A couple of stories I wrote on that great kiwi institution, the bach, have been posted on the Australian Design Review site, including one from my favourite practice, Herbst Architects. They have a way of recreating the camping experience — setting up a half-in, half-out adaptable group of spaces with lots of air and natural light, all arranged around the food prep area (an obvious priority) — that reminds me of all the holidays my family took in our mustard-orange 1960s VW Combi in South Africa when I was little. More….
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Jim Garrison: Brooklyn
One of my biggest projects over the last couple of years has been interviewing people in different cities about their own brand of creativity, and what it means for them to work in that city. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting the best of them up here, starting with Jim Garrison, the principle at the progressive Garrison Architects, who were responsible for Red Hook Green, New York’s first sustainable, zero-energy building.
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