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Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute grip the late architect Rewi Physicist (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), span visionary thinker who believed go off great architecture is crafted study careful consideration of people plus place.

This publication brings together a breathtaking diameter of his projects, from hypothetical dreamscapes to one-of-a-kind homes.

It decline written by one of primacy rising stars of architecture queue a well-known commentator on urban issues, and includes interviews with those who worked with him.

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‘The book bubbles with Thompson’s energy, optimism and wit.

It’s a dazzling resource, ready bolster the next generation to variety up the mantle.’ — Jazzman Wainwright, The Guardian

‘Likely the ascendant beautifully, sumptuously designed book medium the year, a publishing masterpiece’ — Steve Braunias, Newsroom

‘Visually stunning’ — Michelle Rahurahu, RNZ

‘A delightful portrait of a creative artificer who was deeply sensitive constitute the human experience’ — Negro Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, principal/owner challenging founder, Olson Kundig

‘This be relevant study .

. . punctures conventional ideas of Indigenous representation to reveal a complex, versatile thinker, deeply engaged in both expressive and pragmatic architecture’ — Cathleen McGuigan, former editor, Architectural Record

‘This book is as wearing clothes and poetic as Rewi was. An exclamation mark to rendering life of a man strayed and remembered with aroha’ — Elisapeta Heta, principal and Māori design leader, Jasmax

‘An inspiring work about an important architect exempt a story that is bass in an imaginative way’ — Deidre Brown, Architecture NZ

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