There’s Always Room for Jelly
London-based design duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr give new meaning to ‘playing with your food’.
When Sam Bompas and Harry Parr first proposed setting up their stall at London’s foodie heaven Borough Market, their bank managers were less than impressed. “They thought we were ridiculous,” says Bompas. “We wanted to make jelly – properly done jelly, like the Victorians made.” In fact, providing an alternative to the market’s carb-heavy puddings was less mad than it sounded, and the duo were quickly overwhelmed with commissions for custom-designed jellies.
“Because it’s moulded food, you can...
New Kids On The Block
Hopetown, designed by Aria Campbell and Ruth Ellison, is a new fashion label set to make a splash.
‘Those generation Y’s, no work ethic, want it all without putting in the hard yards first, soft, I tell you.’ You hear snippets of conversations like this everywhere these days, construction foremen who think the young’uns are soft to corporates incredulous at their assistant’s refusal to do a tea round. Those naysayers obviously haven’t met ambitious young fashion designers Aria Campbell and Ruth Ellison, the names behind new fashion label Hopetown.
The pair met while working as...
Northern Exposure
A renovation of a Toronto condominium by GH3 architects embraces dynamic forms and a monochromatic palette.
Roughly twice the size of Auckland by population, Toronto is Canada’s largest urban centre and is filled with a similar jumble of architectural styles and a skyline defined by the CN Tower – the world’s tallest freestanding structure until 2007. A construction surge from the 1950s onwards has resulted in a proliferation of residential housing blocks for a quickly growing population, though the city itself has no single dominant architectural idiom.
“I’ve...
Courting Favour
Architecture firm patterson associates have designed a contemporary courtyard villa on the edge of lake wanaka
It feels like a battle of wills. Architecture firm Patterson Associates, headed by Andrew Patterson, is a firm that has become known for its contemporary and bold forms. Clients Annie and Colin Mantell are owners of Mantells, the Mt Eden-based boutique function centre. More recently they have added Wanaka Lodge, located on the edge of Lake Wanaka, to their collection of hospitality venues.
Wanaka Lodge’s building is rectilinear with double height spaces, modern,...
Urbis - Issue 51 on sale now!
In store now, the latest issue of Urbis features several boutique retreats from around New Zealand. We look at Mantells, a contemporary courtyard villa on the edge of lake Wanaka, a new boutique hotel on Oriental Bay in Wellington and then visit a series of beach pavilions in the Bay of Islands. This issue also looks at the latest trends in kitchens and bathrooms, and a visit to Sydney discovers many galleries, designers and studios all within the inner-city suburb of Surry Hills.