December 12, 2023
Accompanied by our cousin, Annette, we returned to the streets of Point Chev. Here are some of the traditional houses we saw along the way.
Generally, we have found the newer houses in the neighborhood to be less inspiring. One exception, however, are a number of houses that we have come across by architect, Guy Tarrant. Unusually, for new homes in Auckland, he often uses red brick. That, and his use of high windows, reminded us quite a lot of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes. Today, we passed by the architect’s own home, which won the New Zealand Institute of Architects prize for best home in 2017.
It, definitely, was not a day to lie out on the beach and work on our tans. However, it was still beautiful down on the beach.
Mal and Lauren 