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Sky's the limit
When it comes to dining, Auckland’s SkyCity has had a bumper year. First, Peter Gordon’s Sugar Club opened on the 53rd floor of the Sky Tower; next, Federal Delicatessen, owned by Al Brown, opened at...
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Come dine with me
A New York restaurant run by a New Zealander is getting high fives and backslaps for its beautiful food and its interior. The Musket Room opened in 2012 in the downtown neighbourhood of Manhattan’s...
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A portrait of the artist
Imogen Tunnicliffe started life as an artist in the studios of Elam School of Fine Arts, where she mixed her own ink to create prints inspired by everything from Andy Warhol’s early drawings to fairy...
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Topsy-Turvy
The inner-west suburb of Rozelle, Sydney, there is a house known as the Upside-Down Back-to-Front House. One of two middle houses in a set of four typical row houses that date back to the 19th century,...
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Pool party
The new 100m² extension to the home owned by Sarah and John Brackenridge transforms the place. It includes a large, second living area (the original lounge at the entrance to the house is in the...
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Best of 2013: Destination
The Oyster Inn has transformed trips to Waiheke Island. Always conveniently close but inconveniently lowbrow when it came to hotel accommodation, the island now hits the mark when it comes to sleeping...
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Best of 2013: Eatery
OK, so you can’t book a table at The French Kitchen or drop by on a whim but it is, without a doubt, the most beautiful new dining room in New Zealand. The private room at The French Café in Auckland...
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High society
The bustling southern European city of Lisbon, Portugal, which spreads out across the hills on the northern side of the Rio Tejo as it winds down to meet the Atlantic Ocean, is flecked with the...
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Interior Awards
The Interior Awards is the only awards programme of its kind in New Zealand with a sole focus on commercial interior design. In 2014 there will be seven award categories with the winners from each...
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Kitchen update
The kitchen, one of a house’s most hard-working rooms, is often considered the heart of the home. That’s why it’s important to get it right. Here, we’ve coveted the latest kitchen looks.Sleek...
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Rug up
A collaboration between Designer Rugs and Hare + Klein has resulted in seven heavenly new rugs.Meryl Hare, owner of Australian interior design studio Hare + Klein, asked her design team to come up with...
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Dedicated follower of fashion
British fashion designer Matthew Williamson has designed a range of interior fabrics and wallcoverings based on his runway collections. Stripes, florals and prints featuring dragonflies, birds and...
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Milan Furniture Fair 2015
The ECC team assembled at Lake Como where we are staying for the duration of the Milan Furniture Fair. From Como it is a short drive by rented minivan to the fair grounds situated on the outskirts of...
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Juliette's New Market
Fashion designer Juliette Hogan has expanded her Auckland empire into the popular shopping precinct of Newmarket. Her new store resides within a 1906 brick-clad, industrial, heritage warehouse (2-8...
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Deadly Ponies open a new Auckland store
Nestled among boutique retail outlets and eateries, 16 Osborne Street is now home to Deadly Ponies’ second Auckland store. Once again, creative director Liam Bowden collaborated with interior designer...
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Ideas man
Urbis: Your career has really taken off – you have kept up a role in Belgium, New Zealand and now a project in Italy. Are you surprised, shell-shocked, going with the flow or did you expect this to...
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Winners revealed: 2016 Australian Interior Design Awards
The 2016 Australian Interior Design Awards were announced on Friday 10 June at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney with hundreds of interior designers and architects gathered together for the awards...
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Beauty & elegance: Jeremy Cole
It’s been over a decade since a trip to London’s Tate Modern gallery started Jeremy Cole’s evolution from a working quantity surveyor (and aspiring carpenter) to a world-renowned artisan. “Ever since...
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Interview: Jonathan Richards
With offices in both Melbourne and Sydney, how would you describe SJB’s overriding aesthetic?We’re essentially a contemporary design company and so we enjoy things that are of the moment. SJB Interiors...
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Café pop-up
To celebrate the launch of their latest machine, Creatista, Nespresso is to open a pop-up café in Ponsonby, Auckland.From 11–20 November between 7am and 2pm, customers can experience what it’s like to...
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