Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Architecture NZ

    PIONEERING A SECOND LIFE AND BEYOND

    May 05, 2022 4 minutes

    First, came the large, shaggy Belly of the Beast. Then followed an oversized, eel trap-inspired Daughter of the Swamp, a striking Māori palisade Te Takitaki, the whale-like Jonah, a contemplative The Wood Pavilion and the towering Genealogy of the Pacific. All were beautiful, whimsical, arresting and fanciful. But, by name and by nature, they were follies – relatively costly ornamental buildings with little practical purpose.

    Today, as we “hurtle towards the climate change danger zone, with our brakes only half-pulled”, we must ask: How do we limit material use and potential waste to landfill while continuing to create, offer and learn from initiatives such as the Brick Bay Folly design competition?

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Architecture NZ

    Architecture NZ4 min read
    The Theory Of Everything
    IN THIS YEAR’S FUTUNA LECTURE, Kerstin Thompson laid down a challenge to the profession. “My challenge is that more of us get our hands dirty and operate without full control of outcome and subsequent narrative.” The 2023 Australian Institute of Arch
    Architecture NZ1 min read
    Architecture
    PUBLISHER Nathan Inkpen EDITOR Chris Barton DEPUTY EDITOR/INTERIOR EDITOR Amanda Harkness ART & PRODUCTION DIRECTOR André Kini ADVERTISING SALES Mark Lipman – mark.lipman@agm.co.nz ADMINISTRATION office@agm.co.nz CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER ANZ Ashleigh
    Architecture NZ6 min read
    Stripped To Its Bones For The Planet
    IS THIS THE FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE? Even architecture firm Jasmax calls this project a refurbishment but, really, it’s a transformation. It’s just an alteration, I can hear you say, but it’s more fundamental than that; the rationale underpinning the

    Related