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Homestyle editor Alice Lines takes an enlightening artisan tour of Oita, Japan
It’s an off-the-beaten-track escape to a spot where creativity bubbles beneath the surface and hot springs steam their way to the top. In eras past, Oita — a prefecture on the island of Kyushu in south-western Japan — was known as Toyo no kuni, meaning ‘land of abundance’. The term was coined to reflect the vast array of food on offer from the mountains...
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In the studio with Janice Kumar-Ward of JKW Interior Architecture & Design
Of all the projects the interior designer has worked on, the refit of this modernist building has been one of her favourites. Auckland’s Janice Kumar-Ward is one hard-working lady. When she’s not pushing boundaries at the helm of JKW Interior Architecture & Design and parenting her children Stella and Ted, she’s working on her side hustle as the ‘Mrs’ of Mr & Mrs Ward,...
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Life’s good in this strategically simple dwelling by an architect and builder couple
After unexpectedly falling for their West Auckland property, the pair pooled their Strachan Group Architects and JR Hosking Carpenters & Co resources for enviable results. One-year-old George Hosking may not be an architect like his mum or a builder like his dad, but he’s a hands-on judge of form-follows-function design. Now that he’s getting around a bit more, he can vouch for many elements...