Our new cover

Our new cover is a photograph by Emily Andrews of the home of fashion designer Rebecca Taylor and her husband Wayne Pate in New York City. You can read Sam Eichblatt's in-depth interview with Rebecca Taylor about this confidently eclectic home (as well as see more of Emily's beautiful photographs) in our new issue, on newsstands Monday August 6th! We hope you like it. 

This issue's content features:

• Karen Walker's new homeware line
• Fantastic new guest quarters at Cloudy Bay, designed by Tim Greer and Paul Rolfe
• A 1928 Arts & Crafts abode by James Chapman-Taylor, brought back to life by architect Andrew Bull and fashion designer Sandra Harden
• A clifftop home by Malcolm Taylor on an "almost too perfect" Auckland site
• Architect Marc Lithgow uses the footprint of an old brick garage for a compact, elegant new home in Auckland
• An innovative Z-shaped house by Glamuzina Paterson Architects
• A cleverly redesigned garden in New Plymouth by Michael Mansvelt of Plantation Design Studio
• and terrific stories by writers Jolisa Gracewood, Simon Devitt, Caroll Bucknell, Sam Eichblatt and others...

New York's street revolution

There's a really interesting article on New York magazine's website about the city's transport commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, and how her quiet, budget-conscious introduction of cycle lanes and pedestrianised streets might add up to a dramatic transformation of the city.

http://nymag.com/news/features/56794/

New Zealand city planners should take note: New York has learned that more roads simply mean more vehicles, and that the best cities are the ones that are kindest to pedestrians.

Venturi house

Architectural preservation can take many forms, but this is a particularly heartwarming story about the relocation of a New York home by the architect Robert Venturi. It ran a couple of weeks ago in the New York Times, but the story and slideshow with it are well worth revisiting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/nyregion/14lieb.html?scp=1&sq=venturi&st=cse