with Nicholas Haslam
A light filled apartment with the living room at one end and a French Provencal style dining room at the other.
All soft furnishings and fitted joinery were specially designed for this project.
This remains one of my favourite projects, it has received many plaudits for its comfortable ambiance.
Mount Victoria, Wellington
Heyday had created their new brand identity and were looking to transform an empty warehouse interior into a dynamic working environment. They were enthusiastic throughout the design process, and enjoyed my pushing design boundaries - namely the bashed walkway through the wall!
The custom reception desk and meeting room table were described in an article as “like something from Tim Burton’s imagination. It’s vaguely sinister — like it might get up and walk away”.
The result was an efficient and fun interior, created on a modest budget.
Featured in ' Interior Magazine' https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/heyday/
Te Aro, Wellington
Creating a new bold street presence with full height glazing to match the my clients progressive print company. This created a view into the reception area, with veils of colour and a new statement staircase.
The shattered glass wall was used to divide a meeting room from the reception area, this was achieved without compromising natural light for privacy. The result was a modern fitout with visual depth and an engaging atmosphere.
Wellington CBD
AMP Capital Investors brief for their tenancy was to create an ambience that promoted a single culture that encouraged and engaged their staff. The floor area covered 1840 m2 over two floors, with an open plan layout for staff having clustered breakout spaces which enjoyed harbour views.
The reception area has an audacious, but approachable reception desk, inspired by the Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi that contributes to the vitality of the space along with the sculptured, curved walls.
The refurbishment of the ground floor of a colonial house.
The owners, who had three teenage children, approached me to help their home become more family-centred. The new kitchen area focused around their existing dining table, this opened up through to the living room and media room.
Joinery was of rimu and painted cabinetry, with a turquoise tiled and mirrored splash backs adding further stand out colour.
The owners have since said that their "...family environment was significantly improved…” The kitchen was awarded by Trends Kitchen magazine as being in the TOP 30 NZ kitchens.
Media Organisation
Refurbishment of x3 floors of their existing premises where my area audit provided the impetus to move from offices to full open plan re-organisation. The reception area designed with minimum detailing, buttoned leather seating, with an Ash veneered reception desk.
Wellington
The brief for this stockbroking firm, who were relocating to new premises, was for a European banking image over two floors requiring full design, space planning and project management.
For the public areas I used circular themes within the joinery detailing and specifying subtle lighting to transition areas.
The total floor area was 1130m² spread over two floors.
These photographs illustrate the refurbishment and renovation of my previous home, a two storied villa in central Wellington overlooking the town belt.
An extension was built to accommodate an expanded kitchen, stairs were relocated and two new bathrooms added.
Throughout the house I provided clean, contemporary detailing that sat well within the context of an early 1900's villa. The kitchen mosaic was inspired by one of my favoured artists, the American, Willem de Kooning.
The existing matai floorboards were recycled, new floorcoverings, curtains, furniture and paint colours all complemented each other to great effect.
The house was featured in House and Garden magazine.
This media cabinet was designed to allow for a flat screen TV to perch on top and various media paraphernalia to be hidden underneath.
The cabinet is of solid rimu and veneer. I’ve designed similar cabinets before, however the cut outs on this piece are more intense, with inspiration drawn from the European Vorticist art movement of the early 20th Century.
Wellington CBD
A new kitchen in a penthouse apartment.
The owners of this home included a keen cook looking for plenty of kitchen storage. The concept of country meets contemporary was illustrated in the use of recycled timber beams, columns and benchtop, versus stainless steel and terracotta floor tiles, versus clean details in the joinery.
The joinery was stained dark ash to expose the strong grain running through it.
I increased storage with discreet hardware that made use of all available space, including the extract fan hidden behind a bespoke piece of metalwork.
The result was a happy cook and plenty of dinner parties.
The refurbishment of Brierley's boardroom floor was a full turnkey bespoke design project in Wellington.
I project managed, designed and detailed all the furniture, joinery elements in the hard fitout, soft furnishings and carpet.
Principal timbers were Jarrah and Cherry, with the boardroom table edges’ wrapped in leather.
My clients, a family with two young children, were well prepared with a design brief having put together a picture board illustrating their tastes in design and finishes.
The stainless steel benches were perfect for a busy cook, the principal colour was the white tiling, and this was countered by paint colours and warm timber flooring.
The client was extremely satisfied with the results and 'wouldn't change a thing!'
Wellington
A fitout for a large digital design studio.
For the meeting room I detailed a mesh of customwood woven around clear pine posts, creating a unique sculptural element for their working environment.
