b'over the rainbowAre there any projects that stand out as beingIf someone could wave a magic wand and grantDo you have any interesting stories to shareperform as expected. We have been working with highlights of your career so far? you more hours in the day, what would you do? abouttheneighbouringbusinessesaroundResenefor20+yearssothatisprobablythe I kind of see our work as a continuum, whereIreallyenjoyworkinginthephysicalrealm,your office on Aucklands Karangahape Road clearest recommendation anyone can give.11 questions with currentprojectsaredescendantsofpreviousdoinglandscaping,gardening,buildingandparticularly the one beneath it?What are your current favourite Resene colours?Daniel Marshall projects, so having a favourite is a little like lovingcrafting. So I think if I had more hours, I maySome of my colleagues joke that I love to placeIamreallyintotryingtoincorporatestrong one of your children more than the others. Youcraft a little too much! hurdles in the way of getting clients, and I guess are not supposed to, but you still cant help it!you could look at it that way. To enter into ourcolour schemes into projects at present. I think The thing that makes all our projects special isWhat is the most inspiring place youve everoffice, one has to run the gauntlet of adult shopssometimes people play it safe with colour because experiencing them over time, like coming back tovisited and what made it special? and colourful characters on the streetonly toof a lack of confidence. I love strong yellows and a project 10 or 20 years after completing it andI have always gained incredible inspiration visitingbe accosted by my dogs when you get up thepinks against the rough neutrality of concrete, finding that it still resonates. There are a numbermasterworks by past architects and that has beenstairs. But the thing I remember about the firstso colours like Resene Bright Spark and Resene W hen we think of architects that haveof projects that I am very proud of that I wish theall over the world, from Finland to Brazil. I thinktime I came here was the contrast between theIrresistible are among my current favourites. a brilliant way of using bold coloursrest of the world could see but sometimes theif I had to pick a place that was most inspiring foractivity on the street and the calmness in the to punctuate their projects, architectprivacy of our clients is the priority. cultural history, art, architecture and landscape, itofficespace.ArchitectureisessentiallyaboutTo see more of Daniels work, visit www.dma.nz.DanielMarshallisalwaysamongthefirsttowould have to be Mexico. To visit Luis Barragnscontrast and composition. Also, a precedent was come to mind. And were certainly not the onlyWhatdoyouthinkaresomeofthebiggestown house in Mexico City is to almost touchsetbyOscarNeimeyer,thebrilliantBrazilian fans of his striking buildings. challenges the industry is facing right now? Doperfection. Andr Breton described Mexico asarchitectwhoseofficeinCopacabanawas Along with being recognised by the NZIAyou see any opportunities in those challenges tothe surrealist country and I tend to agree. situated in the heart of the red-light district.Awards, Home of the Year, the Cement anddo things better than we were doing them before? Concrete Association of New Zealand Awards,ThereisaChinesecursethatcanbeIf you could have dinner with one design icon What do you love about Resene?theInternationalPropertyAwardsandtheparaphrasedasmayyouliveininterestingpast or present, alive or notwho would it beAsaspecifier,Ialwaysprefertoseekout TrendsInternationalDesignAwards,DanielstimesandIthinkwearedefinitelylivingand what do you imagine you would talk about? multigenerational New Zealand companies, which work has also received nods at the Resene Totalininterestingtimes!TherearesignificantI think I would have to listen to the sage advice,of course Resene is. I think architecture is all about Resene challengesfacingtheconstructionindustrynever meet your heroes. Sometimes the imaginedrelationships and communication, a belief that a Colour Awards, where his projects have takenabove, left and right: Daniels CorinthFlame Red right now, particularly in the realms of massiveperson is a lot better to have dinner with. company will stand with you if something doesnt home top honours for best residential interior and residential exterior. Residence project won a Resene Totalcultural and environmental shifts. Architecture Daniel shares more about what makes a greatColour Residential Interior Award and wasis a generalist discipline and every project has project, the most inspiring place hes ever visitedpublished in an issue of Architectural Review.almost infinite parametric influences. I feel that The original house was constructed in 1963the big challenge is that perhaps some people and what he would do with more time in the day. and was designed by the celebrated modernist architect, Vladimir Cacala. New additions toare losing sight of architecture as an art form. Did you always want to be an architect? the east side of the home aimed to disturbWithoutchallengingarchitecture,thenthere I spent my formative years, from ages 10 tothe interior and exterior of the existing houseisadangerthatachievingallsortsofotherabove and left: The expert use of eye-catching 18, living in Havelock North. As somewhere toas little as possible, with the exception of thechecklists will result in a banal living environmentResene Happy to contrast with the weatherboards grow up, it was architecturally richboth inWhat are your favourite types of projects tokitchenwhich was moved to allow the largethat does not raise the human spirit. and soffits in Resene Waterborne Woodsman space to be used as a versatile second living/ Pitch Black and the concrete block wall in Resene terms of the landscape as well as the brilliantwork on and why? gaming/working space. It features ReseneBlack White won Daniel Marshall Architects aresidential projects there. My best friend livedEachprojectisuniqueandchallenging,andFlame Red, Resene French Grey, ReseneWhatdoyoudoifyoufeelstuckduringaResene Total Colour Residential Exterior Award in a John Scott house, and my mother draggedthat is what makes our profession interesting.Gallery, Resene Black White and Reseneproject,creativelyspeaking?Anythingyoufor Railley House. Build by Hargraves Homes,us off to church at Our Lady of Lourdes (whichThereisneveranopportunitytogetbored.Ship Grey. Build and painting by Gracewoodmight recommend to a less experienced designerwww.hargraveshomes.co.nz. Painting by Kingdom was Scotts precursor to Futuna Chapel). AsI love it when we have the rare confluence ofConstruction, www.gracewoodgroup.com.to shake themselves out of it?Decorators, www.kingdomcorp.co.nz. Images by a child, I spent a lot of time alone playing withan interested client and a building team thatImages by Simon Devitt, www.simondevitt.com. Walk away from the problem; it will continueSam Hartnett, www.samhartnett.com. Lego and drawing. And along with my fatherappreciatesthecraftofconstruction.ThatResene Resene to percolate within, but sometimes we cannotResene Resenebeing an engineer and mother an art teacher, Iis where you can have true collaboration andBlack White French Grey force a solution. The answer will come when youHappy Bright Sparkguess those factors made my gravitation towardthe details and materials begin to sing; whereResene Resene least expect it. Also, and this is very important:Resene Resene Woodsman architecture inevitable. architecture transcends into an art. Gallery Ship Grey draw without thinking or even seeing. Irresistible Pitch Black50 blackwhitemag.com blackwhitemag.com 51'