Urbis Designday Media Launch 2010
On Wednesday, 24 Feb at The Steel Works in Mt Eden, Urbis announced the designer showroom pairings for Urbis Designday 2010. See Urbanism from 25 February for full details of all the collaborations, and check out some of the social shots our photographer Emily Andrews took on the day.
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Black Beauty
A striking cliff-top site west of Auckland was both bane and boon for this dark and handsome Patterson Associates-designed house.
This house, designed by Andrew Patterson of Patterson Associates, could have easily been a castle in the sky – a daydream. Designed in 2003, this house looked as though it might be confined to the blueprints due to an extended five-year clash with the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) for consent. The project’s dramatic site was its blessing as well as its curse.
Why so much trouble? Well, the site,...
Make a Shape
Barrès Coquet architects use a dynamic shape to reinterpret the French country house.
The country house is defined in contrast to what it is not – the city house. In France, the country house is celebrated for its link with traditional French living but there is often a struggle with how this sense of tradition translates into contemporary architecture. Simultaneously, though paradoxically, the country offers freedom, an escape from the sometimes suffocating conventions and etiquettes of the city. Architecture in country or holiday homes often must try to resolve opposing...
Paris Match
The designs at this year’s Maison & Objet in Paris were impressive, even to a jetlagged viewer.
Naivety may be defined as an unquestioning exuberance that I could tackle Maison & Objet, one of the largest interiors trade fairs in the world, straight off a sleepless 30-hour flight.
Perhaps even well-rested, the expansive halls would seem intimidating but bleary-eyed and fragile, the never-ending aisles seemed particularly daunting on that first day. By the third day, however, I knew the lay of the land, I knew how each hall segued into the next, and I could...
Chris Jackson Interview
*Chris Jackson, of Northwards Design Studio and founder of
design exhibition and collective TEN, talks us through his work.*
Give us a quick run down of your design history.
I am originally from the north of England, from a small mining village near Sheffield. I completed a BA (Hons) in Furniture and Product Design at Nottingham Trent University in 2000 and then an MA in Furniture Design at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University.
After completing my Masters in 2002 I opened Northwards Design Studio in London and began working for a number of different companies including...