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

We'd like to invite you to our special 'Meet the Architects' evening we're holding in conjunction with our Home of the Year ...

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Meet the Architects

Over the next few weeks we're hosting a series of evenings in Auckland and Wellington offering our readers the chance to come and meet the architects in our Home of the Year issue, and see them present some more of their work. The first talk is tomorrow night in Auckland, with another in Wellington on Thursday evening.<br /><br />Here are the details. Entry is free - just register by emailing the address below. Architects get 5CPD points.<br /><br />AUCKLAND<br />Tuesday August 18, 6pm<br />David Mitchell & Julie Stout<br />Mitchell & Stout Architects<br />Team McMillan BMW<br />7 Great South Road, Newmarket<br />With three appearances in the Home of the Year finals, Julie Stout and David Mitchell discuss their unique approach to creating unforgettable houses<br /><br />Tuesday August 25, 6.30pm<br />Andrea Bell<br />Bossley Architects<br />Jerry Clayton BMW<br />445 Lake Road, Takapuna<br />With two homes in the Home of the Year finals in consecutive years, Andrea Bell reveals the secrets behind her innovative, beautifully crafted designs<br /><br />Tuesday September 1, 6pm<br />Nicholas Stevens & Gary Lawson<br />Stevens Lawson Architects<br />Team McMillan BMW<br />7 Great South Road, Newmarket<br />The creators of a series of unforgettable sculptural homes reveal some of their other plans in development and discuss their ideas of what makes a great home<br /><br />Tuesday September 8, 6.30pm<br />Michael O’Sullivan<br />Bull O’Sullivan Architecture<br />Jerry Clayton BMW<br />445 Lake Road, Takapuna<br />The designer and builder of his own ingenious family home in Mangere Bridge talks about the joys and challenges of doing it himself<br /><br />WELLINGTON<br />Thursday August 20, 6.30pm<br />Gerald Parsonson<br />Parsonson Architects<br />Jeff Gray BMW<br />138 Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara<br />After designing three baches in the Home of the Year competition, Gerald Parsonson discusses his approach to creating uniquely New Zealand homes<br /><br />TICKETS ARE FREE<br />Please register by emailing the names and email addresses of each person attending to<br />architectstalk@acpmagazines.co.nz<br /><br />Please note that by registering you are giving your consent to receive promotional offers from BMW. If you don’t wish to receive such offers, please say so in your email.

Meet the Architects

Over the next few weeks we're hosting a series of evenings in Auckland and Wellington offering our readers the chance to come and meet t...

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