We like: Selby

One of our favourite houses in our February/March issue is Selby, the 1973 gem just outside Havelock North designed by Miles Warren. It'...

Christchurch damage

Our friends at the blog Christchurch Modern are compiling a list of classic Warren & Mahoney buildings that have been damaged in the ea...

Obamao in Beijing

Some tourist tat from Beijing: 'Obamao' T-shirts were doing a brisk trade, but our favourite item from this line was the mouse pad b...

Beijing's Forbidden City

Those of you who detest other people's holiday snaps, turn away! Because I'm about to inflict another Beijing experience on you. Thi...

Home of the Year 2011 entries

Entries to our annual Home of the Year award close at 5pm this Thursday March 17. As many of you already know, the Home of the Year award is...

We like: Beijing (part one)

It's Jeremy here - I've just been on holiday to Beijing and thought I'd show you some of my (very amateur) photos. The Chinese c...

We like: Beijing (part two)

A bit more Beijing contemporary razzle-dazzle, this time Steven Holl's 'Linked Hybrid' in the city's northeast. This ring of...

We like: Take Ivy

We're silly about Take Ivy , the recently republished 1965 book by Japanese photographer Teruyoshi Hayashida with text by Shosuke Ishizu...

We like: Cafe Hanoi

We're big fans of Auckland's Cafe Hanoi , not only for its fantastic Vietnamese street-style food, but for the beautiful interior of...

We like: Handcrafted Modern

Our current favourite book is Handcrafted Modern, by American photographer and writer Leslie Williamson, who visited, photographed and wrote...

Design Awards 2011 with Daniel Le Brun

We're now calling for entries for our Design Awards 2011, which close on Thursday March 24, 2011. The entry form is in our current issue...

Christchurch

It's hard to know what to say about the tragedy of the Christchurch earthquake. A website we like, Christchurch Modern ( http://www.chri...

My Favourite Building: Futuna's 50th anniversary

Wellington art dealer Peter McLeavey's favourite building is featured in our current issue. Peter chose John Scott's masterpiece, Fu...

HOME in Kia Ora

Many of you will already have noticed this, but Kia Ora magazine (Air New Zealand's inflight magazine, our ACP stablemate) is now featur...

The great bach debate

When is a bach not a bach, but a holiday home? This is a question we've often pondered here at the magazine. Whenever we think we know t...

Our new cover

Our new cover is a photograph of a bach on Great Barrier Island by Herbst Architects, shot by Jackie Meiring. We like it a lot and hope you ...

Upcoming: Convergence/Divergence Object art & design

If you're in Napier during February, check out Convergence/Divergence - an exhibition featuring current design works from several design...

Outtakes - Godward Guthrie in Omaha

The home on the cover of our December/January issue by Julian Guthrie of Godward Guthrie Architects is an exercise in blurring boundaries be...