VidaSpace x Cape to Bluff Vol. 2
Cape to Bluff Vol. 2: A Celebration of Architecture, Place, and the People Who Shape Both
Last week VidaSpace had the honour of hosting the Auckland launch of Cape to Bluff Vol. 2 - the second volume in Simon Devitt and Andrea Stevens' acclaimed series documenting residential architecture across Aotearoa New Zealand. As lead sponsor of this publication, it was a night that felt close to everything we stand for.
A Book Built Around Place
Cape to Bluff Vol. 2 traverses the length of the country from north to south, bringing together thirty exceptional homes that don't just sit within the New Zealand landscape – they respond to it. Alpine to coast, rural to city, each project captured here reflects a deep conversation between architecture and place: its forms, its climate, its people.
The result is a beautifully considered publication, with Simon Devitt's photography revealing interiors and exteriors with the same quiet authority that defines his wider body of work. Writer Andrea Stevens brings editorial depth to the curation, while the book's design, led by Luke Scott and, for this volume, Sarah Gladwell, gives the work a physical weight that matches its ambition.
Why We're Proud to Be Part of It
At VidaSpace we spend our days thinking about materials, surfaces, and how built environments come to feel the way they do. Cape to Bluff Vol. 2 speaks to that same obsession, the understanding that great spaces aren't accidental, that the choices made at every scale, from the site orientation to the surface finish, add up to something meaningful.
Sponsoring this publication felt like a natural extension of what we do. We're proud to support the kind of work that champions New Zealand residential architecture, and celebrates the architects, designers, photographers, and writers who make that culture possible.
Among the projects featured in Cape to Bluff Vol. 2, a handful hold particular significance for us. VidaSpace finishes are showcased in three of the book's standout homes: Bunker House by Chris Tate Architecture (construction by Team Builders 2000, structural design by Kevin Burrows), Sunset House by KR Architecture (kitchen design by Annika Rowson, construction by Chad Niwa Building, structural design by BCD Group), and Manukard Gārd by Mason & Wales (construction by Image Construction, interior design by Cassells Green Interiors, landscape architecture by Baxter Design and Suzanne Turley Landscapes).
To see our materials embedded within projects of this calibre documented by Simon Devitt's lens and selected for a publication of this standing, is something we don't take lightly.
The Launch Evening
The Auckland launch was a genuine gathering of the design community - architects, makers, and collaborators who have collectively shaped much of the work captured within these pages, joined by friends and family of the people behind the book. There was a warmth and energy in the room that's hard to manufacture: people who care deeply about the built environment, coming together to celebrate a publication that takes that work seriously. The respect and admiration for Simon and Andrea's vision was palpable throughout the evening. We were proud to open our doors, host the night, and be part of a moment that felt meaningful well beyond the occasion itself.
