Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Brian Brake House (1976)












Last Saturday ART+OBJECT made the most of a wonderfully generous invite from the owners of the Brian Brake House in Titirangi to reunite the artist's photographs with the iconic residence designed by Ron Sang for Brian Brake and completed in 1976. Since Brian Brake and his partner sold the house it has subsequently changed hands twice yet remained almost totally original. Still completely in tact is the artist's darkroom downstairs and his vintage home cinema system. We invited a small number of friends, chartered a bus and an outstanding time was had by all. Architect Ron Sang gave a wonderful talk about the conception and realization of the house and his relationship with Brian Brake. Special thanks go out to him and to the owners of the house.