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Innovative office furniture company Vidak NZ has recently opened a new experience space in Nugent Street.

We all know that shopping can be a chore. Too much choice, not enough quality, and far too much traipsing from store to store.

An interior designer can be a valuable addition to your renovation or new construction project, helping you bring your personal style to life.

Tribe Home’s new studio in Uptown curates a beautiful display of modern contemporary rugs handmade in India and vintage Persian rugs.

Nestled next to the Discovery on New North Road is the retail home of Isle of Eden, an independent sunglasses brand created and founded by Kiwis Nelson Rayner and Felina Natoli.

Architect Pru Pinfold’s studio is on the ground floor of a historic building in Symonds Street. She converted the workspace herself, creating a warehouse apartment upstairs for her parents. Pru tells us why Uptown is special to her. 

Bent over an industrial sewing machine, Caitlin Crisp glances up and beams as I enter her studio. Dressed head-to-toe in black, Caitlin is sitting surrounded by a sea of billowing cream fabric.

Battling frizz can be a frustrating mission for the curly-haired, but there is a way to have more manageable hair if you can find the right expert.

A regular feature that offers a snapshot of the working lives of some of Uptown’s most colourful characters. This issue we meet husband and wife team Steven and Mimi Kelly, managing director and creative director of Killer Hair on St Benedicts St. 

Standing tall and radiant on Uptown’s ridgeline is the recently completed conversion of a 1970s office tower to luxury apartments known as SKHY.

Great architecture stands the test of time. Most of us can’t afford grand designs, but we can afford well thought-out homes, extensions and buildings that are great places to live and work.

New apartment building 59 France oozes coolness, from the brick exterior on the lower floors that is reminiscent of the Meatpacking District in New York to the lightbox images in the lifts.

Discover Uptown’s design stores including locally designed furniture, lighting from around the globe, beautiful art objects and jewelry, leading Italian designer furniture, precious porcelain and contemporary Danish designs.

At the heart of Uptown sits a cluster of historic buildings, that have been focal points in the neighbourhood’s rich past.

Uptown’s Masterworks Gallery has rotating exhibitions every month. Located in Upper Queen Street, the gallery also houses a range of ceramics, jewelry, textiles, stone and mixed media for sale year-round.

When it comes to floral design, Michele Coomey and Ainsley Henry don’t believe in rules. It’s all about shape, colour and texture. They’re in demand for weddings and events and with their no-rules policy, anything is possible.

The green building on the corner of Newton Road and Dundonald Street has been part of the Uptown story for nearly a century.

Every day, thousands of Aucklanders drive along the Southern Motorway past the cluster of old and new prison buildings on Mt Eden’s lower slopes.