Our new cover

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our new cover is a photograph by Patrick Reynolds of architect Sir Miles Warren's amazing home and garden, Ohinetahi, on Banks Peninsula. The home was substantially damaged in the September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, but has now been rebuilt in a slightly different form. You can read Finlay Macdonald's in-depth interview with Sir Miles about his home and Christchurch's post-quake future in the magazine, on newsstands Monday June 4. </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/AVvXsEjp7aHw4P-16Uu1IZYHKuUVKm7vvaxKlLOmbynsEDgWjYGdbZIxy8cMJM62J8w6_9Quc2pZ6T7emIjLUGq3dc6HmAhxmcY7KXWdi6hlk-UgFLdRMS7XF-lYud4M6aj7nWl_UUhz9-HIBKf5/s1600/HOME+New+Zealand+cover+June+July+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7aHw4P-16Uu1IZYHKuUVKm7vvaxKlLOmbynsEDgWjYGdbZIxy8cMJM62J8w6_9Quc2pZ6T7emIjLUGq3dc6HmAhxmcY7KXWdi6hlk-UgFLdRMS7XF-lYud4M6aj7nWl_UUhz9-HIBKf5/s400/HOME+New+Zealand+cover+June+July+2012.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other exhilarating, beautiful, drool-worthy content in this issue includes:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our 2012 furniture and homeware Design Awards winner and finalists.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Auckland architect Jack McKinney's remarkable villa transformation.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A new Queenstown getaway by Pete Ritchie and Bronwen Kerr of Kerr Ritchie Architects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A major feature on architect Ian Athfield by Julia Gatley, coinciding with the upcoming launch of Julia's new book on Athfield Architects, as well as lavish coverage of Ath's remarkable, crumbling, inspiring Wellington home by Patrick Reynolds.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">New Zealand architect William Tozer's sleek, gritty design for a new apartment in an old London factory building. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A fantastic encampment-style holiday home on Waiheke Island by Fearon Hay Architects.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Much more, including interviews with Pete Bossley, Tanu Gago, Katie Lockhart, Martin Brown and others...</span></li></ul>

Our new cover

Our new cover is a photograph by Patrick Reynolds of architect Sir Miles Warren's amazing home and garden, Ohinetahi, on Banks Peninsula...

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Our Design Awards winner

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMNc2ZpfB76omrzwUGpo0UwRzpDSCbctEOnX5vsaW8-BlYQF53-kVyMZ1I1OvTBx_fiQ-ecBPetLZDODSsBXFA3F-RrVkQMC0kUIUsBlIPSdLaBHdRosI7joNFyrX-f3ucimKFXMg7bTA/s1600/Faceture+vases+by+Phil+Cuttance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMNc2ZpfB76omrzwUGpo0UwRzpDSCbctEOnX5vsaW8-BlYQF53-kVyMZ1I1OvTBx_fiQ-ecBPetLZDODSsBXFA3F-RrVkQMC0kUIUsBlIPSdLaBHdRosI7joNFyrX-f3ucimKFXMg7bTA/s400/Faceture+vases+by+Phil+Cuttance.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Congratulations to Phil Cuttance, whose 'Faceture' vases are the winner of our 2012 Design Awards. </span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our awards recognise excellence in New Zealand furniture and homeware design. This year's judge, Christian Rasmussen of Denmark's Fritz Hansen, praised Phil's creations for the way they blur the boundaries between digital and hand-made objects by creating an interplay between craftsmanship and technology. "They feel like something special that I haven't seen before," Christian said when he examined the vases on a recent visit to Auckland. (In the image above, the vases sit on a 'Gallons' table by Holly Beals, one of our 2012 Design Awards finalists. The photograph is by Toaki Okano, styled by Alicia Menzies and Juliette Wanty). </span></div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The vases are made from water-based resin using a polypropylene mould. You can see Phil make them on a machine he created in the short film below. Our congratulations to Phil and the other finalists in our 2012 Design Awards.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35912908?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can see full coverage of the awards in our June/July issue, on newsstands from Monday June 4. </span></div></div></div>

Our Design Awards winner

Congratulations to Phil Cuttance, whose 'Faceture' vases are the winner of our 2012 Design Awards. Our awards recognise excellence i...

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New Zealand Architecture Medal 2012

<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/AVvXsEgNZeDfQLw29SBY4x_YW8rE_am4olsr5Y4rstfI2OOm4hxo7Gg7o4RPGzzGlA-57F85cFFo0W0xMfC_YKRBJcpW2zqWpSgtSxK6n4mhBRBthxm7Cj4hKbl5y2tQ3o5hYj6VFatyCBTr_XpJ/s1600/Auckland+Art+Gallery-main+street+elevation-photo+by+Patrick+Reynolds-resized+for+print+media.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" qba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZeDfQLw29SBY4x_YW8rE_am4olsr5Y4rstfI2OOm4hxo7Gg7o4RPGzzGlA-57F85cFFo0W0xMfC_YKRBJcpW2zqWpSgtSxK6n4mhBRBthxm7Cj4hKbl5y2tQ3o5hYj6VFatyCBTr_XpJ/s400/Auckland+Art+Gallery-main+street+elevation-photo+by+Patrick+Reynolds-resized+for+print+media.jpg" width="400px" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Congratulations to Richard Francis-Jones and the team at Sydney's FJMT Architects who, in conjunction with Archimedia, have won the 2012 New Zealand Architecture Medal for their refurbishment and extension of the Auckland Art Gallery. </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 New Zealand Architecture Medal is highest honour awarded to a building each year by the New Zealand Institute of Architects. </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 Auckland Art Gallery is a most deserving winner of the Architecture Medal,” says the convenor of the awards jury, Wellington architect Hugh Tennent. “There were high hopes for this building, and big challenges to overcome. The architects had to work with an existing heritage building and a sensitive site on the edge of Albert Park, as well provide all the spaces and amenities required by a twenty-first century art gallery.</span></div><br /><br />“On all fronts, the architects have risen to the occasion. The existing building looks stunning, the new building looks even better, and the two parts work well together. And with its generous terraces the Art Gallery now makes the most of its connections to Albert Park.”<br /><br />We'd also like to congratulate another winner: Auckland architect Pete Bossley, who has been awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal for contribution to architecture. Pete is also a two-time winner of our Home of the Year award. You can read an interview with him about his Gold Medal success in our next issue, on newsstands on June 4.

New Zealand Architecture Medal 2012

Congratulations to Richard Francis-Jones and the team at Sydney's FJMT Architects who, in conjunction with Archimedia, have won the 2012...

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