Tackling housing, climate, and affordability challenges head on, with Richard Naish of RTA Studio
Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Richard Naish, director of RTA Studio, about The Living House. This project explores new ways of designing and delivering homes, developed as a self initiated response to some of the biggest challenges we're facing in Aotearoa; housing, climate, and affordability.Listen now, and visit www.firstwindows.co.nz/quick-change to see the story.
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Generational gains by Roberts Gray Architects
Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Jimmy Grey from Roberts Gray Architects about a Wānaka family bach designed to evolve with his family and also respond to the changing landscape of Wānaka. Listen now, and visit our website for more.
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Renovation: Heart and Soul in Whangarei
Maungatapere lies 11km east of Whangārei and is home to Jock and Jane's renovated 110-year-old villa.When Jock bought the property, there was a Skyline shed and an old villa sitting in the middle of a paddock. “There were no fences,” he says. “The lawns were a metre high and there were lots of weeds, and lots of things to do.” Initially he and his father planned to do the house up as a project and move it on, but over time the place grew on him. “I was like, no, let’s do it up to stay.”See the full story, video and image gallery at firstwindows.co.nz/heart-and-soul
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Narrow escape with Gerrad Hall
Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Gerrad Hall about designing a home that would respond to the surrounding villas, in Ponsonby, while adopting an architectural language aligned with contemporary living. Listen now, and visit www.firstwindows.co.nz/narrow-escape to see the story.
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The Bunker House by Wilson Building and Dalman Architects
Homestyle editor Alice Lines talks with Richard Dalman about the Bunker House wedged into a hillside in the Mackenzie Basin. Listen now, and visit https://www.firstwindows.co.nz/hidden-in-plain-sight to see the story.
Homestyle magazine are heading out around New Zealand in association with First Windows & Doors to find homes we find inspiring. Follow along as we interview homeowners and architects throughout the country to learn more about how their design came about and the way they live in their homes.
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