Tag: Material Focus with Warwick Fabrics

Material Focus: Waka Kotahi NZTA

Projects | We talk to André Bankier-Perry of (DGSE) about the delivery of a 9000m2 government workplace fit-out, and how social sustainability was pivotal throughout the scheme.

Material Focus: Picnicka

Projects | One of Tauranga’s newest dining destinations recreates the experience of a European picnic. We talk to designer Summer Bishop of CTRL Space about the project.

Material Focus: Arvida

Projects | Stack Interiors has created a home with soul in the central-Auckland workplace of retirement community operator Arvida. We speak to designer Lauren Scott about the process.

Projects | Metlifecare’s latest offering, Gulf Rise, recently opened its clubhouse at the heart of the coastal village. Urban Lounge’s lead designer, Katherine Lennox, tells interior editor of Architecture New Zealand about the interior design studio’s thinking behind the communal spaces.

Material Focus: Seven

Projects | We talk to SemiCreative’s creative director James Irvine about the interior of Seven – winner of this year’s Hospitality Award at the Interior Awards.

Material Focus: 205Q Hive and Lobby

Projects | Bespoke commercial interiors specialists Cachet Group has transformed 205Q Hive and Lobby on Auckland’s Queen Street for its clients Roxy-Pacific Holdings, with a vibrant new look featuring a selection of Warwick Fabrics.

Material Focus: The Central

Projects | Queenstown’s Central Private Hotel was named as this year’s Grand Prix award-winner at the Dulux Colour Awards. We talk to Undercurrent director Liv Macfarlane about the thinking behind this stand-out design and how the selection of Warwick Fabrics was integral to the final result.

Material Focus: Cuba Precinct

Projects | Athfield Architects associate Kim Salt discusses the thinking behind the fit-out of the NZIA-award-winning space for lead tenant Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Material Focus: Ahi Restaurant

Projects | 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

Projects | 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.

Material Focus: Young + Richards

People | Harriet Pilkington – director of architecture firm Young + Richards – chats about texture and fabric selections for the recent Richards Partners office.

Material Focus: Material Creative

People | Olivia Patience of Material Creative discusses some of the selections made for the studio’s colourful and tactile Naumi hotel Auckland Airport.

Material Focus: Walker Mitchell

People | Kirsty Mitchell, interior designer behind the Fabric Bistro in Hobsonville Point, talks about what inspired the materiality of the space.