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Designer interview: Jesse Bennett and Anne-Marie Campagnolo
Urbis: Why architecture?Jesse Bennett:I became an architect because I wanted to develop my creativity and practical skills, and I liked the idea of being able to positively contribute to people’s...
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In conversation with: Jack Craig
Urbis: You use relatively unconventional materials in your furniture pieces (PVC, concrete, semi-precious stones). What drives you to these?Jack Craig: I’m not an expert at anything. I’m not a...
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Interview: David Ponting
URBIS: Did you always want to work in architecture and design?Yes, profoundly so, since I was 10 years old, mostly due to experiencing an exceptional architect’s home with my dad, who was a lighting...
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Dubai: Simon Crispe
“I had a Meccano set that I used to cut up, weld together and irreversibly modify” says Simon Crispe, a New Zealand-born, chartered member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. “My grandfather...
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Living the dream
–Urbis: Laurie, how did you come to be based in Mount Maunganui?Laurie Steer:My wife and I were born here and when we had kids we decided to move home. My house is across the road from the beach,...
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Dubai: Anna Szonyi
Anna Szonyi was born in Hungary, lives in Dubai and spends most of her life missing one or the other.Not that there’s much time to feel homesick right now: earlier this year, the 32-year-old won the...
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Dubai: Mandi Kingsbury
Styling for fashion designer Roberto Cavalli and MAC Cosmetics is about as far from rural Ashburton as it’s possible to get.Mandi Kingsbury, however, has made it look easy. To be fair, the Kiwi fashion...
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Inside story: Aaron Pollock and Mickey Smith
Early in their relationship, Aaron Pollock and Mickey Smith were forced to sell their mattresses for a whopping $200 in order to pay their rent in New York City.It was months after the terrorist attack...
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Dubai: Arva Ahmed
If there’d been a bucket list when Arva Ahmed was growing up, leading food tours around Dubai would probably not have been on it.Certainly, the 32-year-old founder of Frying Pan Adventures has always...
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Dubai: Prateek Chaudhry
Ask Prateek Chaudhry about his life and you’ll be in for a lengthy conversation. He has done everything from advertising copywriting to being a tour guide and, to date, has lived in eight...
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Grand statements
Urbis: How was the process of filming Grand Designs?Chris Moller:It’s been a big learning curve, but everyone has been so incredibly wonderful and supportive dealing with my total lack of experience....
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Inside story: Unna Burch
Take a left off SH2, meander through a forest, swerve to avoid the odd chicken and you’ll arrive at Unna Burch’s Lower Hutt home. This sylvan setting makes perfect sense when you meet the food...
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New Plymouth: Akira Akira
Akira Akira spent most of the past ten years studying, teaching and building his practice in Australia – most recently in Melbourne. But eight months ago, when his partner Sarah Wall was appointed...
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New Plymouth: Graham Nelson and Jacquie Elley
Manifold is a shared office and studio space opened in early 2015 by Graham Nelson and Jacqueline Elley. Graham is an Irish web and software designer who came to Taranaki for the waves and coastal...
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A tidal change
Urbis: What took you to the other side of the Tasman?George Harper: I spent a few years in England in the mid-late 90s and Melbourne was an extension of that ‘overseas experience’. I never quite made...
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Interview with Kathryn Wilson
Camille Khouri: How do you create your designs?Kathryn Wilson: Everything we do is drawn by hand. It’s been that way from the beginning. I still find, when I draw by hand, I can close my eyes and see...
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Playing the field
Urbis: You set up Studio 106 in 2009, is this your first foray into working for yourself?Dion Gosling: During my sporting career I did contract work for the flexibility it offered. That gave me the...
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Interview: Peter Stutchbury
Urbis: How do you describe your Light House project, which is situated on a cliff face in the coastal Sydney suburb of Dover Heights?Ironically, when the juries came to visit it, they both said, ‘wow,...
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Architect profile: Nicholas Dalton
Urbis: You came into architecture at a very young age, building your first house at just 17. Did you grow up around architecture and building? Nicholas Dalton: Yes, my father worked as a ‘drafty’ for a...
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Interior Awards 2016: Judges and sponsors announced
The race to find the country’s top interior spaces is soon to commence. A stellar line-up of industry professionals have the difficult task of selecting the best — Ben Hayes, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury,...
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