Meet the Architects: Auckland, October 31

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

Meet the Architects: Auckland, October 31

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Len Lye, The Govett Brewster, New Plymouth, and Pattersons

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of my first and most vivid art memories was at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. I was about nine years old and was on holiday with my parents and two younger brothers in Taranaki, and was trying to convince Mum and Dad that there was absolutely no need to spend a lovely summer's day inside a stupid art gallery. A few moments later, I was standing completely gobsmacked in front of the enormous whirling stainless-steel strips of Lye's 'Trilogy (A Flip and Two Twisters)' and thinking this art thing was actually pretty cool. </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;">Which is a roundabout way of saying that it's exciting to see the Govett Brewster's proposed Len Lye Centre has taken another major step towards becoming a reality, with the government chipping in $4 million over the next two years to develop the project. We're also excited to see that it seems as if the Govett Brewster has chosen a design scheme for the building by Pattersons (headed by architect Andrew Patterson) that befits an artist of Lye's significance. Here's an artist's impression of the building, its silvery, jagged skin suggesting the movement and musicality of Lye's works: </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n6V4WgXGGv_85NBAwSsJpO6Bc5WQNeQFH-YPZa57-8B0kx4gY66dRB9LVdin7-qszmVHQZnyH8uk5DZmV1zriQ1gacFOupawWvV7nt89s29_qolEitMeKguR5IgJrSdj161A7kVk7Fqc/s1600/Govett+Brewster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can read more about Len Lye and the Govett Brewster's planned Len Lye Centre at the link </span><a href="http://www.govettbrewster.com/LenLye/LenLye.aspx"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. </span>

Len Lye, The Govett Brewster, New Plymouth, and Pattersons

One of my first and most vivid art memories was at the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. I was about nine years old and was on ho...

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