Shades of Pink

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Shades of Pink

top picture by Adam Flipp .

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The new bach

Beach homes these days tend to present architects with a bit of a dilemma: clients want all the bells and whistles, but including them all leaves little chance of retaining any bach-like modesty of scale. Many a charming beach community in New Zealand has been monstered by the arrival of overly grand holiday homes. That's why we're so keen on the home on the Kapiti Coast on our April/May cover, designed by Max Herriot of Wellington's Herriot + Melhuish Architects.<br /><br />The goal for owners and architect was to create a place that still felt like a bach, which meant the design process was all about identifying the essential qualities of the New Zealand holiday home, rather than transplanting a city home to the beach. The end result is a simple two-bedroom home with an open-plan living space under a monopitch roof. Here are a couple of Paul McCredie's shots of it:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181014429388370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga7IUQ-zR4xZyBdDWIalRJQk_qowZ_0QjKukCJ52uK2qYJBtNrCfhLQRCt0zd7168sDNXQxEtSE9FPed3MZFIawYhyphenhyphenPAXdQH211ZuDLTYytHfdxuVCsMRGsQbLqzxm9wrMayLKlm9ifpp/s400/Rosetta+exterior.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181025558429570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpK5xsaKXqxabpXTt0MgsU3wBYt2QVE1Rfea39kNltUnL5-xiEH9FwQMtBUqBedbPGFA-ptMbMXIunrISZrZrGTVscIt6NAKnWAvqlJQ44f6fENJlAxjPTjfBvAh1GBaOtmUNQrklnBYyu/s400/Rosetta+interior.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />Building this new holiday home involved knocking down an old one on the site, a difficult decision for the owners. The old bach was crumbling and was going to have to be relocated further back from the high tide line anyway; renovation options eventually became as expensive as building anew. The success of this project lies in the lessons that the owners absorbed from the old bach, which they had liked and stayed in for many years. The home shows that modest ambitions can create great results, for the owners of the home and the beach community as a whole.

The new bach

Beach homes these days tend to present architects with a bit of a dilemma: clients want all the bells and whistles, but including them all l...

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Jamie McLellan is our Design Awards winner

Those of you who have the magazine will already know this, but Auckland-based designer Jamie McLellan is the winner of our Design Awards 2009 for his 'Twig' coat stand. Here's the spread featuring him and his work from the April/May issue of HOME New Zealand:<br /><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322162751850267874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTF2Tb6csC9ylLDujfwf4XWaJgsdSDs7IDfx8emQafJWSS0wADokKIOP1fWH2QRWPP1DKXIFFjIhTIZBvJGUyWNN-w79AnaRrrzn42RlXZ2xQQc7qy_x3T1o6_CNC1KxQrBJyYl7hORQyV/s400/Jamie+McLellan.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />The coat stand was praised by our visiting judge Edward Barber as an elegant combination of form and function. He also noted that coat stands need to look good without coats on them, which this one really does.<br /><br />Jamie already has a pretty impressive design career: he trained at Victoria University of Wellington and has worked for Tom Dixon in London. He developed the 'Twig' coat stand for Fletcher Systems and is currently completing a commission to design furniture and lighting for a Japanese property in the ski town of Niseko, as well as windsurfing equipment for the firm Neil Pryde.<br /><br />Jamie was present at our awards night last week in Wellington which was held in the Lombard Street showroom of our sponsor, Staple Furniture + Design. It was a great night with a generous crowd - so congratulations to Jamie and thanks to the folk at Staple for their support, too.

Jamie McLellan is our Design Awards winner

Those of you who have the magazine will already know this, but Auckland-based designer Jamie McLellan is the winner of our Design Awards 200...

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