b'below and opposite: Maxs favourite project to date was designing the Architect Max Warrens uniquehome where he and his family reside in North Canterbury, which was recognised with a Resene Total Colour Residential Interior Colour approach to design balancesMaestro Award and a Canterbury NZIA Award. The playful colour playfulness and practicality. palette that characterises the home fosters a fun and exciting place where his young, growing family can play and create. Max selected the colours from his Resene Multi-finish range fandecks, which is his preferred place to start when choosing a colour scheme for his projects. I like using the physical cards and being able to take the colour and consider it in the space its proposed, he says. Radiata pine walls stained in Resene Colorwood Rock Salt and finished in Resene Aquaclear satin, truss plates in Resene Super Gloss tinted to Resene Bright Spark, Resene Havoc, Resene FOMO and Resene Picton Blue and garage floor in Resene Uracryl 403 tinted to Resene Bright Spark. Build by McKenzie Builders Ltd, www.mckenziebuilders.co.nz. Painting by Shamrock Painting Ltd. Images by Christopher Collie, www.christophercollie.com.G rowing up on a 10-acre lifestyle block in Ohoka, a rural communityinNorthCanterbury,surroundedbythe rhythm of nature and busy hands puttering away, it was perhaps inevitable that architect Max Warren would pursue a creative life. Through the beauty of the land coupled with the freedom to roam and explore, his deep understanding of the connectionbetweenspaceandemotiontookrootinthose formative years. Looking back today, its easy to see the parallels between his upbringing and the life hes built now.My dad was always designing and building things at home, which I helped with, and thats what got me into architecture in the first place. I also had the privilege of occasionally visiting Sir Miles Warren at hinetahiwhich was pretty special. Hes a relative on my dads side, Max recalls.Ripplesfromhisearlycareerarestillevidentinhiswork, too. Max first began studying architecture at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technologynow known as the Ara Institutebefore transferring to Unitec in Auckland for the final two years of his Master of Architecture (Prof) programme. After landing a job at Sheppard and Rout Architects, he returned to Christchurch. But on his second day of work as a Graduate Architect, the unthinkable happened.IwasincentralChristchurchwhenthe2011earthquake hit, which was a pretty horrifying experience, says Max. I was thankful to retain my job despite having only worked one day, as the industry here was turned on its head almost instantly. Ivealwaysappreciatedlightweighttimberconstructionand the earthquake reiterated the need for alternatives to the older heavyweight steel and concrete design methodology we saw fail during the earthquakes.36 blackwhitemag.com'