Where nature meets modernism: Tim Nees
A Christchurch architect has contributed to Banks Peninsula’s landscape with his penchant for eye-catching modernism. Tim Nees hails from Wellington where he designed his national award-winning family home in the weather-lashed environs of Breaker’s Bay. Since 2014 the respected architect has operated New Work Studio from his Christchurch abode – a juxtaposition of […]
Captivating retreat: Tim Nees
A hidden Banks Peninsula retreat captured the judges’ eyes at the New Zealand Institute of Architects Canterbury Awards 2020. Architect Tim Nees has fronted New Work Studio for more than two decades and his latest project sits among 35 shortlisted for the Canterbury Awards. The stunning design is one of 13 represented in […]
Secluded Beauty
An iconic build, which also blends naturally into the secluded Banks Peninsula site, was the creative challenge presented to award-winning Architect Tim Nees. “The brief was for an informal weekend retreat, to eventually become their retirement home,” he says. “It was designed not only for the look, but to take advantage of water […]
The Influencers Column: Tim Nees
For the past two years I have been Branch Chair of the NZ Institute of Architects here in Canterbury, leading the committee through a number of programmes and events that have increased public awareness of the practice of architecture. Last week I stepped aside for a new Chair – Mike Callaghan – to lead further […]