Rick Pearson’s top picks
Rick Pearson.
Interior Awards jury member, Rick Pearson, on three inspiring projects.
Unitec’s Whare Wakaaro and Marae by Lionel Grant 2009
A profound interior connecting past, present, future and cultures, its presence radiating from deep within to the wider world.
Turbine Hall, Lake Manapouri Dam
NZ Ministry of Works 1970
Our own Valhalla set deep within the cleaving bedrock of New Zealand, where sheer spatial power almost overcomes the 70’s political and environmental impacts of its making.
Thomas Heatherwick 2010
Interior and exterior are one and the same, potent with meaning that falls away in the face of the beauty of this Pavilion.
