BEST Must Have Gadget
You could be forgiven for having iPhone fatigue by now. We kind of do, which is why the winner of this category was hotly debated here at Urbis. But the fact is, that despite being overly anticipated, hyped and analysed – and despite its faults and bugs – this is the greatest gadget to have hit the market since, well, since the first iPhone reared its head a year ago.
As anyone with access to the media will know, people with little else to do waited for days outside shops for the launch of the...
Social Work
Marshall Cook’s new house in Ponsonby – like his old one in Parnell – reveals design mastery and an understanding of modern family dynamics.
Cars don’t exist, children should be seen but not heard and women belong in the kitchen at the back of the house. Sunlight is not important. What counts is the façade a house presents to the public. Who’d hold to these nostrums today? But they do seem to be implicit in Auckland’s heritage controls, which are aimed at preserving rows of villas in the inner suburbs. Because you can’t preserve...