Here magazine: Time Lapse at Talavera Terrace

“Architect Eli Nuttall went full tilt in resolving this idiosyncratic villa wedged between past and present in the capital.”

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“Asked about the challenges of renovating this rambling three-storey villa in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington’s Kelburn, architect Eli Nuttall from First Light doesn’t miss a beat: “The client!” he jokes. Ross Davis, said client with wife Anna, doesn’t miss a beat either: “He’s joking, but it’s totally true!” And that, in a nutshell, sums up the easy and happy rapport that has seen the trio through the project’s ups and downs, where Ross and Anna knew what they wanted and Eli was a kind of diviner tasked with actually making it happen.”

 
 

Here Magazine

Story: Michael Moore-Jones

Photographs: David Hensel

Built: 2020

TALAVERA TERRACE
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