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The Past Is Present

In exhibitions at public galleries around the country, artists reflect on our collective, individual and cultural histories.

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February 2020
Why I Walk Carl Douglas
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Why I Walk Carl Douglas

How the experience of walking reveals our world to us and informs our sense of our place in it.

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February 2020
My Favourite Building Chlöe Swarbrick
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My Favourite Building Chlöe Swarbrick

Built on Auckland’s Karangahape Road in the 1920s, St Kevin’s Arcade has served as vocational inspiration and a meeting place for the Green MP since she was a teenager.

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February 2020
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Humble Special

PAC Studio designs a home on a tiny budget in the bush above the Kaipara Harbour.

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February 2020
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Modern Love

Assembly Architects draws on lightweight Californian modernism to craftan elegant mountain retreat.

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February 2020
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Family Tree

On a leafy site in the Waikato, Tane Cox crafts a subtle home for three generations

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February 2020
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LOW PROFILE

Sometimes, strict covenants can be a blessing in disguise.

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February 2020
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Fine Line

A house in a vineyard by Stuart Gardyne shows country living need not be rustic.

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February 2020
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Elegant Shed

Ben Daly rehabilitates a farm building with a long family history on the Canterbury Plains.

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February 2020
Perfect Pitch
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Perfect Pitch

An encampment by an inlet casually inhabits land at Tawharanui.

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December 2019
Up You Go
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Up You Go

A sleepout and retreat in the bush at Piha.

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December 2019
Seeking Shelter
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Seeking Shelter

A beach house on Waiheke Island quietly slips from view.

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December 2019
The Boat House
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The Boat House

A notional shed on a jetty above a beach on Kawau Island.

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December 2019
Inside Out
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Inside Out

The Herbst bach on Great Barrier Island turns 20.

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December 2019
Step Into The Light
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Step Into The Light

Four mid-century enthusiasts resurrect an original design by Allan Mitchener.

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October 2019
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Stretch And Grow

Rich Naish taps into family heritage to extend a character cottage in Christchurch.

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October 2019
Sunny Side Up
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Sunny Side Up

Pac Studio deploys light and fun through materials for a bungalow extension.

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October 2019
Age Of Enlightenment
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Age Of Enlightenment

Sixteen years on, Daniel Marshall reworks an early design with a fresh new perspective.

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October 2019
Changer Les Idees
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Changer Les Idees

After a family tragedy, Aimé and Marguerite Maeght turned their summer house near Nice into a gallery and haven for artists. Today, it has one of the best private collections of modern art in Europe.

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December 2017
Jewel Purpose
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Jewel Purpose

Emma Morris designs a beach house for her parents David and Lien Morris – their first architectural home and one they share with extended family.

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December 2017
Feathers' Nest
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Feathers' Nest

Jackie and Tim Feather give Vaughn McQuarrie a detailed brief for their bush bach on a south-facing Waiheke site.

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December 2017
Sometimes Randomness Can Be Way More Interesting
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Sometimes Randomness Can Be Way More Interesting

A challenging house above Matiatia has softened into the Waiheke Island landscape, without losing its edge.

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December 2017
It's Nice To Move Around Your View
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It's Nice To Move Around Your View

A bach by Gerald Parsonson in Hawke’s Bay provides places to sit in the sun, and places to retreat from the wind.

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December 2017
My Favourite Building
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My Favourite Building

Jade Kake of Matakohe Architecture & Urbanism lives in Whangarei where she stays connected to Te Whare Karakia o Pehiweri, the Anglican church built in 1888.

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June 2019
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Italian Lessons

Mary Gaudin surveys shows and installations at Milan Design Week – the world’s biggest furniture fair, which takes over the city for one crazy week.

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June 2019
Fabric Of Life
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Fabric Of Life

Mary Gaudin visits a charming suburban wasteland – a collaboration by Kvadrat and fashion designer Raf Simons, based on the post-war houses of Jean Prouvé.

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June 2019
Prêt À Porter
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Prêt À Porter

You’ll have to wait a while for many of the designs seen on the previous pages, but these Milan hits are in store now.

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June 2019
Base Camp
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Base Camp

Vaughn McQuarrie draws on the bivouac tradition to design an enigmatic little house near Queenstown.

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April 2019
My Favourite Building
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My Favourite Building

As a model of adaptive re-use, the Axis building in Parnell, Auckland, doesn’t get better, says architect and Home of the Year judge Nicola Herbst, who lived there for seven years.

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April 2019
Rough Diamond Winner
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Rough Diamond Winner

With its striking concrete diagrid roof and sense of fun, our Home of the Year 2019 is a truly Auckland house.

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April 2019

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