Cape to Bluff: A survey of residential architecture from Aotearoa New Zealand

In this slow walk through the New Zealand landscape, world-renowned photographer Simon Devitt invites us into thirty of New Zealand’s most architecturally stunning homes

Weaving through dreamy and dramatic locations, including a crescent-moon shaped bach in Tutukaka and a bivvy house inspired by a goldminers hut overlooking Lake Wakatipu, Cape to Bluff tells not only the story of New Zealand’s fluctuating microclimate and how we respond to creative challenges, but also speaks to how we live today, and what we value.

Featuring the work of thirty of Aotearoa’s leading architects, some structures never seen in public before, Cape to Bluff is a celebration of the new dawn of New Zealand architecture, once outward looking and seeking inspiration – now self-assured, sensible, poetic and sustainable.

About the Authors:

Simon Devitt is a photographer with a strong practice focus in Photography of Architecture, currently based in Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, in Aotearoa New Zealand. He has an established international practice throughout Australasia and further afield. Andrea Stevens practised architecture for 10 years before embarking on a new career in writing and editing in 2007. She has since contributed to two architecture books for Penguin; written for international titles AR Asia Pacific and Wallpaper*; is the New Zealand Contributing Editor for Australian magazines Habitus and Indesign; and Editor for the local bi-annual Design Guide.