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Outtakes: Hut on Sleds by Ken Crosson

<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In our April/May issue, we introduced you to a tiny house, "Hut on Sleds" on the Coromandel Peninsula </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at Whangapoua Beach </span><span style="font-size: small;"> designed by Ken Crosson</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(below)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. This diminutive, charming holiday home was a finalist in our Home of the Year award 2012, and subsequently shortlisted  in the World Architecture Festival's <span style="font-size: small;">awards. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">It is such a cleverly built and elegant bach that we wanted to show you more of Jackie Meiring's terrific photographs of it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">"It had to be </span><span style="font-size: small;"> a de-mountable house," explains Ken, required by the council because it is located within an  erosion zone on the Coromandel coast. Measuring a mere 40 square metres, the house rests on two thick wooden 'sleds' that allows it to be dragged anywhere once uncoupled from power and wastewater and untied from the concrete pads beneath the sleds. It lends an entirely different meaning to the idea of moving house.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div 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/AVvXsEiW3w6atSqn1CN4F8vT-Q4YNM-R9A3VU1YT7Gnt68k6vhCXcX-lsQD3KkerSFgCi7Syln96AvtWYkyCZysQrY3-Z5uvMG-4zQUR-ypd86kYeOzo-6LWUDSazZegYUJovUzzfmpTWD7Ie51-/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW3w6atSqn1CN4F8vT-Q4YNM-R9A3VU1YT7Gnt68k6vhCXcX-lsQD3KkerSFgCi7Syln96AvtWYkyCZysQrY3-Z5uvMG-4zQUR-ypd86kYeOzo-6LWUDSazZegYUJovUzzfmpTWD7Ie51-/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">The bach has been designed to close up against elements:  with doors and shutters closed (as in the photo above) it is truly hermetic to rain and wind  gusts. But when the sun is shining, the house opens up to let the outside in (below).</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWAHGqWQB8BWJVBD4A747KamXxJIzmpqFdzhSzjiIwu0BbveBCFsaUxkgNu66fklwi_Lx8d1M1-hepnTIxOMHaLvxAlsPwPHjepcneh0uuPSb4zLayBmiBD-yGsVgV2hFm109Oi0ykc-3/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaWAHGqWQB8BWJVBD4A747KamXxJIzmpqFdzhSzjiIwu0BbveBCFsaUxkgNu66fklwi_Lx8d1M1-hepnTIxOMHaLvxAlsPwPHjepcneh0uuPSb4zLayBmiBD-yGsVgV2hFm109Oi0ykc-3/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-298.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">Beyond the demands of its setting, the bach had to fit its clients' desires as well. "It was all about examining what was the real essence of a bach versus a beach house," says Ken. "They wanted something small and experiental. It's tiny, so the challenge was to make it as bachy as possible, and not waste any space in doing that."</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">That's why there's an intentionally enforced proximity imposed on its occupants : a compact front living and kitchen area flows through a rear bunkroom for the owners' three young children, and the main bedroom is up a ladder from the living room, sharing the same view as downstairs through the huge glass doors.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVQbJdOljwJAa7I4BMpGdX19_w1gWnmXTrXpNpJ_m8bV3jrGWaDXYGpSPAorAieMcbY0xIooWV8RDx5dXpPlqtjxvREfhrIYA7MKVExaTyCxmf584qQ9AP4lxVI5JzSmVF9OHTOMe93x6/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVQbJdOljwJAa7I4BMpGdX19_w1gWnmXTrXpNpJ_m8bV3jrGWaDXYGpSPAorAieMcbY0xIooWV8RDx5dXpPlqtjxvREfhrIYA7MKVExaTyCxmf584qQ9AP4lxVI5JzSmVF9OHTOMe93x6/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-680.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><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 style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuM_eSkkcUKOBqNDulmmVKZH2ENIGT3poFuBzQ1kPeLK4Ae6xwx_7dz2nCcbZfNKiLNpPQSvV8Z29B2mftz08XzTIBid3X6V1vyO6S2VgAo_SrS9VA9VWoyHyIo5-HQuVxpteMvj4yLpt/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuM_eSkkcUKOBqNDulmmVKZH2ENIGT3poFuBzQ1kPeLK4Ae6xwx_7dz2nCcbZfNKiLNpPQSvV8Z29B2mftz08XzTIBid3X6V1vyO6S2VgAo_SrS9VA9VWoyHyIo5-HQuVxpteMvj4yLpt/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-212.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">In the main bedroom (above), there are warm shades of macrocarpa joinery and a remarkable attention to storage detail. Downstairs, each of the childrens' beds (below) has their own storage spaces ("secret cubby holes" says Ken), their own lights and windows. The walls themselves double as floor-to-ceiling shelf space that Ken hopes will accumulate the personal histories of the occupants.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYFFBjZ3bXnBSPdNDWQKEzK-0RLoRVFY3giymt39WqtTw2jZ_jKVinFly1nLaR2VV0Mq9Yj4bSWs_3os07P8JahCBbnIbG2YWnY6679OexM3meoXtMaM4Ci3fPtihEGeAP3NZRkoivff7/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYFFBjZ3bXnBSPdNDWQKEzK-0RLoRVFY3giymt39WqtTw2jZ_jKVinFly1nLaR2VV0Mq9Yj4bSWs_3os07P8JahCBbnIbG2YWnY6679OexM3meoXtMaM4Ci3fPtihEGeAP3NZRkoivff7/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-466.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">The ladder you use to reach the main bedroom also brings you to the roof terrace, which catches rainwater for the gravity tanks behind (below), and affords great views of the beach and the sunsets.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_aaXvWTUNrsflqd19jwEQzd1PPo2ZDud2d9YulXLypGzA07SiscDntK_jPIkkIFHy_O_ZD9wSp1zkFY1iNYbByFn6LW9HvbrEZ8rC5zuFhn9fApM-qEL3QrKTrXdCbwq5Ob3usDc3Clg/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_aaXvWTUNrsflqd19jwEQzd1PPo2ZDud2d9YulXLypGzA07SiscDntK_jPIkkIFHy_O_ZD9wSp1zkFY1iNYbByFn6LW9HvbrEZ8rC5zuFhn9fApM-qEL3QrKTrXdCbwq5Ob3usDc3Clg/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-412.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Inside, there are intentional references made by Ken and his clients to the campground, such as the deliberately rudimentary tap and shower fittings</span><span style="font-size: small;">. As Ken says: "You know, where you fill your bucket. It's that kind of idea"</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJl9Ff0rCPrAvVOAEkdXUNLV4hTXJUNp5nhdvu5E0d5OptrbZKygBBDZOBCMTuPQFvthClxPEQ_UWweqrjJxLrO0GV9PbRNFTjVBnnLMyMhpK-Dnk7rEe4-KMrC7Uo64LVqvDZbf53Frl/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJl9Ff0rCPrAvVOAEkdXUNLV4hTXJUNp5nhdvu5E0d5OptrbZKygBBDZOBCMTuPQFvthClxPEQ_UWweqrjJxLrO0GV9PbRNFTjVBnnLMyMhpK-Dnk7rEe4-KMrC7Uo64LVqvDZbf53Frl/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-511.jpg" width="425" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">To one side, a second entrance to the house via the shower and bathroom, allows occupants to shower straight away after going to the beach (below).</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzp3Al464VK_zE7DBaA7elfdgtRTeqyimf9w6Wxrrd4qvO8tWX1P3lzLsadOT09pnOEA9Sx8stSCIXe-f8-qI0TMT0sZLCJsae0e0QaJcWYMOKJgh_k_Xays-6giHhE6xUzmTugiYahtC/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzp3Al464VK_zE7DBaA7elfdgtRTeqyimf9w6Wxrrd4qvO8tWX1P3lzLsadOT09pnOEA9Sx8stSCIXe-f8-qI0TMT0sZLCJsae0e0QaJcWYMOKJgh_k_Xays-6giHhE6xUzmTugiYahtC/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-557.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">"It's kind of like a tent," says Ken about the bach's structure. "It's dramatic and vertical. The tent flap [the huge macrocarpa front shutter] is that big door that opens up - a big gesture that embraces the view."</span><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/AVvXsEjnuVgfMyl-sORxyK5NrsTeGi0D9uTy4boHkYmVnWFXw-IhVcHooPdU2mpVDX3J5VeuiR2aizfRA9qORdmNvyOeSBlHRYBhVnGX7YgPQHskmdW9mrdZbpPaFOsTa7iZLjU0z_zGcTkYYxi_/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuVgfMyl-sORxyK5NrsTeGi0D9uTy4boHkYmVnWFXw-IhVcHooPdU2mpVDX3J5VeuiR2aizfRA9qORdmNvyOeSBlHRYBhVnGX7YgPQHskmdW9mrdZbpPaFOsTa7iZLjU0z_zGcTkYYxi_/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-631.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div 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/AVvXsEgSf-PKfRu9ytMRpTFWL8OnhXek3J9UVLdVDQGkIngdyzDd8DahQg5mAUzlnUegB_lAhzgC4pjSz6ScYP8oRtuVK0QinEFgn-BynfA2DRj1Va2lXmprio2MyCge8jdpJtLpbL-QZ-nHrcb4/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSf-PKfRu9ytMRpTFWL8OnhXek3J9UVLdVDQGkIngdyzDd8DahQg5mAUzlnUegB_lAhzgC4pjSz6ScYP8oRtuVK0QinEFgn-BynfA2DRj1Va2lXmprio2MyCge8jdpJtLpbL-QZ-nHrcb4/s640/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-599.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div 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;"></span></div>

Outtakes: Hut on Sleds by Ken Crosson

In our April/May issue, we introduced you to a tiny house, "Hut on Sleds" on the Coromandel Peninsula at Whangapoua Beach designe...

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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. ...

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Our five 2012 Home of the Year finalists

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">All the shoots of the finalists in our 2012 Home of the Year are now in and being laid out, so we wanted to share these sneak peeks of our five finalists in the award with you. You'll be able to see all five homes in our lavish Home of the Year 2012 issue, on newsstands April 2. </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;">So, in no particular order: this little bach is by Ken Crosson of Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects, and is on Whangapoua Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula. The photo is by Jackie Meiring. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-vH5Pw2UqXAhzjrippWoDvmQ2XV5I91jwnQggakomYf09tiWtJsqswyjjoP9PQsXh2zLH7uOR6jXVppDLWm8Ce_wQs3Eu_19DRuj22HiQ8dZxFsXYE6vqUHoblZ6vuG2bWHHIU2HQmAV/s1600/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-vH5Pw2UqXAhzjrippWoDvmQ2XV5I91jwnQggakomYf09tiWtJsqswyjjoP9PQsXh2zLH7uOR6jXVppDLWm8Ce_wQs3Eu_19DRuj22HiQ8dZxFsXYE6vqUHoblZ6vuG2bWHHIU2HQmAV/s400/1202-HOME-HOTY-Crossan-662.jpg" uda="true" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another bach on the Coromandel Peninsula, this one at Onemana, a low-budget beauty designed and built by Dave Strachan of SGA Architects and Dave's students at the Unitec School of Architecture. If we were architecture students, we'd be stoked to have our first-ever creation named as a Home of the Year finalist. The photo is by Simon Devitt. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xQj86bXE_Tz8Nqi09JQW0gcabQSS6Nt06rWcnjcDuid9Bm4TmTAtkjQAzRGtxqqsRuKaHtXS6mFEHtVVIb_l1dZSYGrbAZYVIaADNoXBj7aZX0a5hzUukxqLbA1F5oKHYgPGAUyBvJLG/s1600/OnemanaP0137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xQj86bXE_Tz8Nqi09JQW0gcabQSS6Nt06rWcnjcDuid9Bm4TmTAtkjQAzRGtxqqsRuKaHtXS6mFEHtVVIb_l1dZSYGrbAZYVIaADNoXBj7aZX0a5hzUukxqLbA1F5oKHYgPGAUyBvJLG/s400/OnemanaP0137.jpg" uda="true" width="262" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This home by Warren & Mahoney is on a beautiful peninsula just north of Tauranga. The photo is by Patrick Reynolds.</span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfYikEbDyYUDyXWFuoLuSlHLwvijj13EsKGl0B1edElfKEcoALuEb_rlHHNbJex1FvcwN0166eRJaSh93cpr5MazPPssdKF5R22_cL_j-mTNSjRcmYV08AagwWotBPaiwvO03KY0fp7T_/s1600/Pahoia+house+by+Warren+&+Mahoney.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfYikEbDyYUDyXWFuoLuSlHLwvijj13EsKGl0B1edElfKEcoALuEb_rlHHNbJex1FvcwN0166eRJaSh93cpr5MazPPssdKF5R22_cL_j-mTNSjRcmYV08AagwWotBPaiwvO03KY0fp7T_/s400/Pahoia+house+by+Warren+&+Mahoney.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This home in an abundant garden near Wellington is by Alistair Luke, of Jasmax. The photo is by Paul McCredie. </span><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjHd7ZxX7RzBybY4Ieq-cjvEFI8a4GW3I8pfBx_T5W9Pfe1O4Mno89kEx2mJSNkvKRHSZP89MeWjfyrgQL30uDm_djFG0Xnq2saAMoBXeLZmu3aQGl6OlZsFK1BXvbuz2UPy1fnjS4epXVi/s1600/Supreme3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHd7ZxX7RzBybY4Ieq-cjvEFI8a4GW3I8pfBx_T5W9Pfe1O4Mno89kEx2mJSNkvKRHSZP89MeWjfyrgQL30uDm_djFG0Xnq2saAMoBXeLZmu3aQGl6OlZsFK1BXvbuz2UPy1fnjS4epXVi/s400/Supreme3.jpg" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Last but not least, this home at Piha is by Herbst Architects. The photo is by Patrick Reynolds. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rSInasCT5gReNmUou7p-j14tIHpaFruIVdBsI2d61ugxeeeanoeEWnhuXXKAlqLw5973hTVwA6A7QC6aKuOdLZyAjBxLbr4EaP5HBzzhEPqDayvzxi3qXoMpvvRyS78PtR2Jcy_yI5TV/s1600/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rSInasCT5gReNmUou7p-j14tIHpaFruIVdBsI2d61ugxeeeanoeEWnhuXXKAlqLw5973hTVwA6A7QC6aKuOdLZyAjBxLbr4EaP5HBzzhEPqDayvzxi3qXoMpvvRyS78PtR2Jcy_yI5TV/s400/UNDER+POHUTUKAWA+HSE_5277.jpg" uda="true" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Our five 2012 Home of the Year finalists

All the shoots of the finalists in our 2012 Home of the Year are now in and being laid out, so we wanted to share these sneak peeks of our f...

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The last two finalists on Campbell Live

The last two finalists on Campbell Live

Here's the link to Campbell Live's footage from last night of the last two houses in this year's award. Remaining finalists for ...

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

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

Part two of Campbell Live's coverage of the Home of the Year judging process was on TV3 last night - the story is at this link: Home of ...

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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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Outtakes

It's outtakes time again - this time we've selected extra shots of the house designed by Ken Crosson and Carolyn Gundy of Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects on the Kaipara Harbour that features in our October/November 2009 issue. It's never possible to show every aspect of a house without a magazine layout feeling repetitious - what we hope to convey is a sense of the essence of a house, and also to make our readers feel as if they've had a good look around. This house is big and made of many complex parts, so I think it's useful for us to show a few extra of Patrick Reynolds' images here.<br /><br />This one shows the exterior as you arrive at the home and look towards the harbour. On this elevation of the house, the copper walls are windowless and impassive, lined with nikau palms.<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394448156426916930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkN5MSXprS0019RMB6HeAZRX7NceEmgPTHCzOt-2_bLL1P0A5rYbq_EgFIkpT07I4SOG-WlMRTEqhesSMq9s-yvF_B0wnJBXOfYERctDMcgVWZwvIyoU1-wGEeATLQcwlMNaxRv5m0A8la/s400/kaipara+ext+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />Here's a view of the home's main living pavilion, sheltered from westerly winds by the hills behind.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2E6qU4BEReJYIWIBQ9JzqsIrGXBB37Tz0n83WqB7FV8SzlIIdEpieoc1Y7kX3ipSXktYKQimWLJBtQMIP0gGxA6Pdpyawd73HrRcwbandhWyKOD3Y3QnsTsN_vgOyXp5_ZjhPon11DRs/s1600-h/KAIPARA_ext.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394448177457701602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2E6qU4BEReJYIWIBQ9JzqsIrGXBB37Tz0n83WqB7FV8SzlIIdEpieoc1Y7kX3ipSXktYKQimWLJBtQMIP0gGxA6Pdpyawd73HrRcwbandhWyKOD3Y3QnsTsN_vgOyXp5_ZjhPon11DRs/s400/KAIPARA_ext.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />In contrast to the huge volume of the main living area - which Ken likens to the inside of an upturned galleon - the bedrooms have lower ceilings and are more intimate, cosy spaces, although still lined in the same ply as the rest of the home. The headboard is made from macrocarpa and was designed by the architects.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K-S1seE0KkeIRXXfxWfPI1BGUDwcImfVFic1vVRv_3WdWvcD7JjEzARXtPIGFMhJ_K93zkPdQvUGY42fcgDr_RsOlmt5jSKMrX7TaIqZKfo88jj4WyRLXvu5zb1pqN9NVsHsvU2H4ZLz/s1600-h/KAIPARA_bedroom.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394448171395531810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-K-S1seE0KkeIRXXfxWfPI1BGUDwcImfVFic1vVRv_3WdWvcD7JjEzARXtPIGFMhJ_K93zkPdQvUGY42fcgDr_RsOlmt5jSKMrX7TaIqZKfo88jj4WyRLXvu5zb1pqN9NVsHsvU2H4ZLz/s400/KAIPARA_bedroom.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> </div><div>This particularly good-looking shot - which it gave us great pains to leave out of our magazine layout - is a view from the deck outside the living pavilion, looking north to the master bedroom suite.<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih52KaXeQEwXRQpm1BPpCiHdjenlWNNn-fDZmFHtB1jWDS93B0BLgQDdRpH1EwSPiuXqtourUErVyPGD74Pu7TSt2gKkXemg76ngJjoSN3Rwv7UnjuvkAlc6ixQudzZRdArFI-b-9IA9iG/s1600-h/kaipara+chair+ext.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394448147260153330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih52KaXeQEwXRQpm1BPpCiHdjenlWNNn-fDZmFHtB1jWDS93B0BLgQDdRpH1EwSPiuXqtourUErVyPGD74Pu7TSt2gKkXemg76ngJjoSN3Rwv7UnjuvkAlc6ixQudzZRdArFI-b-9IA9iG/s400/kaipara+chair+ext.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></div></div></div>

Outtakes

It's outtakes time again - this time we've selected extra shots of the house designed by Ken Crosson and Carolyn Gundy of Crosson Cl...

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Magnificent Home Improvements