ABSTRACT Group Architects are New Zealand’s best-known practitioners of regional modernism. They are associated with the search for New Zealandness in architecture, even as international interests are acknowledged. In 2003, Group member Bruce Rotherham (1926–2004) distanced himself from much of this commentary, emphasising his own early focus on “space formed by building”, not New Zealandness. Of interest here is his privileging of building, that is, the assemblage and attributes of building materials. The article explores the materiality of Rotherham’s best-known New Zealand building, the Rotherham House in Stanley Bay, Auckland (1951). It interrogates each of the four main materials used in the house: wood, stone, brick and glass. It asks, what is the history of each material, and what does the way it was used reveal about Rotherham’s interests and influences? The article suggests that for Rotherham, Auckland’s nineteenth-century Gothic Revival timber churches were a likely New Zealand source of influence. It then goes further than previous scholarship on the Group by suggesting specific overseas buildings that Rotherham is likely to have known and that anticipate the material palette of the Rotherham House. Reference to the 1930s and 40s work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto is recurrent.

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“建筑形成的空间”第 1 部分：通过其物质性解读罗瑟勒姆住宅

ABSTRACT Group Architects 是新西兰最著名的区域现代主义实践者。它们与在建筑中寻找新西兰性有关，即使国际利益得到承认。2003 年，小组成员布鲁斯·罗瑟勒姆 (Bruce Rotherham，1926-2004 年) 与此评论的大部分内容保持距离，强调他自己早期关注的是“由建筑形成的空间”，而不是新西兰人。这里有趣的是他对建筑的特权，即建筑材料的组合和属性。这篇文章探讨了罗瑟勒姆最著名的新西兰建筑——奥克兰斯坦利湾的罗瑟勒姆之家（1951 年）的重要性。它询问了房子中使用的四种主要材料中的每一种：木头、石头、砖块和玻璃。它询问，每种材料的历史是什么，它的使用方式揭示了罗瑟勒姆的兴趣和影响？文章表明，对于罗瑟勒姆来说，奥克兰 19 世纪哥特复兴式木材教堂可能是新西兰的影响力来源。然后，它通过建议罗瑟勒姆可能知道的特定海外建筑以及预期罗瑟勒姆之家的材料调色板，比之前对该集团的奖学金更进一步。对弗兰克劳埃德赖特、勒柯布西耶和阿尔瓦阿尔托 1930 年代和 40 年代作品的引用反复出现。然后，它通过建议罗瑟勒姆可能知道的特定海外建筑以及预期罗瑟勒姆之家的材料调色板，比之前对该集团的奖学金更进一步。对弗兰克劳埃德赖特、勒柯布西耶和阿尔瓦阿尔托 1930 年代和 40 年代作品的引用反复出现。然后，它通过建议罗瑟勒姆可能知道的特定海外建筑以及预期罗瑟勒姆之家的材料调色板，比之前对该集团的奖学金更进一步。对弗兰克劳埃德赖特、勒柯布西耶和阿尔瓦阿尔托 1930 年代和 40 年代作品的引用反复出现。