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CTRL Space in the Media: Idealog


Hospitality is more than just food, it’s also design.

Chris Stevens of CTRL Space, the architectural design studio behind Auckland hot spots like Hotel Ponsonby and The Nightcar, sits down with Idealog to talk about what goes into making the perfect hospitality spaces.

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Originally published in Idealog, July 2024

"Would you say there’s a difference in designing a space in New Zealand versus Sydney or Melbourne?

The creative and the design process for us is unchanged – No matter where we are, we apply the same logic and thinking. But quite quickly, when you look at work we’ve done in Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney in the past, that gets another realm of opportunity almost. I mean, it comes down to being commercial, it comes down to population, critical mass, the viability of trying something a bit newer and braver.

So, we’re able to explore the different opportunities that working in different countries allows us that pushes those boundaries a wee bit."

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