Images from Te Uru, the new addition to Lopdell House in Titirangi, and the installations and interpretation at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, as discussed by Kim Hill and Mary Kisler, Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, on Saturday 24 January 2014.
Images of Te Uru by Samuel Hartnett from Interior magazine, as featured on Architecture Now.
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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, original buildings
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The steam engine, Josephine, housed in the new extension to Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.
Smith Gallery, Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.
Twentieth Century display, Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.
View of Te Uru, beside Lopdell House, Titirangi. Image: Samuel Hartnett.
View of Te Uru, beside Lopdell House, Titirangi. Image: Samuel Hartnett.
View of Te Uru, beside Lopdell House, Titirangi. Image: Samuel Hartnett.
View of Te Uru, beside Lopdell House, Titirangi. Image: Samuel Hartnett.
The upper landing and transitional space at Te Uru. Image: Samuel Hartnett.
Te Uru’s spiral staircase takes some of its design cues from that of Lopdell House next door. Image: Samuel Hartnett
A hanging lantern has been devised to funnel and diffuse natural light into Gallery 2 at Te Uru. Image: Samuel Hartnett, ArchitectureNow
A cut-out on the back wall of Gallery 1 at Te Uru serves as a sculptural form and source of natural light, and indicates the path guests must follow to the upper galleries. Image: Samuel Hartnett, ArchitectureNow
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