Taking the first decade of the twentieth century as its starting point, At Home joins the story of the New Zealand house just at the point when its inhabitants begin to ask whether a distinctive, uniquely New Zealand house might be possible. It then charts the way in which imported movements, fashions and styles in twentieth-century architecture and design were adopted, or adapted, by New Zealanders to create a house environment whether international in its style or an attempt at something more distinctly local. At Home goes behind the scenes of architectural history to look at the way 20th century New Zealanders lived in environments created for them by architects, designers and craftspeople united in the pursuit of the contemporary New Zealand home.

About the Author

Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, author of the bestselling and widely acclaimed 'AT HOME: A Century of New Zealand Design' (2004), is one of New Zealand's most highly respected architecture and design writers. He is well known to New Zealanders through his columns in the New Zealand Listener, Home and Entertaining, and The New Zealand Herald, and as host of television's 'The Big Art Trip'. The TV series based on AT HOME, and fronted by Douglas, is due for viewing in September. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Design at UNITEC.