Portrait of a House has been doing a little world trip, this time popping up in the book review section of the incredibly stylish Elle Decor Italia.
If your Italian is a bit rusty here’s what they said:
“Featuring architectural daring from New Zealand.
Discover this home and project created on the hill by architect Ian Athfield.
An innovative publication, charmingly presented and photographed by Simon Devitt.
The winning just doesn’t stop!
The Institute of Architects’ Local Awards for Auckland were held last night and I’m thrilled to see some of my clients fantastic work has been recognised.
Congratulations to:
AUT Sir Paul Reeves Building: Jasmax Limited
Takapuna House: Athfield Architects
University of Auckland University Hall: Warren and Mahoney Architects
Cliff Top House: Xsite Architects
Arruba Bay Bach: Bossley Architects
Good luck everyone for the Nationals which will be announced in 2014!
Photography is now complete for the State houses book.
Keep an eye out – it’s set for release Feb 2014.
Two new galleries are now up for your viewing pleasure.
In the domestic gallery is Stradwick House in Auckland, designed by Marc Lithgow of Space Division. Awarded 2011 New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland Architecture Award for Residential Architecture, this sensitively created family home sits on a tree filled section on the North Western slopes of Mount Albert.
Nestled in the heart of New Zealand’s iconic Bay of Islands is picture perfect Omarino, the subject of my latest addition to the Process Gallery.
The photographs were used in a campaign developed by Jill Brinsdon of branding studio Radiation to promote parcels of land in this stunning location.
The award-winning Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects ‘Hut on sleds’ bach photographed at Whangapoua in the Coromandel Peninsula is featured in the latest Australia Vogue Living Magazine July/August 2013. Catch a peek of the bedroom here, and head to your nearest and dearest magazine shop for a copy.
Written by: Anna Goldwater Alexander
May 31, 2013
PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:
PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:
SIMON DEVITT’S
PORTRAIT OF A HOUSE
New Zealand photographer Simon Devitt has been capturing homes and homeowners in for close to fifteen years. His new book, Portrait of a House, collaborates with graphic designer Arch MacDonnell of Inhouse Design. Portrait of a House is a photo album of the Athfield House or “The Village on the Hill” known by Wellington, New Zealand locals. The Athfield House is an architectural experiment started by Ian Athfield in 1965 on the Khandallah hillside in Wellington. It’s quite reminiscent of the Mos Eisley Cantina on the planet Tattooine, in Star Wars, Episode IV.
The idea for this photo book came from Devitt’s inspiration from other shelter photo books such as Robin Morrison’s 1978 book Images of a House. “A house is a pretty refined subject to make a book about,” explains Devitt. “It is not market driven, it is content driven and born out of passion. Life has happened there like in no other house, and the ‘living’ leaves its evidence, time has played out on its surface. There is a lot to be said about sitting still and how that looks. The Athfield house is a wonderful example of this. An accessible counterpoint to a largely asset based living that pervades New Zealand.”
The “living” Devitt refers to is the extensive colorful dinner parties with it’s well-known local bohemians (as seen in our slideshow) & the mass livestock that roam the property. Simon Devitt is the recent recipient of the New Zealand Architecture Awards’ Presidential citation for photography. He also has a lecture in Photography of Architecture at the University of Auckland.
Portrait of a House is a combination of beautiful architectural & lifestyle photography as well as bits of historical images, take a peek inside at some of the beautiful photography Simon Devitt has created for his debut publication.
Elam Projectspace Gallery • 19 June – 22 June
Opens 5.30pm on Tuesday 18 June
Hours 11am – 4pm Wed-Sat
Where 20 Whitaker Place, Auckland
Artists Architecture Students of Auckland University
Theme Fringe
This prize, established in the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland in 2008, is awarded annually in recognition of the best student photograph in Architecture. The 2013 theme is ‘Subterranean.’
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09 373 7559 ext 81682 |
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creative.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/elam-projectspace |
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www.photographyfestival.org.nz
Photo: Zee Shake Lee, 2012 Winner
The Portrait Roadshow juggernaut’s next stop was Auckland’s The Nathan Club in Britomart on 17 May 2013.
Portait of a House was officially launched on 11 May 2013 at Moore Wilson’s, in Wellington.
Thanks to all those that came along, and even more to those who purchased a book on the night!
