HomeGround: The story of a building that changes lives

Hardback

Main Details

Title HomeGround: The story of a building that changes lives
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Simon Wilson
By (author) Deidre Brown
By (author) Karamia Muller
Photographs by Mark Smith
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 255,Width 200
Category/GenreIndividual architects and architectural firms
Public buildings - civic, commercial, industrial, etc
ISBN/Barcode 9781991016041
ClassificationsDewey:361.99324
Audience
General
Illustrations 150 colour photographs plus architectural illustrations and models

Publishing Details

Publisher Massey University Press
Imprint Massey University Press
Publication Date 1 December 2022
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

A celebration of HomeGround, the Auckland City Mission's unique and visionary wrap-around social services complex, which opened in early 2022 after being a dream for over 20 years.

Author Biography

Simon Wilson is one of New Zealand's best-known journalists. The former editor of Cuisine and Metro magazines and Auckland editor for The Spinoff, he is now a senior writer at The New Zealand Herald. He is a regular writer on urban and social issues. Professor Deidre Brown (Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahu) is an art historian and architectural lecturer. She is head of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland and a governor of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, a member of the Maori Trademarks Advisory Committee of the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, and a member of the Humanities Panel of the Marsden Fund. In 2021 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Aparangi. Dr Karamia Muller is a Pacific academic who lectures at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. Her research specialises in the meaningful 'indigenisation' of creative practices and design methodologies invested in building futures resistant to inequality.