxSDEG6SC4yXXfgxKwO3SAN4FhR_ByeO17agXb6UyFwDtyk7mgZsyXE6Zb4gx9c0MsIChm8niWOqvefuXNvhkpKrhtB9TN9INhh3klo/s400/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5560.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Outtakes: Home of the Year 2012

Every magazine shoot yields far more images than we can ever fit in our pages - so we like to take the opportunity to show you a few of our favourite outtakes here on the blog. This time, it's our Home of the Year 2012 by Herbst Architects, that marvellous structure amid a pohutukawa grove at Piha. …

03Jul2012