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    Urban encampment DESIGN:13

    Feb 09, 2022 2 minutes
    Words Melanie McDaid
    Photography
    Mark Smith

    A beautiful headland, surrounded by water on three sides, this Westmere property oozes prominence and personality. However, when Auckland-based architect Pete Bossley, of Bossley Architects, first visited the site around 2007 he was met with two neglected buildings.

    “The wooden windows were in terrible

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