Serious Entertainment destination
Peter Walker heads into the city to check out the new flagship cinema complex and all its delicious offerings. Hoyts has returned to the CBD. Since the demolition of the Moorhouse Avenue cinema building, the city has waited patiently for a replacement. The wait has been well rewarded. EntX, on […]
Building Your Future: Future Foundations Ltd
Would you pay full market price to build your new house if you didn’t have to? Future Foundations Ltd is a building company that saves you $50,000 to $80,000 on your fixed price build contracts compared to most housing companies in Christchurch. A breath of fresh air, Director Leon Forde […]
Bursting With Books: Piccadilly Bookshop
For 25 years, Piccadilly Bookshop has made sure quality bestsellers fill the stockings of Canterbury book lovers each Christmas. No matter who you’re buying for this year, there’s something in stock for everyone. The shelves are packed full of new releases, young adult novels, paperbacks, biographies, magazines, and cover a […]
Setting the Scene
Award-winning interior designer Angelique Armstrong from Armstrong Interiors shares her ideas for creating exceptional Christmas centrepieces. Love it or loath it, it’s Christmas. Whether you are planning a formal Christmas dinner or a casual barbecue on the deck, it is always special for you and your guests to enjoy something […]
Swish Storage
Modern storage is about much more than the classic wall unit – although even these are evolving into creative pieces in their own right, as space becomes a premium. Options are clever, unique and fantastically functional. Locked up Lockers became the coolest thing out when industrial retro was hot – […]
A maritime marvel: Lyttelton Timeball Station
“The Building Intelligence Group is delighted to have played a role in the bringing back to life of such a rare piece of maritime history as the iconic Lyttelton Timeball Station and the working timeball itself.” When Project Director Stephen Threadgall from project management specialist The Building Intelligence Group says […]
Christmas goes ‘modern NZ’: Terra Viva
Iconic Christchurch store Terra Viva is a veritable mecca of all things Christmas, between the garden centre, the inspiring home and giftwares department, and the fully-licensed café. Metropol catches up with Terra Viva’s effervescent Peter Worsp about what we can expect to see decking the halls in 2018. Terra Viva […]
Old World Glamour
Design cues from the past are injecting old world glamour into our interiors. Make a luxurious style statement and bring a little French antiquity or Victorian manor into your world. Chic chandeliers It doesn’t matter if your home is all downlights, hang one from the rafters anyway – just for […]
Tantalising Tokens
Christmas shopping is a sensory delight at token, a glimmering gem of a store located at Avonhead Mall. It’s a gift-giving heaven for all your favourite people, and something delightful for yourself of course! A pretty range of Scandi inspired decorations sets the mood, with fanciful unicorns, touches of feathers, […]
Savouring the Kiwi Summer
Architect Craig South looks forward to the Christmas break and celebrates the Kiwi holiday tradition of sharing good times with friends and family. Whether it’s a staycation at home, a holiday at a camping ground in a tent or campervan, or a motel, bach or crib getaway, most New […]
