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Colour Collab: Darryl Church
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Founder of Rotorua-based design practice DCA Architects of Transformation discusses nature, context and the process of integrating colour into the studio’s projects rather than merely applying it.
NZ vs NY: Ahi and Saxon + Parole
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Two recent restaurant additions to Auckland’s Commercial Bay boast some of the best public views of the civic precinct. Federico Monsalve discovers what sets them apart.
Unispace survey explores client needs in workplaces of the future
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Unispace New Zealand’s Kate Horton and Harry Rowntree use the company’s latest data on client opinions from their WorkReady survey to assess what the evolution of Kiwi workplaces might look like.
Colour Collab: Nick Eagles
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The co-director of multidisciplinary design studio The Letter Q discusses collaboration, turning transience into sculpture and the importance of colour.
Material Focus: Ahi Restaurant
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Architect Jack McKinney was the lead designer for Ahi at Commercial Bay. In this collaboration with Warwick Fabrics, he discusses some of the material and fabric choices for this eatery.
Material Focus: CTRL Space
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Project lead designer for the recently opened New York Grill at Westfield Newmarket, Shamal Nanji, discusses some of the fabric choices for this hospitality space.
Together but apart
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Interior solutions were used in this Christchurch campus to co-locate two, single gender schools and mitigate an age-old battle of the sexes.
Commercial Bay: Saxon + Parole
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Take a first look at the newly-opened Saxon + Parole – the equestrian-themed American restaurant in Auckland’s Commercial Bay.
Ebbs and flows: Spark Christchurch
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The telco’s new Christchurch headquarters by Sheppard & Rout Architects mimics and reflects its context and industry with its decorative and functional glass façade.
Food halls of the future: BaseHall
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Linehouse – co-founded by New Zealander – proves hospitality spaces can have all the luxury of fine dining coupled with a dynamic food offering.
Through the vines: Zespri HQ
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Zespri’s new headquarters by Warren and Mahoney intertwines the language of the orchard with that of the corporate workplace.
Designer interview: Kathryn Roberts
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Kathryn Roberts, interior design lead at Jasmax speaks with Federico Monsalve about her views on the post-COVID industry.
Airport dreams
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Melanie McDaid explores the new Novotel Christchurch Airport, designed by Warren and Mahoney, which takes its cues from its geographic context.
Oasis: ANZ Raranga
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ANZ seeks a natural feel and a touch of biophilia in its new Sylvia Park locale, whose fitout was designed by Warren and Mahoney. Melanie McDaid finds out more.
Peace in a pod
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Julia Gessler explores how sleeping pods are becoming a growing trend both on and off the ground.
Hotels in flux: Part three
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Ignite’s Audrey de Filippis discusses distinctive storytelling through design and the evolution of the lifestyle brand in the third part of our series.
Courtyard dreams
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The front door to this villa in Grey Lynn might look typical, but it’s a portal to another time and place.
Hotels in flux: Part two
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Director of interior design powerhouse Space Studio, Vee Kessner, reports on the synergy of design and procurement in a changing industry.
The Room: Hotel lighting
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A hotel in in China’s lake district in Hangzhou seeks to recreate a moonlit, meditative interior.
Hotels in flux: Part one
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The local hotel industry is in a state of significant change. This six-part series explores what this might mean for the world of interiors and what might its future look like.