Thoughts

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When we’re not designing or creating, we’re thinking. A lot. We love to think and Lisa loves to write. Here, she shares her latest musings with you.

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Designing the "Living Skin"

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The Architecture of Flow & Intuition

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The Open-Door Philosophy. How Thermal Stability Redefines the New Zealand Coastal home

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Jan 21, 2017

Harvest

As part of our approach to building sustainable homes, we believe urban homes need a better relationship with the land and where our food comes from.

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Jul 9, 2016

Family, friends and food

When I first started blogging, my husband would tease me that I had more food than architecture in the posts (actually, what am I saying...

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Jan 14, 2016

Watermelon Sorbet

There are a few easy recipes around the web for watermelon sorbet, the simplest of which involves freezing watermelon and then simply whizzing it up in a powerful food processor, but my favourite has to be the combination of watermelon and rosewater by Greg Malouf.

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Oct 26, 2015

White Cake

A generous gift of free range eggs had me flicking through the recipe books to find something worthy of their beautiful yolks.

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Jun 27, 2015

Lemon & Barley

We are having a 'home' day this Saturday.

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