Category: News
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Box Set
On Auckland’s North Shore, architect Guy Tarrant has set the stage for drama-free entertaining. AT THE END OF A DINNER PARTY, depending on the type of company you keep, guests will probably do one of two things: head for the hills as soon as they catch a glimpse of the piles of dishes on the…
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Hot House
When Geoff Wolfe took over the motor camp and general store at Hot Water Beach, he had no idea how to run the. But when it came to building a house there, he know exactly what to do. Twenty-One Years ago Geoff Wolfe’s brother told him he should have a look at the for-sale Hot…
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Building the Auckland House
New Zealand has one of the highest per-capita rates of architecturally designed homes in the world, and Auckland surely has most of them. Is there anything beyond the current fashion for suave bland elegance that marks the city’s clutch of big new houses as particular to this city? Frances Walsh asks the architects. … From…