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Holistic Architecture: Going Far Beyond Just Buildings

Holistic Architecture: Going Far Beyond Just Buildings

The traditional view of architecture is that it’s all about four walls and a roof. But as Nat Cheshire and his firm, Auckland-based Cheshire Architects, prove, architecture can go far beyond just buildings. I recently had the pleasure of welcoming Nat on the Spaces podcast, and it certainly got the synapses firing. Nat and his […]

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How to Get the Most From Your Building Buck – A Practical Five-Step Process

How to Get the Most From Your Building Buck – A Practical Five-Step Process

Building a home is often seen as a more expensive and difficult option than buying an existing home or renovating. However, as home building expert, Natalie Stevens, shows, if you do it right, building your own home can be a surprisingly affordable and achievable way of getting the home of your dreams. Through her website, […]

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13. Holistic Architecture and Going Beyond Buildings, with Nat Cheshire

13. Holistic Architecture and Going Beyond Buildings, with Nat Cheshire

What is architecture? It’s easy to think of it as a clearly defined profession. But at the cutting-edge, architecture goes far beyond what we traditionally see as the role of an architect. In fact, it goes far beyond buildings, as Nat Cheshire and the team at Cheshire Architects are proving.  Spaces. They influence every part […]

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The Home Design Process: Top Tips for Getting a Result You Love

The Home Design Process: Top Tips for Getting a Result You Love

Undertaking the building of a new home or large-scale renovation can be one of the biggest projects of your life. Unfortunately, many people just aren’t prepared as well as they could be. Award-winning building designer and author of the book, Nail It, Take Control of Your Building Project and Save Money, Adam Hobill, shared some […]

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12. Natalie Stevens on Building Your Ideal Home and Getting The Most From Your Building Buck

12. Natalie Stevens on Building Your Ideal Home and Getting The Most From Your Building Buck

Knowledge is power. That’s particularly true when it comes to building your own home. When there are so many things to consider, and so much money at stake, it’s easy to get lost in the process. But a little expert knowledge can make it a whole lot easier. Spaces. They influence every part of our […]

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11. The Home Design Process: How to Balance Your Wants, Needs and Budget, with Adam Hobill

11. The Home Design Process: How to Balance Your Wants, Needs and Budget, with Adam Hobill

For anyone renovating or building a new home, what we want, what we need and our budget can often be competing forces. This can make the design process unnecessarily difficult and the outcome less than ideal. However, by approaching the design process the right way, you can get both what you want and need in […]

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10. Using Building Biology to Create Healthier Homes and Workplaces, with Bronwyn Bennett

10. Using Building Biology to Create Healthier Homes and Workplaces, with Bronwyn Bennett

Think about how much time you spend indoors, in a day, in a week, in a year. For many of us it’s a big chunk of our lives. Yet, how much thought do we give to how the built spaces we live and work in affect our health? Answer: probably not as much as we […]

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Function in Interior Design – The Bigger Picture Role of the Interior Designer

Function in Interior Design – The Bigger Picture Role of the Interior Designer

The simplistic view of interior design is that it is all about aesthetics – colours, fixtures, fittings and furniture. These are certainly important parts of the interior designer’s role, but designing for function is, perhaps, more important. I recently welcomed interior designer, Michelle Astudillo, on the Spaces podcast. Michelle works predominantly with property developers to […]

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