Author(s): Simon Wilson

Architecture

A celebration of HomeGround, the Auckland City Mission's unique and visionarywrap-around social services complex, which opened in early 2022 after being adream for over 20 years.Photographed by Mark Smith and with text by both renowned writer Simon Wilsonand Professor Deidre Brown and Dr Karamia Muller of the School of Architecture atthe University of Auckland, it is the portrait of a remarkable building designed byleading architecture practice Stevens Lawson.This book represents an enduring record of a remarkable building built fora remarkable organisation, created through the aroha and vision of many. Itdocuments and records a key moment in Aotearoa New Zealand, when a visionarysocial services agency, a committed architecture practice, courageous funders,and skilled construction specialists combined forces to create a facility that willtransform the delivery of services to, and create hope for a better future for,Auckland's most vulnerable.