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Making places sing - David Mitchell and all those architecture awards

07 Sep 2005
Courtesy of NZ Listener 2005-08-27 Making places sing by Diana Wichtel The mind of the architect is a foreign country. If David Mitchell is a representative example - as 2005 winner of the New…

Courtesy of NZ Listener 2005-08-27
Making places sing

by Diana Wichtel

The mind of the architect is a foreign country. If David Mitchell is a representative example - as 2005 winner of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal he ought to be - it is perverse and seemingly committed to discomfort.

Making places sing

Image: "House inspired by a tramping hut" - NZ Home & Entertaining 2005 Home of the Year. Image courtesy of ACP Media/Patrick ReynoldsCourtesy of NZ Listener 2005-08-27
Making places sing

by Diana Wichtel

The mind of the architect is a foreign country. If David Mitchell is a representative example - as 2005 winner of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal he ought to be - it is perverse and seemingly committed to discomfort.

Making places sing

Image: "House inspired by a tramping hut" - NZ Home & Entertaining 2005 Home of the Year. Image courtesy of ACP Media/Patrick Reynolds