More Mrkusich: this time, the master's marvellous house

<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yesterday we blogged about Milan Mrkusich's great paintings (10 works from his collection are currently being <a href="http://oculablack.com/art-auctions/sales/316537/">auctioned </a>by Ocula Black) but we didn't want to leave out the fact that the artist was also a great designer, as these photos of his own Auckland home show. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mrkusich started his career as a graphic designer, and later worked on architectural projects in his role at Auckland's Brenner Associates. He designed his own home (where he still lives today) in the early 1950s. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Our thanks to Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira for allowing us to reproduce these images of the home from their archives. The shots were taken by a photographer from Sparrow Industrial Pictures soon after the home was completed. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This shot (below) shows the home's north-facing elevation and the way its striking wedge shape follows the contour of the site. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMb-EfaN7g_RS4syA4Wlpa7oUkqCshrwLSWVME00PRkWyAucXJeNTEOD95gQPi4jUjPBxRnkG4aeXXV7cVdPyUAIWbRsgzvziAxBL1Fkc8aXy8q7tWwHgPYAwzS5tWiTiuYCAnEGrhEs/s1600/3-642f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMb-EfaN7g_RS4syA4Wlpa7oUkqCshrwLSWVME00PRkWyAucXJeNTEOD95gQPi4jUjPBxRnkG4aeXXV7cVdPyUAIWbRsgzvziAxBL1Fkc8aXy8q7tWwHgPYAwzS5tWiTiuYCAnEGrhEs/s640/3-642f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here's the southern elevation, with a timber wall sheltering the home from cooler southerly winds, while a clerestory window lets in light.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdzKeMnrbmfWGLl-4LH8JNhDvWXUkek_yqHLqDlWZg16MjdHjtK3tX-b93JKG_ryNqTDiIJNkT7bJovMftPrrJbkjbOlhR-vD9ZXBLSUy2tmPZaedyxe08_Mw93zb06urjbFzmhBuDSA/s1600/3-642g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdzKeMnrbmfWGLl-4LH8JNhDvWXUkek_yqHLqDlWZg16MjdHjtK3tX-b93JKG_ryNqTDiIJNkT7bJovMftPrrJbkjbOlhR-vD9ZXBLSUy2tmPZaedyxe08_Mw93zb06urjbFzmhBuDSA/s640/3-642g.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The home's interior (below) is lovely, with an open-plan, split level living space holding the kitchen, dining, living and studio areas. Some time after this photo was taken, Mrkusich added a larger studio to the southern wing of the home, enabling his wife Florence to use this space on the lowest level of the living area. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_OCxyiMm-hFtxXAz5w4cCP35vmMInDMylaQdnItcf7vUtIrZ4n39QJSjTAGb9A1vU8Fl3Ulb198QgFrlcct2kCnyAzof_NNFrP_sgj4hbyBKtZvx3wtem9Mh8K4PGzvtq3u1cu4DO-A/s1600/3-642b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_OCxyiMm-hFtxXAz5w4cCP35vmMInDMylaQdnItcf7vUtIrZ4n39QJSjTAGb9A1vU8Fl3Ulb198QgFrlcct2kCnyAzof_NNFrP_sgj4hbyBKtZvx3wtem9Mh8K4PGzvtq3u1cu4DO-A/s640/3-642b.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Another view of the living room (below) shows the southern clerestory window and the chairs from Brenner Associates. A work by Mrkusich is on the pillar in the foreground. Please excuse the blemishes on the photo, which are a result of damage to the transparencies before they entered the care of Auckland Museum. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUhhEXbx8menYTL_PNFIhhkZRdIzfkK5dxCYnUFovTKloeL4jVP-9CgXCirojDA8LSbwqkPjfzp5QiRh7yaGUgFXHExW7ZMkWifjgpkuldThgthl4VZmZLpPz_N7v_3uQLIjLszVWd3I/s1600/3-642a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUhhEXbx8menYTL_PNFIhhkZRdIzfkK5dxCYnUFovTKloeL4jVP-9CgXCirojDA8LSbwqkPjfzp5QiRh7yaGUgFXHExW7ZMkWifjgpkuldThgthl4VZmZLpPz_N7v_3uQLIjLszVWd3I/s640/3-642a.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> This view (below) looks from the living room back to the dining area, taking in the beautiful fireplace with its stone surround and the marvellously cantilevered steps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecSnAZcTO8JgobrUzF4dS4T-DCxp234OouzsbEyTg0wHf8Z9OljWiEZ8ZVh7Y0yN3OCCaa5W7egJjtkahahC5yu4RqQPVLIBldgCS_3qnFqc0GICjrSf9_CTagfNgl4lx5mLxuKFeZ6Q/s1600/3-642d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecSnAZcTO8JgobrUzF4dS4T-DCxp234OouzsbEyTg0wHf8Z9OljWiEZ8ZVh7Y0yN3OCCaa5W7egJjtkahahC5yu4RqQPVLIBldgCS_3qnFqc0GICjrSf9_CTagfNgl4lx5mLxuKFeZ6Q/s640/3-642d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And finally, this view (below) of the compact dining area also shows the kitchen at right and the home's main entrance. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1Jx9r8QeWz01EdW2qJYg0Dvnv9RgXw7jsZVq50MP_Gji8hvVL76ENlDFqlbQjSZbrO6vCf4oFOhMkCUwqKSLTFjF2EVAH2s96rSlJdlbHVPuRQbLCKxmy2UVXJudGzMfmmaUh9YKBWY/s1600/3-642e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1Jx9r8QeWz01EdW2qJYg0Dvnv9RgXw7jsZVq50MP_Gji8hvVL76ENlDFqlbQjSZbrO6vCf4oFOhMkCUwqKSLTFjF2EVAH2s96rSlJdlbHVPuRQbLCKxmy2UVXJudGzMfmmaUh9YKBWY/s640/3-642e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span>

More Mrkusich: this time, the master's marvellous house

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