Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 31 No 10 New Zealand | Page 50

Loft-style chic A character Auckland building has been reworked as modern units – Block 7 offers refined living, right down to the choice of Eisno appliances search | save | share at trendsideas.com With apartment blocks going up all the time it can take something different to really stand out. Block 7 is a reworking of an historic central Auckland building into a New York loft-style apartment project inspired by the Art Deco period, says project director Craig Johnson of Robert Fisher & Associates. “Respected architect Paul Brown has taken a 1925 iconic building and reinvented it while retaining all its character period charm. “The eight-level freehold residential project features 28 intelligently designed units in a range of sizes and shapes, with just four on each