Grand Designs NZ

2022 - 10 - 18

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Grand Designs NZ returns with daring, off-grid build in Chatham ... (Stuff.co.nz)

REVIEW: It's back – with a new presenter, and a new location. A windswept Tom Webster on a long and lonely road in the windswept Chatham Islands is our ...

But inside the house, it’s all calm and warm, with a fantastic painterly view out to the west. It is always a privilege for the viewer to see a couple talking honestly and openly about their project, as these two do. The light-toned ply lining is contrasted by a black kitchen with black fixtures and fittings. But you just know budgets and timeframes exist simply to be blown out of the water, especially in a time of Covid. Architects today often prefer to have glazed passageways on the sunny side of the house, with bedrooms coming off these. We get to hear great family stories of “making do” in the Chathams – John’s grandfather built an entire house out of recycled timber from another house, and also a heritage woolshed still in use. There’s a lot of it, but it’s at one with the landscape. A windswept Tom Webster on a long and lonely road in the windswept Chatham Islands is our introduction to the long-awaited seventh series of Grand Designs NZ. O’Sullivan describes it as a “poetic response to the landscape”. And then there’s the cost of getting materials over from the mainland. O’Sullivan, who went to boarding school with John, has designed a 40m-long, steel-framed, off-grid house that hugs the ridgeline (yes, it’s exposed, like everything here). You’ve got to be hardy to live in the Chathams, more than 800km off the southeast coast of New Zealand.

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Presenter Tom Webster was blown away by this Chatham Islands build, not fairly actually. The home, designed by architect Michael O'Sullivan, contains a double ...

any and all information with out going by means of us first, permitting us to offer you with essentially the most up-to-date and correct info with out charging you a charge. The light-toned ply lining is contrasted by a black kitchen with black fixtures and fittings. His dad and mom helped build the one Moriori constructing on the island, a marae in the form of an albatross. Architects right now typically desire to have glazed passageways on the sunny aspect of the home, with bedrooms coming off these. There’s a variety of it, however it’s at one with the panorama. The roof is the hero – it seems able to take flight. A windswept Tom Webster on a protracted and lonely street in the windswept Chatham Islands is our introduction to the long-awaited seventh collection of Grand Designs NZ. Things by no means go as easily as hoped, and it’s that a lot tougher if you end up reliant on delivery timetables, and understanding how you can do issues on the fly. O’Sullivan describes it as a “poetic response to the landscape”. And then there’s the price of getting supplies over from the mainland. You’ve received to be hardy to stay in the Chathams, greater than 800km off the southeast coast of New Zealand. So we are able to anticipate one thing particular – this is identical bloke who designed the Cass Bay copper home that featured on Grand Designs in 2020, and an 80m-long multigenerational “barrel” home in Tai Tapu.

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