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Architects: Collingridge and Smith Architects
- Year: 2013
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Photographs:Simon Devitt
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Text description provided by the architects. The site for Fantails is located in a prominent position at the centre of a new subdivision of Auckland.
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The client wanted the building to be a bold architectural statement, clearly standing out from the typical houses and commercial buildings around.
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The triangular plan and elevation of the building are abstracted from the form of the fantail, a native NZ bird with a striking fanned tail, after which the Childcare is named.
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Viewed from the entrance, the striking roof form comes together to look like the fan of the fantail, whilst from each opposite corner, the form takes on a more nautical feel, looking like overlapping sails on a yacht, thereby recalling its location in the ‘city of sails’.
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