Outtakes: William Tozer's London loft

<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; 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; 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><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Here are a few unpublished outtakes from a home featured in our current issue, a loft apartment in a former factory in London designed by New Zealand-born architect William Tozer. Photographs are by Emily Andrews.</span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seen below, shelving in the TV room - a snug space off a generous, gallery-like hall - displays a collection of artworks and books.</span></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: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eh5yb8laD8KXhyphenhyphenWsisHby2-nE07oZJiYsyE105_PzUVaU6k65XIF_R1we0FUn7DI0D-poP5FStNfpcVmz_JGmooIf_NZvQFB4pprCzyIFgK9BuurTvURplvMDWfrocN5DyP3RhAHApws/s1600/AR36411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eh5yb8laD8KXhyphenhyphenWsisHby2-nE07oZJiYsyE105_PzUVaU6k65XIF_R1we0FUn7DI0D-poP5FStNfpcVmz_JGmooIf_NZvQFB4pprCzyIFgK9BuurTvURplvMDWfrocN5DyP3RhAHApws/s640/AR36411.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty9aIjurb1-AN_knlA0XMJRuo8sMrZ0_ZURpUz-EgEyjWiNUmI9fTqjOS9YZQuDqO2ey8JzRwoQzI5B5auwJ8sQBGJ7r8sAB6hZ3zOzH3TSsBLNIXfX4vvCEEThA3wbbCpPptdVeH6iYV/s1600/AR36395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty9aIjurb1-AN_knlA0XMJRuo8sMrZ0_ZURpUz-EgEyjWiNUmI9fTqjOS9YZQuDqO2ey8JzRwoQzI5B5auwJ8sQBGJ7r8sAB6hZ3zOzH3TSsBLNIXfX4vvCEEThA3wbbCpPptdVeH6iYV/s1600/AR36395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty9aIjurb1-AN_knlA0XMJRuo8sMrZ0_ZURpUz-EgEyjWiNUmI9fTqjOS9YZQuDqO2ey8JzRwoQzI5B5auwJ8sQBGJ7r8sAB6hZ3zOzH3TSsBLNIXfX4vvCEEThA3wbbCpPptdVeH6iYV/s640/AR36395.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjty9aIjurb1-AN_knlA0XMJRuo8sMrZ0_ZURpUz-EgEyjWiNUmI9fTqjOS9YZQuDqO2ey8JzRwoQzI5B5auwJ8sQBGJ7r8sAB6hZ3zOzH3TSsBLNIXfX4vvCEEThA3wbbCpPptdVeH6iYV/s1600/AR36395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">A study area is also located off the gallery space, with a built-in desk and shelving. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6q37S_I4CLCp2bIqhf4ymnSg837hJuqEy1TTsZHmjigvra4xyYg_jMfKlpmbkOYY6gTJ4tOORqqcPuSajnPfUNtfn-VEB30HtRRqQkDosMHz_dQEZF0rZaKHggQ_-BGyHwqDBQc3HpMW/s1600/AR36589-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6q37S_I4CLCp2bIqhf4ymnSg837hJuqEy1TTsZHmjigvra4xyYg_jMfKlpmbkOYY6gTJ4tOORqqcPuSajnPfUNtfn-VEB30HtRRqQkDosMHz_dQEZF0rZaKHggQ_-BGyHwqDBQc3HpMW/s640/AR36589-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The dining area (below) features pendant lights by Phillippe Starck, a table by Belgian designer and architect Maarten van Severen and 'Pelle' chairs by Hiroyuki Toyoda.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEg3zB-vaNwvB0aZVjBgaq-MohyphenhyphenH3l45gbOWbF_7caLLLZYB4XehbD9PAkwITit45rWeuPXOJx3jcAn4yaUQ7xE4v_scQmIBuExFX_1GtVdC-bmeKspV1cnsewxI6QYy7OXYvLkocu7vB5pf/s1600/AR36496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zB-vaNwvB0aZVjBgaq-MohyphenhyphenH3l45gbOWbF_7caLLLZYB4XehbD9PAkwITit45rWeuPXOJx3jcAn4yaUQ7xE4v_scQmIBuExFX_1GtVdC-bmeKspV1cnsewxI6QYy7OXYvLkocu7vB5pf/s640/AR36496.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's a view of the London skyline from the terrace, which wraps itself around two sides of the apartment.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwl0DCOhCvVbl8iOoCGAEzheWIQrBn6XVtSyZL6I3b6lJzYIg-5GgsBoCJUf4ukwCqrbwK2Dp_E1XQ-_IJ49iBkDCPVIUUu7zDD2oeTbGtms5GSZKnmeFR4P7sS1rxXfkSDCwhnPATYGc/s1600/AR36548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwl0DCOhCvVbl8iOoCGAEzheWIQrBn6XVtSyZL6I3b6lJzYIg-5GgsBoCJUf4ukwCqrbwK2Dp_E1XQ-_IJ49iBkDCPVIUUu7zDD2oeTbGtms5GSZKnmeFR4P7sS1rxXfkSDCwhnPATYGc/s640/AR36548.jpg" width="640" /> </a> </div></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: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtt5KSdqqd2lxJnSjSI5laQYQ8N_7HB6h7KCTYQGhWg-GJ6JAk_lf3QDVrdS0SGSRBJRmVwBSic8kC6e2m0L-q-h0NV7nIKLHv6sCSazNn27N1gizO-67uZIO3591LXl9zUtIaZiGuLr0/s1600/AR36529-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtt5KSdqqd2lxJnSjSI5laQYQ8N_7HB6h7KCTYQGhWg-GJ6JAk_lf3QDVrdS0SGSRBJRmVwBSic8kC6e2m0L-q-h0NV7nIKLHv6sCSazNn27N1gizO-67uZIO3591LXl9zUtIaZiGuLr0/s640/AR36529-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tozer's design preserves much of the building's industrial origins, leaving the raw concrete ceiling exposed throughout the building. In the kitchen, pipes for the rangehood are also left exposed.  </span></div><div style="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;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></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/AVvXsEjI9TlufegocW1ubEmPz29-jlRpkVZ3pBxk0j3Jm6kLLvJmOIXE4UMI9lxKvvKFx6sV61c6h7uwYXxvIazflaOoD1yL5sW7S8YOsNXo2Uzs9Mn-fT-hwF1ILV4YqDrwVko6tNDyjWKaRUrM/s1600/AR36531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9TlufegocW1ubEmPz29-jlRpkVZ3pBxk0j3Jm6kLLvJmOIXE4UMI9lxKvvKFx6sV61c6h7uwYXxvIazflaOoD1yL5sW7S8YOsNXo2Uzs9Mn-fT-hwF1ILV4YqDrwVko6tNDyjWKaRUrM/s640/AR36531.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The view below looks from the kitchen towards the apartment's living area. The pendant lights over the kitchen island are by Danish designer Cecilie Manz.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><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/AVvXsEg_-t0o2lCLGMtzg1sOVxWhE7LERsWEZ6G7zIpKeDeZPSwKq0Qo7dYR0G1uE8dqZKt5eDREHphukogylY24rjqbJX9zjEKuLUSfwPQLz3wPIcBQkrlKixnj6c9prCJFiPbWCgPjf83hcVLc/s1600/AR36575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-t0o2lCLGMtzg1sOVxWhE7LERsWEZ6G7zIpKeDeZPSwKq0Qo7dYR0G1uE8dqZKt5eDREHphukogylY24rjqbJX9zjEKuLUSfwPQLz3wPIcBQkrlKixnj6c9prCJFiPbWCgPjf83hcVLc/s640/AR36575.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">This shot of the home's main bedroom shows William Tozer's clever insertion of new elements such as the en suite bathroom, with the dark timber clearly demarcating the old and new structures. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEjPUthaQH554PrFRJRVS8YAAKEtzb6Kd2E8uYDioMGLdbFsHUTsjCyNQrKxe3W_wyYAiyxok7ybC-hFMRz7p0WSbkB56cW1YZ6nfpFa49vmoeAdJTufzomXmhPs73oCePmVn40MjJPLic0T/s1600/AR36606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUthaQH554PrFRJRVS8YAAKEtzb6Kd2E8uYDioMGLdbFsHUTsjCyNQrKxe3W_wyYAiyxok7ybC-hFMRz7p0WSbkB56cW1YZ6nfpFa49vmoeAdJTufzomXmhPs73oCePmVn40MjJPLic0T/s640/AR36606.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>

Outtakes: William Tozer's London loft

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RTA Studio in the World Architecture Festival

<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;"></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;"></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;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Congratulations to Richard Naish and the team at Auckland's RTA Studio: their design for the carbon-neutral 'C3' house has just been selected as a finalist in the 'Future Projects' section at the World Architecture Festival.  </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: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The as-yet-unbuilt house has been designed for a site near Lake Wanaka, and will be constructed from 100 percent recyclable or reusable materials including local stone, timber and rammed earth. It has been designed to achieve carbon-neutral certification once completed. </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: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Richard will travel to Singapore in October to make a presentation to the World Architecture Festival jury about the house. The World Architecture Festival winners will be announced soon afterwards. </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: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is RTA Studio's fourth year in a row at the World Architecture Festival. Last year Richard's <a href="http://homenewzealand.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/on-film-finalist-naish-house-by-richard.html" target="_blank">own home</a> was a finalist. It was preceded by the RTA's AUT lecture theatre and conference centre in 2010, and the Ironbank building on Auckland's Karangahape Road in 2009. </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;">The renderings below of the C3 house show how it will look after construction, a subtle presence in a beautiful landscape.  We'll keep you posted with more details from the festival in October. We'll have more details on this exciting project in our October issue, too. </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;"></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;"></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/AVvXsEh8r9N8uFzmgG5RluBcKqJJ59sSu3KON9-hIrWbGC3UDctz_6n2jGvb4kRmBzzbq9zp3_0GLdFK6u_hYm7Hrys66oFS1ca_911c03pMxBCKURTSkbJweD81ZuYOp3uFw4UPRx5K86qtCPhC/s1600/2+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8r9N8uFzmgG5RluBcKqJJ59sSu3KON9-hIrWbGC3UDctz_6n2jGvb4kRmBzzbq9zp3_0GLdFK6u_hYm7Hrys66oFS1ca_911c03pMxBCKURTSkbJweD81ZuYOp3uFw4UPRx5K86qtCPhC/s640/2+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDQatsl3DIexteIwjnjYqZLoR5yIdZ0MVnF_d_gWigxaoY5KbhdaBtNE1VJrkGepD4tNrWGjvFENCqJ3eXdrTVXB3jbHvKh6LHUu_WoJUrJcxHhyeVRAZGk6TEKbQWLBzazzyzmYSXaK5/s1600/1+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDQatsl3DIexteIwjnjYqZLoR5yIdZ0MVnF_d_gWigxaoY5KbhdaBtNE1VJrkGepD4tNrWGjvFENCqJ3eXdrTVXB3jbHvKh6LHUu_WoJUrJcxHhyeVRAZGk6TEKbQWLBzazzyzmYSXaK5/s640/1+low+res.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;"></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/AVvXsEgbSrQPmZpT7aJZ6VUmDfS_Fqx83QUQhbWdn3zSPVHbAxtjCs3g6U0OCNytpa62baBj0eIbPe6a0m63ld8BImb0R2A48jrGIg6JmouOaduiSkALaTBbp4F4oCj95KIpyP7jfA9A8pdHn852/s1600/3+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSrQPmZpT7aJZ6VUmDfS_Fqx83QUQhbWdn3zSPVHbAxtjCs3g6U0OCNytpa62baBj0eIbPe6a0m63ld8BImb0R2A48jrGIg6JmouOaduiSkALaTBbp4F4oCj95KIpyP7jfA9A8pdHn852/s640/3+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIheBVfcw8TqiXMkP88afUbzT5Pl9valp3xG5oZ5fB1BYeV_-xr8rJEHdnua0MDkiVZJfhOApIi1sN6Snm6VgagVsRduYBLrdWnc2eepUC_FEE2QjglnBNfghO9ZSk_IG7rh4PDmJzjrgh/s1600/4+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIheBVfcw8TqiXMkP88afUbzT5Pl9valp3xG5oZ5fB1BYeV_-xr8rJEHdnua0MDkiVZJfhOApIi1sN6Snm6VgagVsRduYBLrdWnc2eepUC_FEE2QjglnBNfghO9ZSk_IG7rh4PDmJzjrgh/s640/4+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVHZjLGd-bXWpXXI9BgKVbdLFHan9tavYMve20eovyhWEfT3IaCsQ50MTQC1UCVHWBz1p9GU8Lzhyphenhypheneg-OZq0sqNwutGH5JiHcILIGhEXI190x75cZ6TXVHpI3l_X4KMdyHPFuv85fJMwN/s1600/5+low+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVHZjLGd-bXWpXXI9BgKVbdLFHan9tavYMve20eovyhWEfT3IaCsQ50MTQC1UCVHWBz1p9GU8Lzhyphenhypheneg-OZq0sqNwutGH5JiHcILIGhEXI190x75cZ6TXVHpI3l_X4KMdyHPFuv85fJMwN/s640/5+low+res.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />

RTA Studio in the World Architecture Festival

Congratulations to Richard Naish and the team at Auckland's RTA Studio: their design for the carbon-neutral 'C3' house has just ...

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Outtakes: Pahoia house by Warren and Mahoney

<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our April/May issue Home of the Year issue featured this finalist in the award, a magnificent home near Tauranga designed by Andrew Barclay and Richard McGowan of Warren & Mahoney</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">.The home is a linear ground-floor arrangement of bedrooms and living areas, with a black main bedroom suite and study on the black upper floor, which is placed transversely to the main volume of the house. In the shot below (all the photographs are by Patrick Reynolds), you can see the house on its beautiful peninsula site. </span><br /><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgQyomzHwk8tIkmTaSAQZFl17FkNC81FblNRNPnpnGipNMjxS9wkLLh2Nq4_dI0pQVcZJaOWqA29oihuVR4-qWaS0diSvXauWm8xJoWMeEogSesV95gl9VwFDn58YF7Rim93stFzrBa51/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgQyomzHwk8tIkmTaSAQZFl17FkNC81FblNRNPnpnGipNMjxS9wkLLh2Nq4_dI0pQVcZJaOWqA29oihuVR4-qWaS0diSvXauWm8xJoWMeEogSesV95gl9VwFDn58YF7Rim93stFzrBa51/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0432.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The home's owners asked Andrew and Richard for a home with sculptural lines, a sense of restfulness, and a focus on quality and permanence. The house was to be "simple and strong and bold" for a life of "reading, privacy and quietness." The two shots below show more clearly the relationship of the upper and lower volumes of the home, with the upper floor projecting over and providing shade for a lower-level terrace. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84975jOYEcNqtrf1TAfGL5ndc9d5pmtU-BXicbwAAUyIaRJNSB6jg83h1D_qQ4av0AwQYlv8NLEdcEyOLS-WK6NMcF4KoJCft2boubDvECj4MM7u3yWft1bHitTVaTdVmrRFfkG6i4Zvu/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84975jOYEcNqtrf1TAfGL5ndc9d5pmtU-BXicbwAAUyIaRJNSB6jg83h1D_qQ4av0AwQYlv8NLEdcEyOLS-WK6NMcF4KoJCft2boubDvECj4MM7u3yWft1bHitTVaTdVmrRFfkG6i4Zvu/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0536.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70nAm5VpsanhRavszmTycq4Kd7L6jvcjJfl5tjerxuiUeuhvmU7jBHEUeHH0Ag2SOg4sSm5mAtLL5qa-rICCXF6ooMeOig4tqt860DoxnszhDaSO9-n8obNVzkdVF_k97447DdpFetDf_/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi70nAm5VpsanhRavszmTycq4Kd7L6jvcjJfl5tjerxuiUeuhvmU7jBHEUeHH0Ag2SOg4sSm5mAtLL5qa-rICCXF6ooMeOig4tqt860DoxnszhDaSO9-n8obNVzkdVF_k97447DdpFetDf_/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0491.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All the home's main spaces face north, including the outdoor room (shown below), which features a reflecting pool with a large sculpture by Paul Dibble. It's the beautiful outcome of the owners' desire to emulate the European concept of entering a courtyard before moving into the house proper. It's also a way of encouraging sheltered outdoor living by dissolving the barriers between indoors and out. Visitors pass under the bridge-like form of the home's upper floor before walking through the front door, which opens directly into the outdoor room. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uv1RfvxGIE-r4sKaf2Pn7nx-fLzapdm8WJFMUboKT5Q2xgayxi7jIZOwQpUL3HAvJoc4CB6I3YjS1ZHOqlmG6ReshJLS93OBsORvtGf5kKnP9Lqg3yfvSFFSk4d-Fhwi306W8sHylzP/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uv1RfvxGIE-r4sKaf2Pn7nx-fLzapdm8WJFMUboKT5Q2xgayxi7jIZOwQpUL3HAvJoc4CB6I3YjS1ZHOqlmG6ReshJLS93OBsORvtGf5kKnP9Lqg3yfvSFFSk4d-Fhwi306W8sHylzP/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0723.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The outdoor room is anchored, like the rest of the house, by a wall of travertine that acts as the building's spine (below). </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YHvUmUR0ijF2heL-dAAMtIxd4A1GHgBTyFH4XtGiXDdmgwySuN1UhyBXHYLIIfYP4NZsjKj1kv3kaMIoB9qRWluk4RuMbhOzRszH-MXLHJYf4nKMz2nA2uxTaneAyKwvw5jsLK0fI-SM/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YHvUmUR0ijF2heL-dAAMtIxd4A1GHgBTyFH4XtGiXDdmgwySuN1UhyBXHYLIIfYP4NZsjKj1kv3kaMIoB9qRWluk4RuMbhOzRszH-MXLHJYf4nKMz2nA2uxTaneAyKwvw5jsLK0fI-SM/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0365.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The view below looks back from the outdoor room to the home's main entrance, featuring another sculpture by Paul Dibble across the driveway. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpEX9_1owQJROruIv9Rs54uaX8trV_4iMgW4L04rIxfGmCbWM7PG_4pQeDltSV8h3OqrGvpY3JSdGJrqx663l_bHmh77g1HDRiYpk8EQuh-QlqTBINNi6p41UeFD40I2y5OE2MuXPW8nx/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpEX9_1owQJROruIv9Rs54uaX8trV_4iMgW4L04rIxfGmCbWM7PG_4pQeDltSV8h3OqrGvpY3JSdGJrqx663l_bHmh77g1HDRiYpk8EQuh-QlqTBINNi6p41UeFD40I2y5OE2MuXPW8nx/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0382.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The owners wanted the home to feel equally comfortable when their six children were around or when just the two of them were home. The main living area, entered from the outdoor room, is an intimate open-plan sequence of sunny sitting area, a kitchen and dining space and a compact formal sitting room with a fireplace. </span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKkvzcodvv0VzbogYU_floj5w-7eRmQA9vPJBUJUGVtRHctYswyj4c0AILq4qNZxii86w06TYa1NMk_fiK_NEWlQbjnYHN9zA4vDLOzkAK0mhJT_qasV4rjyifLZguMgHN-cf_EDdxGWh/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKkvzcodvv0VzbogYU_floj5w-7eRmQA9vPJBUJUGVtRHctYswyj4c0AILq4qNZxii86w06TYa1NMk_fiK_NEWlQbjnYHN9zA4vDLOzkAK0mhJT_qasV4rjyifLZguMgHN-cf_EDdxGWh/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0682.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When the (mostly adult) children are visiting, they have the home's west wing, with three bedrooms and a small living room. At the eastern end of the ground floor is a separate guest suite featuring this elegant ensuite bathroom.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Evqpi8O9_Icf4KgapQDcY3V9lYCQVSY5iF_88tDJKmWp3LEDhFzsGn3IJAw22QcHHrTwuHtUBQNNiCH-2hBqW3Vq9SMXSEGD3GSm1DpxQOKVXNRkusKWRqM8JeEr00nYVCj711nuL3h/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Evqpi8O9_Icf4KgapQDcY3V9lYCQVSY5iF_88tDJKmWp3LEDhFzsGn3IJAw22QcHHrTwuHtUBQNNiCH-2hBqW3Vq9SMXSEGD3GSm1DpxQOKVXNRkusKWRqM8JeEr00nYVCj711nuL3h/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Upstairs, a dark-painted library located behind the main bedroom makes for a comfortable winter evening retreat. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBj_fizhsb-AeMYO6F1H7mM1GsvrZcLHTminWSIA75OLe6A-Jt7ikm35s-SXVkrxWJ0nAXY4YgZpk7mrOHfoVjaitJmKZ9sUmBwSJgcyW3ktAS6Adn9HYzcJje-MtZIP-5XRvBHPRjkz0/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBj_fizhsb-AeMYO6F1H7mM1GsvrZcLHTminWSIA75OLe6A-Jt7ikm35s-SXVkrxWJ0nAXY4YgZpk7mrOHfoVjaitJmKZ9sUmBwSJgcyW3ktAS6Adn9HYzcJje-MtZIP-5XRvBHPRjkz0/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0288.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The view below is from the guest suite on the ground floor, a lovely perspective looking north over the estuary. Thanks again to our Home of the Year partner, Altherm Window Systems, for working with us to present these fantastic homes. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdAuJSI-F5-E0lReVZOj8auj3-kDtcmbAB3jDEwp7kgdexynSEN4hIv2P-adEMyLVzyPSDobOBb2HJqX6Z4UdwWrAF36IXayIaI9w45DVwAsRChUw3vURUBRw2DYVObGF_NEz8AqZXI4M/s1600/PAHOIA+LODGE_0761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdAuJSI-F5-E0lReVZOj8auj3-kDtcmbAB3jDEwp7kgdexynSEN4hIv2P-adEMyLVzyPSDobOBb2HJqX6Z4UdwWrAF36IXayIaI9w45DVwAsRChUw3vURUBRw2DYVObGF_NEz8AqZXI4M/s640/PAHOIA+LODGE_0761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />

Outtakes: Pahoia house by Warren and Mahoney

Our April/May issue Home of the Year issue featured this finalist in the award, a magnificent home near Tauranga designed by Andrew Barclay ...

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