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Travel - Daniel Marshall's Chicago slideshow

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the first in what we hope will become a regular series of travel dispatches from architects and people interested in architecture. A couple of weeks ago, Auckland architect Daniel Marshall travelled to Chicago, one of the most interesting cities for architecture in the US (or the world, depending on your point of view). </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;">Handing over now to Daniel, who will guide you through his slideshow.</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;"><i>Chicago is a city deservedly proud of its architectural heritage, where even the doorman at Mies van der Rohe’s Lake Shore Drive apartments can provide an animated and almost entirely fictitious account of moments in the city’s architectural history.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I was lucky enough to be invited there a couple of weeks ago to meet with a client, and I spent five days roaming the streets and checking out the city’s rich architectural history. Here are images representing some of the architectural highlights of the trip.</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSfivYLvY34q4-RpNxKM5v41CTigKBugBpFf9-hl5xix8__pR_e7uykuGRxaQbMWxWuwXDw1z8n3mP-ywUxSI2_2HscyEBV_ZD3zSr18mYgLfajghH1_xDQdqeAGcrNsndpIwHqkuJjyx/s1600/01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSfivYLvY34q4-RpNxKM5v41CTigKBugBpFf9-hl5xix8__pR_e7uykuGRxaQbMWxWuwXDw1z8n3mP-ywUxSI2_2HscyEBV_ZD3zSr18mYgLfajghH1_xDQdqeAGcrNsndpIwHqkuJjyx/s400/01.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="Body"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Cocktails at the John Hancock Center, designed by <span style="color: #000099;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore,_Owings_and_Merrill">Skidmore, Owings and Merrill</a>, and </span>completed in 1968.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j2wCUUNo-aG2Q_ontWbycqZ31_qo14s5GVPgy58PePycijR3_2w3QiVoftvTBHreKCt-q8ym0rWxM-RR3pE1R4Yq8FhlbgN_u4VLFM25CBmZQoDUpXu6K3-n1MOpQ6MxEXvGPKhbruUw/s1600/02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0j2wCUUNo-aG2Q_ontWbycqZ31_qo14s5GVPgy58PePycijR3_2w3QiVoftvTBHreKCt-q8ym0rWxM-RR3pE1R4Yq8FhlbgN_u4VLFM25CBmZQoDUpXu6K3-n1MOpQ6MxEXvGPKhbruUw/s400/02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, conceived by Spanish artist <span style="color: #000099;"><a href="http://explorechicago.org/city/en/millennium/about_the_artist_.html">Jaume Plensa</a>.</span></i></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8rrl6nKmV0BI9HERk7EGhsYNSsp4nKfRF7ydxP1mo6DmVOTiFdWeJhxhWTjBhDcv4vD2Xe-w44orK3zhwAv9UJ4GlGmvV7RYW2jMSHv3VQGf8sln9wN80ETiPXQiUUVrTitS2cYUJCmq/s1600/03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8rrl6nKmV0BI9HERk7EGhsYNSsp4nKfRF7ydxP1mo6DmVOTiFdWeJhxhWTjBhDcv4vD2Xe-w44orK3zhwAv9UJ4GlGmvV7RYW2jMSHv3VQGf8sln9wN80ETiPXQiUUVrTitS2cYUJCmq/s400/03.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><a href="http://explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/attractions/dca_tourism/nichols_bridgeway.html"><span style="color: #000099;">Nichols Bridgeway</span></a> leaving the modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by <a href="http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/"><span style="color: #000099;">Renzo Piano Building Workshop</span></a>. In the background you can see the Frank Gehry-designed <span style="color: #000099;"><a href="http://explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/attractions/dca_tourism/jay_pritzker_pavilion.html">Jay Pritzker Pavilion</a>.</span></i></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000099;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb5ueYhJdagJ1TCP-vF9Le-pPTYM0Dj9gNoPe3KpR8tE3dlBHW-ze_9-BtVrqAqSdNnpzD-LE67ajOyl0USwRwlzFu7t9JpJyZSTO4wcg77wZB-grBFnbc73X__APlygnRBoUB1AjiXLr/s1600/04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb5ueYhJdagJ1TCP-vF9Le-pPTYM0Dj9gNoPe3KpR8tE3dlBHW-ze_9-BtVrqAqSdNnpzD-LE67ajOyl0USwRwlzFu7t9JpJyZSTO4wcg77wZB-grBFnbc73X__APlygnRBoUB1AjiXLr/s400/04.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Anish Kapoor’s <a href="http://explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/attractions/dca_tourism/MP_orinigal.html"><span style="color: #000099;">Cloud Gate</span></a>, a magnet for photo opportunities.</i></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_X5R66eRvPxK0tQgHwP0AqqV43utKyRmyqt8K42fNRyrG-37zxTdmO-95s4rt2iIw4b1lFfoKqzBH4hmRepol3hosqkP2QQRVm5UVY422NF-Fzn_9wtsNv2mKcT56ehx3zXFWdLS6cnQU/s1600/05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_X5R66eRvPxK0tQgHwP0AqqV43utKyRmyqt8K42fNRyrG-37zxTdmO-95s4rt2iIw4b1lFfoKqzBH4hmRepol3hosqkP2QQRVm5UVY422NF-Fzn_9wtsNv2mKcT56ehx3zXFWdLS6cnQU/s400/05.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Frank Gehry’s <a href="http://explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/attractions/dca_tourism/bp_bridge_in_millennium.html"><span style="color: #000099;">BP Bridge</span></a>, straddling a freeway between two parks.</i></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUtLlGGuBC6l0t-5GFLXkKE4tCR1jeXizux-zxskJ123d4whpVdc_xKS1yYWhGFC9HRjs3iGUxxJRLLXKJpPFspqjD14NFWtXRQieZ5EozJ9G9Kn-Nam7aA0bF9MsvFFiCSjNn1Fpf780/s1600/06.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUtLlGGuBC6l0t-5GFLXkKE4tCR1jeXizux-zxskJ123d4whpVdc_xKS1yYWhGFC9HRjs3iGUxxJRLLXKJpPFspqjD14NFWtXRQieZ5EozJ9G9Kn-Nam7aA0bF9MsvFFiCSjNn1Fpf780/s400/06.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aqua Apartments, designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Gang"><span style="color: #000099;">Jeanne Gang</span></a><b> </b>of Studio Gang Architects.</span></i></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAaRdOsGO3iSS19VPD95FmjW7zJJsbTycJX6vaqk8w9021sKFFERfhxTIIfcmE7HFN6BaoIht12QZ0ODsSBU_D3wFL8eeb0z4-kdpfjnoeBg_spzBMdx-DLOugG8ZxQNxV3USEPIwIxZl/s1600/07.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAaRdOsGO3iSS19VPD95FmjW7zJJsbTycJX6vaqk8w9021sKFFERfhxTIIfcmE7HFN6BaoIht12QZ0ODsSBU_D3wFL8eeb0z4-kdpfjnoeBg_spzBMdx-DLOugG8ZxQNxV3USEPIwIxZl/s400/07.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.R._Crown_Hall"><span style="color: #000099;">Crown Hall</span></a> at the Illinois Institute of Technology by Mies van der Rohe.</i></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbrYoJ1jjvkSbqlcxE2kMbLCBkRwlecKq_28ssWCg-4RmCB1VOCPbUl1Xeq5ScS_JFU9I3zPcubTZcNZ5Z3uiSuTs4vVxi3DtDvKLnaCHBq0_xylWk_cR99EQLr_VXX5zGl95549-2efw/s1600/08.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbrYoJ1jjvkSbqlcxE2kMbLCBkRwlecKq_28ssWCg-4RmCB1VOCPbUl1Xeq5ScS_JFU9I3zPcubTZcNZ5Z3uiSuTs4vVxi3DtDvKLnaCHBq0_xylWk_cR99EQLr_VXX5zGl95549-2efw/s400/08.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: #000099;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/860%E2%80%93880_Lake_Shore_Drive_Apartments">860–880 Lake Shore Dr</a></span> apartments by Mies van der Rohe.</i></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3noxETip3jNAGDI42kM-IUOaG_0xxydeztd7TWHh3BAJp-pehIhz9DrhrBPPWVVIxnBb4hCKqolf97Un1lNwgLDgTxdHVdFB0kkTc035qY4ixI15ZAK4vIR3-VhE241P6eXB7DfCVi1y/s1600/09.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3noxETip3jNAGDI42kM-IUOaG_0xxydeztd7TWHh3BAJp-pehIhz9DrhrBPPWVVIxnBb4hCKqolf97Un1lNwgLDgTxdHVdFB0kkTc035qY4ixI15ZAK4vIR3-VhE241P6eXB7DfCVi1y/s400/09.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="Body"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>God is in the details at Lake Shore Drive apartments. </i></span></span></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxSKUffnKnrEjTHjxxeP4SHNpiQwH63HbgmuSu_RXaAmdTnueMmOjlCcwDnZi1UZP6QI3beN21tiOtQ0y4YsvscOE-q4ZpYJssh4T9u3nscsH_fDcvgi1culN0DDNmwdHkNxHtKM1ABze/s1600/10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxSKUffnKnrEjTHjxxeP4SHNpiQwH63HbgmuSu_RXaAmdTnueMmOjlCcwDnZi1UZP6QI3beN21tiOtQ0y4YsvscOE-q4ZpYJssh4T9u3nscsH_fDcvgi1culN0DDNmwdHkNxHtKM1ABze/s400/10.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic planters at the <span style="color: #000099;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robie_House">Robie House</a>. </span>And finally, below, t</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i>he architect </i>[Ed: Daniel Marshall, not Mies] <i>in repose at Mies van der Rohe's </i></span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnsworth_House_(Plano,_Illinois)">Farnsworth House</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RDlKPnR7OIRGidwPiko7R0x4Fxd8RD7Ze0eJXKTDd3M8RmbunDevY0ghxYHYr3WcInvMv2UvjoT2dPgs0zJ401uYR_aR77CzjE-dLdNjZwVS0u3FVWK8BKlbedAwuuErtMdTL4Px6-CT/s1600/11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RDlKPnR7OIRGidwPiko7R0x4Fxd8RD7Ze0eJXKTDd3M8RmbunDevY0ghxYHYr3WcInvMv2UvjoT2dPgs0zJ401uYR_aR77CzjE-dLdNjZwVS0u3FVWK8BKlbedAwuuErtMdTL4Px6-CT/s400/11.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Travel - Daniel Marshall's Chicago slideshow

This is the first in what we hope will become a regular series of travel dispatches from architects and people interested in architecture. A...

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On film: FINALIST Remuera House by Daniel Marshall

On film: FINALIST Remuera House by Daniel Marshall

This home by Daniel Marshall of Daniel Marshall Architects was a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2011. Enjoy full coverage of all the...

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Daniel Marshall's other Waiheke house

Many of you who have the Home of the Year issue will already know this, but architect Daniel Marshall has two homes among this year's Home of the Year finalists, both of them on Waiheke Island. We featured one of the homes, at the eastern end of the island, in an earlier post. Let's now take a walk around the outside of the other one, on the island's northern slopes.<br /><br />As you can see, the vista isn't at all bad. Daniel's response to it combines openness and solidity, with the house anchored firmly to the ground on one side and appearing to float over the Hauraki Gulf on the other. (These photographs are all by Patrick Reynolds). Both the following views from behind the house show the more closed-off, southerly elevation.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516585667062980002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Yh6f2anLcejXxbCbTGK2j4DG9vTcPZQUWKwF68GMjTrnDstxmIiIziaWamyYoQ0qPOzQV31JNOOjQtP9VSbg2CNtJcSnEGPEbGpjJckP1Qjq6Wwyv1xauv720ht3elGM_1CkGC7da5Kh/s400/KORORA+BAY+HSE_7424.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516585655988272722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A4P-WNDTvOqKBx7YDHHrDavgzBWx5aUl4Gu6nJ9x7jg8gxwTSMDvjNQGJjA-B-nWgK1PTz96eSqNtfJtFATqaU3QdxYbcHwXW9Nm7nRrapFxLXx5IlF2NfgE-PZkw4xaJ0DWeraZxqAl/s400/KORORA+BAY+HSE_7416.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />As we get closer to the house from the south, you can get a clearer idea of how it is hunkered in beside a small hill to the west.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNRTP4eZVaMalSuBsaMbSrbwXIGlYiDETCd3XaMdJPdi-HZHOKtU7eETMuqdIMudbBu-PlCWUgAgRiq02X3l-X63DIODC5p896SGDx7dMfiefbttWAfMyGsgSoHAvajp93oQkwPxGMJ7v/s1600/KORORA+BAY+HSE_7355.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516585680485563650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNRTP4eZVaMalSuBsaMbSrbwXIGlYiDETCd3XaMdJPdi-HZHOKtU7eETMuqdIMudbBu-PlCWUgAgRiq02X3l-X63DIODC5p896SGDx7dMfiefbttWAfMyGsgSoHAvajp93oQkwPxGMJ7v/s400/KORORA+BAY+HSE_7355.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>The view below is from the east, which also shows how the house is protected a little by the hill on its westerly side.<br /><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516585640611404754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNryuhiGCY1Wj2fAHQfqTyg4yKRPdiWJWzAiWVTtSCV6dAw2U28NTpYjJLxgF1Hf1px5je0mHpIk58ONdPkT6W0mAn-tIamOtxM-SvWa8a2LxZxBPPe7zbcWhAaU_Wx7fVwWTKf4rEc056/s400/KORORA+BAY+HSE_6946.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" />Here, also looking from the east, you can see the strong south-facing wall that imparts a sense of solidity to the home's otherwise glassy interior. At the left of this image, you can see the stone wall that splays out across the driveway, directly visitors up stairs to the house (the garage is buried under the side of the house you can see in this image). </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKL-3ybQ1T2-1oZ64TCwMbCt2S1P8kMpsNa8S_ldXiIP42U-zoqaUdqT1O__CtnOGihAqSbWrHAcwroDG2rtAKisko7DX8ZlzIRn3_ZAJbWnStCj1ql5KGRrABFbECgvKQgyqZ7eeUWXs/s1600/KORORA+BAY+HSE_6947.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516585648242639842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKL-3ybQ1T2-1oZ64TCwMbCt2S1P8kMpsNa8S_ldXiIP42U-zoqaUdqT1O__CtnOGihAqSbWrHAcwroDG2rtAKisko7DX8ZlzIRn3_ZAJbWnStCj1ql5KGRrABFbECgvKQgyqZ7eeUWXs/s400/KORORA+BAY+HSE_6947.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>In our next post, we'll take you for a wander around the interior, as well as the courtyards Daniel designed to provide sheltered outdoor seating options on windy days. </div></div>

Daniel Marshall's other Waiheke house

Many of you who have the Home of the Year issue will already know this, but architect Daniel Marshall has two homes among this year's Ho...

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Daniel Marshall on Waiheke

The first of two houses by Daniel Marshall on Waiheke Island that are finalists in our Home of the Year award is at Waikopua Bay, at the very eastern end of the island. The house is located at the bottom of an incredibly steep driveway, and faces slightly southeast. Daniel decided to arrange the buildings - a carport, the main house and a guest room above a boatshed - around the path of an old stream bed that ran through the site. This creates the feeling of an encampment centred around the sunken courtyard at the rear of the living pavilion. These photographs - most of which we couldn't fit in the article on the house in our Home of the Year issue - are by Simon Devitt.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509840877572649186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTzTL7_wBAbsS3GdAkz8ia0ozhwf84bgAc7W9Evs42gw2IPHz7c-wm95bYkk9aTAGVFnkVjOd8wSeGOgwYJpURJwMlnn7nP18DIkibPSRVY-88KF6aDQTFWSBVTdnDRNolNKx_SH1RinF/s400/G2342.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />This view from the water shows the way the building nestles into its site. The Felipe Tohi sculpture out the front provides a useful navigation point, apparently, when guiding the fishing boat back in the evenings.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509840878807445938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZXiydMjaHLev55-gp19TXClPDpcfzoy-E3p2JuIxNyFfRtBpOmto44bcGI21X5suhF10atxwJeFWW-AhVP1QOh1lE0DvPuwfdMGB9AH9uYKtwmhXLp7f1QczQU40PF-Vm5KylQYReiDe/s400/G2403.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />Daniel chose the black colour for much of the exterior so it would blend in with the dark trunks of the manuka trees behind it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1_OcOuM61sLSdH-EqE4r7OGZN9opM8tJdz41ZLQAvvyMY8Dvi28y4TBJMVxPHini4fvUsCVJ7HAcwvu1VYJFjunGLvoNs_av2OFfvrvy2umal32CkWWHL-HbwwnrEBOeczt_soYXF5fA/s1600/F8690.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509840893162271522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1_OcOuM61sLSdH-EqE4r7OGZN9opM8tJdz41ZLQAvvyMY8Dvi28y4TBJMVxPHini4fvUsCVJ7HAcwvu1VYJFjunGLvoNs_av2OFfvrvy2umal32CkWWHL-HbwwnrEBOeczt_soYXF5fA/s400/F8690.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>This view shows the stone wall of the living pavilion that borders the old creek bed and the path between the two structures.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69-w-WjDYbIW4x8k1MK2SY4gM_kQeDG_mMZhQWmeigS258S_rR7-33CKM_40qD9_oPQafHmHBRzHjEtmNhs1LFDLiQA6k75Emwm1cOykpNzpCpWxJHBSHa1n-per-OJiKhoYukgLSzFjS/s1600/CF007144.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509840889558828722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69-w-WjDYbIW4x8k1MK2SY4gM_kQeDG_mMZhQWmeigS258S_rR7-33CKM_40qD9_oPQafHmHBRzHjEtmNhs1LFDLiQA6k75Emwm1cOykpNzpCpWxJHBSHa1n-per-OJiKhoYukgLSzFjS/s400/CF007144.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div>

Daniel Marshall on Waiheke

The first of two houses by Daniel Marshall on Waiheke Island that are finalists in our Home of the Year award is at Waikopua Bay, at the ver...

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Home of the Year finalists

A little tease: here, we present to you an image of each of the finalists in this year's Home of the Year award. They're presented in no particular order - and remember, you have to hang on a while until we announce the winner on the evening of Thursday July 29.<br /><br />We'll post news of the winner on this site that night, and it will also be announced on TV3's Campbell Live. HOME New Zealand's Home of the Year issue goes on sale August 2.<br /><br />Thanks to our partners BMW - who admire good design as much as we do - the winning architects receive a $15,000 cash prize, making this New Zealand's richest architectural award.<br /><br />This year we have six finalists. Unusually, two architects have two finalists each. The first of these is Daniel Marshall, who designed two houses on Waiheke Island. This one (shown below) is nestled in a bay at the island's eastern end, and was photographed by Simon Devitt.<br /><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767703533697618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi12vQ-i_O7-5Y9gteKzkJdv1KkMnaTDD0KUnL7otybGclkGAWhOhKq6lxxnSx-ZZFDnQe4EhviO4oHA3V7grXuL_jATV7dtxL56TU7wTnznTJnT9pKiccfsc1i3ZDdypkh3auXo3N2uEWa/s400/Waikopua.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><div>And this one is on the northern side of the island, and was photographed by Patrick Reynolds.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767679342998642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil9uHZGEcSukHJ_5QQ0dQOau2TfB1o687EkFbiWC9jGi8lCsU7u-4H7-ld74G8FxEGOgdQQmv5DuFdwDNbvwN5tf5YwEqpyA_Cr8J_wU0FAtWdAUreHIGcqcDaRWoTD4RfkhaL0Jr3ujVK/s400/HNZ0810KORORA+BAY+HSE_7469a.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><div>The winners of last year's Home of the Year award, David Mitchell and Julie Stout of Mitchell & Stout Architects, have their own Auckland home (below) in this year's lineup of finalists. It was photographed by Patrick Reynolds.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767831198645714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6K_8QtvSQPIH9jaLZzIZLvN6rClrGUW7DfRwm3sjjpKLJXmXYCZZqMobobxjPsu6IxS6rLNZAbcQd9trUvtABguXNXnxQzNvn-4qzwGryGHAdFZyJ2WLxXW-TgBVh892jAAgIIMmlYsx/s400/HNZ0810MitchelStout_NARROW+NECK+HSE_7994.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" />Stevens Lawson Architects also have two homes in the finals. Both were photographed by Mark Smith. This one is a home on the shores of Lake Wanaka:<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2uhCqr-WPJqNBzjUFxqvxIcYZ4OG5jgrfOnK8jrDU4xf138c8vPfzT6-qdHw-VG0fGSP8fLWJlCkHjkO-POkyMZTVx_Jv9Veq74fIaEBw94qQYtJmzTBXmNxxsqNsvTsXgQXrWgt2moV/s1600/HNZ0810Wanaka-Gray+House+snow.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767692779118354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2uhCqr-WPJqNBzjUFxqvxIcYZ4OG5jgrfOnK8jrDU4xf138c8vPfzT6-qdHw-VG0fGSP8fLWJlCkHjkO-POkyMZTVx_Jv9Veq74fIaEBw94qQYtJmzTBXmNxxsqNsvTsXgQXrWgt2moV/s400/HNZ0810Wanaka-Gray+House+snow.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> And this one is a home in east Auckland:</div><div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mWVd50gnDbjvqI6grroS4HTn_i1FEf5BwUN3XFekqYmZgE5hN45agISD2eK91eG4FnJtA79X1BTpktpuYSfDESMb6XseTQNXosWK66HZ9zjNxKtEjjHkO46Kgq6kB3gWXpBPRqgjoVfw/s1600/HNZ0810Glendowie_Glendowie+24.02.10+CF028208.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767672034942674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mWVd50gnDbjvqI6grroS4HTn_i1FEf5BwUN3XFekqYmZgE5hN45agISD2eK91eG4FnJtA79X1BTpktpuYSfDESMb6XseTQNXosWK66HZ9zjNxKtEjjHkO46Kgq6kB3gWXpBPRqgjoVfw/s400/HNZ0810Glendowie_Glendowie+24.02.10+CF028208.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>Finally, this home in Arrowtown was designed by Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Queenstown's Kerr Ritchie Architects. It was photographed by Paul McCredie.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUak6u0qSdJAdrMvS5ChkY_S_LEQL50jjwC2J9xAYWttYuGto6-fyGUePP0jiZJyTT28QH57N5vbgu7qtWqyLx4Ks7xTIACixT-xne4e-sncGPsf55bHdH0ITFay3d65u1Ld8tT_eIBAd/s1600/HNZ00810Arrowtown_DSC_0068.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495767653409043858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUak6u0qSdJAdrMvS5ChkY_S_LEQL50jjwC2J9xAYWttYuGto6-fyGUePP0jiZJyTT28QH57N5vbgu7qtWqyLx4Ks7xTIACixT-xne4e-sncGPsf55bHdH0ITFay3d65u1Ld8tT_eIBAd/s400/HNZ00810Arrowtown_DSC_0068.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br />Which one do you think should win? Feedback is welcome...

Home of the Year finalists

A little tease: here, we present to you an image of each of the finalists in this year's Home of the Year award. They're presented i...

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Home of the Year - Part One - Campbell Live - Video - 3 News

Home of the Year - Part One - Campbell Live - Video - 3 News

Last night TV3's Campbell Live played the first of their coverage of the finalists in the Home of the Year award (we'll be announcin...

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Architectural Open Homes

Those of you who are in Auckland this weekend might want to check out an event being run by the Auckland Architecture Association on Sunday June 7 - a series of architectural open homes in Freemans Bay.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div>Seven homes by excellent architects are opening their doors between 10am and 2pm. Tickets cost $20. To register, email Kristen George at <a href="mailto:kristen@designselection.co.nz">kristen@designselection.co.nz</a> or call 021 388 374. Once you've registered, you can turn up to any of the homes on the day, buy a ticket, and wander at your leisure to the other open homes in the area. All proceeds go to the Auckland City Mission.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The homes include this one by Daniel Marshall Architects, photographed by Simon Devitt:<br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343591568406051922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKXLV-XdNsYnacUHAUQL1-dGFsOb42m0XgEfmuqMpZ7cFk8SQpp9vqUIIYe3ZufGzHbBpra9BERa_B5gtOgMHrHKHq3GAZVhRGWVi5joDwde7g-nJnRSzkhv4MxjUNFjJyeNs9r4uiqZX/s400/Daniel+Marshall.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> These charming townhouses by Claude Megson, photographed by Patrick Reynolds:</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343591837823218242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5CkfDMCobcWhW5M5cojaA8pGSfvZ5616qEx1dlSpDZNAw-HX13-3sG1wtnQPK9RtPzXeYzHv0XOQmIltfOFB9JGuRqoKrDazXTrkS55CiFdHg5tlamN6n9vXrcirDqysHH6VLjlINJLK/s400/Arch+tour+Megson+townhouses.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><p>And a home we featured in a previous issue by Belinda George, photographed by Becky Nunes:</p></div><div> </div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343592520927325170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFaeCGIR0pFl1Ix6RXDBTpAB80xtk-7fj5wO2Z3NmdQiy708jlylt8fghTtlzO3zlVi-VOwvi3QnaXE5P4n2XhCv1apdALLuFMFyK8ldxjhPKwB__tXHWyjt7LPFBM7hnrbYMrQRO2B-_/s400/Arch+tour+Belinda+George.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><br />The other homes taking part in the open home day are by Gerrad Hall, Patterson Associates, Russell Withers, and Cook, Sargisson and Pirie. It's a rare chance to see inside these places for yourselves, so do register and come along if you have the time.

Architectural Open Homes

Those of you who are in Auckland this weekend might want to check out an event being run by the Auckland Architecture Association on Sunday ...

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