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Friday, 13 September 2013

PAINTING BY CAYETANO DE ARQUER BUIGAS 1932 | SPAIN

Buigas was born in Cerdanyola del Vallés on 1932 combing two families, the Arquer and the Buigas, thus uniting the aristocracy with the purest essence of the arts. Cayetano De Arquer Buigas is a self-trained artist whose work has been seen in numerous group and solo exhibitions in his native Spain in Barcelona, Madrid and Girona since 1968. Buigas preferred subject in painting, is clearly, woman; not any, but a particular type of woman. He also paints children, horses, landscapes, portraits, and uses effort and skill to their work and imagination.

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Bossley Architects: Brown Vujcich House (13 Pics)

Architects: Bossley Architect’s

Location: Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand

Architect In Charge: Pete Bossley, Andrea Bell, Don McKenzie and Karen Ngan Kee

Year: 2009

Photographs: Patrick Reynolds

Structural Engineers: Day Consultants

Main Contractor: PSL Construction

Cabinetry: Construct group

Landscaping: Behind the Garden Wall

From the architect. This house is located on a narrow urban site in the heart of Herne Bay. Tight site controls and a sloping site resulted in a long narrow building form that steps down the slope of the site.

A main features of the house is the entry which is reached by a bridge that crosses a moat of planting. Glazed with translucent glass for privacy and interior light quality, the entry space is protected by a vertical cedar screen reflects the interior colour palette, inspired by the clients’ fantastic collection of 1950-60s furniture, art and ceramics.

Once inside an open riser jarrah and steel stair with a hanging screen of stainless steel mesh leads either upstairs to the main living level or downstairs to bedrooms and living. The lower level opens out to the surrounding space, with a terrace and outdoor area for each room. A terrace and pool are accessed from the family living space.

Light and privacy is modulated on the upper levels by vertical cedar or aluminium lourveline panels. A generous deck offers glimpses of the harbour.

Playful colours, finishes and hoop pine cabinetry enliven the interior spaces and the exterior materials of fine vertical cedar shiplap, double skin bagged brick reflect the clients’ love of fifties and sixties architecture.