November-December 2020

Architecture NZ

Architecture New Zealand is the journal for New Zealand’s architects

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Architecture New Zealand
PUBLISHER Nathan Inkpen EDITOR Chris Barton ASSISTANT EDITOR/HOUSES EDITOR Amanda Harkness INTERIOR EDITOR Federico Monsalve ART & PRODUCTION DIRECTOR André Kini ADVERTISING SALES Mark Lipman – mark.lipman@agm.co.nz ADMINISTRATION office@agm.co.nz CE
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Editorial
IN THIS TIME OF UNPRECEDENTED change amidst the Covid pandemic, not forgetting a transformational election result for Aotearoa, it’s not surprising that all manner of experts are making all manner of predictions about the future. See, for example, Lo
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Keeping The Queen Clean
I WENT TO A CLAMBAKE THE other day: a gathering not far under a Covid-mandated maximum crowd size. We were gathered to talk about Queen Street. Despite it being billed as a co-design session, it seemed only Tony van Raat and I represented designers t
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Parallel Education Systems
IN FEBRUARY, MY PARTNER and I shared a taxi from Wellington airport to the New Zealand Festival of Arts Talanoa Mau venue with a young artist from Northland, where they were both presenting. The conversation was riveting – Te Kaurinui Parata (Ngātiwa
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Connecting Community
In response to the local iwi’s call to “bring the community together where the land rolls into the ancestral waters of the Rangitīkei”, Architecture Workshop’s new Te Matapihi Bulls Community Centre provides both a landmark structure for the town and
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Wynyard Waterfront
A collaboration between Bossley Architects, Singapore-based ar+d and UK-based Conran + Partners, New Zealand’s first Park Hyatt hotel opened on 15 September at Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter. Built on the site of the old Team New Zealand sheds fronting o
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Under The Arches
In its third joint venture with Marutūāhu iwi, following Tuatahi (Mount Albert) and Kōkihi (Waterview), Ockham Residential has announced the launch of Aroha – a 117-unit development, including 47 KiwiBuilds, to be built at the intersection of Great N
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En-abyme
Auckland interior designer Rufus Knight has launched en-Abyme, an annual scholarship and mentoring initiative aimed at “strengthening the local interior industry from the bottom up”. The financial contribution is initially capped at $20,000 per year
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Material Focus: Ahi Restaurant
In your hospitality work, you have often tried to maintain a fairly minimal palette. How do you ensure there is vibrancy and tension within that? I tend to work with a limited colour palette, with variety in the material expression. So, at Ahi, there
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Drawing Room
Installed across the entirety of the upstairs galleries of Christchurch’s Toi Moroki, Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA), this large-scale, immersive installation from Pac Studio, in collaboration with University of Auckland senior lecturer in design
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Significance Recognised
The Christchurch Town Hall’s outstanding international and national significance has been recognised by its entry as a Category 1 Historic Place on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Senior Heritage Assessment Advisor Robyn Burgess says th
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Net Zero Carbon By 2030
New Zealand aims to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 but, with the built environment currently accounting for an estimated 40 per cent of all global carbon emissions, Jasmax has unveiled plans to deliver carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. The
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Nick Eagles
Your studio produces work in graphic, print, installation (such as Pete Bossley’s 40 Years Drawn at Objectspace), spatial and even public art. What is the connecting thread? Many of my favourite projects show a theme that resurfaces while the media,
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Interior Awards 2020
Architecture NZ’s Interior Awards 2020 ceremony took place at Auckland’s St Matthew-in-the-City on 8 October 2020. The sold-out event gathered more than 300 guests from the architecture and design professions as well as their clients and project coll
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Architecture Of An Ocean
PACIFIC ISLAND ARCHITECTURE IS increasingly talked about and illustrated but what is it? In the past, it has consisted of gestures and motifs in an attempt to appeal to a certain regional relevance, in spite of regionalism having attracted continued
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Get The Look On Your Walls
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First THAB Off The Rank
NEW ZEALAND IS IN THE HABIT OF reinventing the wheel and, in our bloody-minded, NIMBY way, we have to discover our own particular culture of living closer together.1 Hobsonville, the most recent and, to my mind, the most successful suburban developme
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Directional Dimensions
THE ARRIVAL AT THE 180M SILVERY-GLASS tower, topped with its distinctive curved foil, begins at the corner of Albert and Customs Streets, one of multiple entries to Auckland’s $1-billion downtown office and retail development known as Commercial Bay.
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NZ vs NY
ONE IS A TAD GATSBY, THE OTHER A BIT Hotere. One was aiming to be fine dining without the fuss, the other feels comfortable towing the line between fine-casual restaurant chain and flamboyant cocktail bar. One of the challenges, however, has more to
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Surface Redefined
Alucci™ is a ground-breaking European innovation that utilises high-energy electrons to cure and create the ultimate smooth surface. An electronic beam curing process results in a superior abrasion, stain, heat and fingerprint-resistant product, whic
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2020 New Zealand Architecture Awards
The New Zealand Architecture Awards jury, led by Auckland architect Michael Thomson and including fellow architects Lynda Simmons, Fiona Short and Anthony Hoete, hit the road in September, shortly after the Auckland region came out of its second Covi
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Nelson Airport Terminal
NZIA architect EVŽEN NOVÁK Project team JULIET BARKER, SARAH BERRY, SIMON HARDY, SAMANTHA ZONDAG MICHAEL THOMSON, LYNDA SIMMONS, FIONA SHORT AND ANTHONY HOETE When the building is approached by either air or road, the first view of it is of the strik
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Bathroom Pavilion
Location ASHBURTON Project team TOM ROSS, METHIN WONG “The history of architecture has always privileged rooms of grandeur: the chamber, the parlour, the library, the hall. The modest toilet never got a sniff in. With the Bathroom Pavilion in Ashburt
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Fabric Warehouse 2
Location MORNINGSIDE, AUCKLAND Project team TIM HAY, JEFF FEARON, DOUG WEIR “This expertly handled project balances contrasting elements with ease: it is simultaneously both large and small, and precious and non-precious, and uses refined detailing w
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Jellicoe Towers (1968)
Location WELLINGTON Architect ALLAN WILD “Impossibly slim and elegant – somewhat like its architect – Jellicoe Towers has been an imposing presence on the Wellington skyline for the last 50 years. Allan Wild (1927–2019) was, for many years, Dean of t
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St James Church (1963)
Location HASTINGS Architect LEN HOOGERBRUG “St James Church in Hastings demonstrates the power and particularity of the architectural section. As a cut through the body (of a building), the section provides a specific way of imagining space. Reading
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Western Springs College Ngā Puna o Waiōrea Redevelopment
NZIA architects JUSTIN EVATT, HAMISH BOYD, MEILING HONSON Project team ANGELA MAKGILL, AVERIL MOORE, BRENDAN HIMONA, CALLUM DOWIE, CHRIS DAVIDSON, CLEM DEVINE, CLIVE MITIKULENA, DANIELLE KONI, DEAN STEWART, DIPAK PATEL, DON FRASER, ELISAPETA HETA, JE
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Hawke’s Bay Opera House
Location HASTINGS Project team DAVE PEARSON, BRENT WITHERS, JOANNA THEODORE “The rich, deep reds of the restored auditorium of the Hawke’s Bay Opera House improve an already incredible theatre space: one of New Zealand’s most significant. It was desi
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University Of Waikato Tauranga Cbd Campus
Location TAURANGA CBD Project team NEIL MARTIN, MARIANNE RILEY, JANE RICKIT, RAMEKA ALEXANDER-TU'INUKUAFE, CHAD BISHOP, DAVID INGLEY, GABRIELLA KOPACIKOVA, SAM LAU, NIKI LAWRENCE, PAUL LELIEVELD, CLAIRE O'SHAUGHNESSY, ROB PARK, SAMANTHA RAMOS, MICHEL
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SOF Hotel
Location TAICHUNG, TAIWAN Project team TIM HAY, JEFF FEARON “Despite having what Tripadvisor refers to as a ‘post-apocalyptic façade, which looks like it could collapse at any time’, this project for a boutique backpackers’ hotel offers a sophisticat
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Wyborn Capital
Location AUCKLAND CBD Project team MAGGIE CARROLL, JESSICA WALKER, NATHAN SWANEY “A palette of subtle materials has been skilfully curated to create a beautiful space in which to work. Every detail is carefully considered, from the numerous bespoke f
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Toto Whare
NZIA architect MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN Project team BULL O’SULLIVAN ARCHITECTURE: BAZ CHENG BUILDER AND CLIENT: ALISTAIR TOTO, BROWNTOWN BUILDERS MICHAEL THOMSON, LYNDA SIMMONS, FIONA SHORT AND ANTHONY HOETE From the moment one approaches Toto Whare, it i
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Lake Hayes Cottage
Location CENTRAL OTAGO Project team ANNA-MARIE CHIN, NGAIO HART, SAM AUSTIN, KRISTIN DARBY “A strong client–architect partnership underlies the design and construction of this seamless, well-proportioned addition to an existing (relocated) cottage. S
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Sawtooth Apartment
Location PARNELL, AUCKLAND Architect HENRI SAYES “This addition to an existing commercial base reveals an excellent understanding and control of light. An unconventional section provides a simple solution on a site where northern light is not availab
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Bowden House
Location TUTUKĀKĀ COAST, NORTHLAND Project team BELINDA GEORGE, MANDENO DESIGN “As architects, we are rightly enamoured of geometry – the circle, the square, the diamond, the octagonal plan – but regular forms can bring their own problems. At this ho
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10x10 House
Location KILBIRNIE, WELLINGTON Project team BEN MITCHELL-ANYON, SALLY OGLE “Defiantly perched on a Wellington cliff, this is a playful and optimistic house. A rigorous grid was the starting point for efficiency and spatial order, and a platform for c
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Waiheke
Location WAIHEKE ISLAND Project team ANDREW PATTERSON, SURYA FULLERTON, DAVOR POPADICH, SAJEEV RUTHRA, CALEB GREEN, RATANUI FRASER, SHANE TAYLOR, HARRIET MILDON KING “Waiheke – the building, not the island – is the house manifest as roof. Consider a
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Parnell House
Location PARNELL, AUCKLAND Project team NICHOLAS STEVENS, GARY LAWSON, KEVIN KAI MA, MARK MORRISON “Like the Smithson’s 1956 House of the Future, the plan form of the Parnell House attempts to liberate domestic facility from the prosaic orthogonal de
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#3
Location REMUERA, AUCKLAND Project team PAUL CLARKE, BRETT GERRARD, ASH KUMAR, LEA KOCH “An architect’s own house can sometimes fall into the trap of being too overtly a testing ground for a myriad of ideas. But, on this private garden site, we have
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Skhy
Location NEWTON, AUCKLAND Project team PIP CHESHIRE, PAM SANDO, ELLIE GREEN (RIBA), NAT CHESHIRE, KYRA HODGE, CALUM MCNAUGHT, FRASER HORTON, EMILY PRIEST, SIMON MCLEAN, JAMES TING “In this project, the real estate agent’s advice on apartment sizes –
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The Grounds
Location HOBSONVILLE, AUCKLAND Project team MANUEL DIAZ, TERRY BARNES, SEAN BELLING, LANA LAI, ANDY LIU, CHARLOTTE FARQUHARSON, JOHN BERRIDGE “The Grounds is a thoughtfully articulated answer to the challenge of low-cost, medium-density housing in Au
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Abodo Showcase Cardrona
Location CARDRONA, CENTRAL OTAGO Project team JUSTIN WRIGHT, LOUISE WRIGHT, MARCUS KIRK “Despite all the signifiers of a house, this showroom for a timber structural and cladding supplier is, instead, a beautifully crafted display box of the best qua
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Longbush Ecosanctuary Welcome Shelter
Location GISBORNE Project team SAROSH MULLA, KATHERINE O'SHAUGHNESSY, JEREMY SALMOND, DAME ANNE SALMOND, RYAN THOMPSON “Feeling as though it has sprung up organically through time, the shelter is, in fact, the product of generous donations of labour
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Point Wells Cricket Club
Location MATAKANA, NORTHLAND Project team AARON PATERSON, SAROSH MULLA, RORY KOFOED, LIZ TJAHJANA, KIM HUYNH “Point Wells Cricket Club shows there is still a place for architectural follies in the world, albeit this pavilion and its attendant field h
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Hihiaua Cultural Centre
NZIA architect CRAIG MOLLER Project team ALISHA PATEL, GORDON MOLLER MICHAEL THOMSON, LYNDA SIMMONS, FIONA SHORT AND ANTHONY HOETE The Hihiaua Cultural Centre asks not what architecture is in terms of materiality, but what architecture can do in term
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The Chapel Of St Peter
Location GRAFTON, AUCKLAND Project team GARY LAWSON, NICHOLAS STEVENS, KEVIN KAI MA, YVETTE OVERDYCK, ETHAN HUNTER, JULIANA WILSON “This chapel for a boys’ high school provides a spiritual moment of refreshing lightness and softness. Guests are welco
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Naenae Regional Bowling Club
Location NAENAE, LOWER HUTT Project team EWAN BROWN, HUGH TENNENT, THOMAS SHERIDAN, MAURICE PIPSON, LINDA WONG, TRENT ISAAC, NICK WENHAM, CHARLOTTE STEWART “If Santiago Calatrava ever came to Naenae, he would struggle to execute the affordable, light
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Nzia President’s Awards 2020
THE PRESIDENT OF TE KĀHUI WHAIHANGA New Zealand Institute of Architects enjoys the annual privilege of giving formal recognition to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to architecture in New Zealand. NZIA President’s Awards
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Nzia Distinguished Fellow Award
TE KĀHUI WHAIHANGA NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE of Architects (NZIA) established the Distinguished Fellow Award to recognise members who have had exceptional influence on or have been exceptional contributors to architecture in New Zealand. The Distinguishe
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Jury Convenor Comment 2020
OKAY, AS REQUESTED, SOME WORDS ON the experience of the 2020 NZIA New Zealand Awards jury. Easy. Great privilege. Check. Great projects. Check. Great jurors. Check. Minor differences of opinion. Check. But this most bizarre of all years was not all e
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Recent Museums And Galleries
Sources: Words by Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley. Photography by Julia Gatley, Andrew Barrie Jade Shum and Cass Goodwin. The ways in which museums and art galleries have evolved over the last generation can be seen from different perspectives. In one
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Book
Every book about architecture should be like this: uncomplicated in its purpose, content and structure, beautiful to look at, and short. Indeed, it might be that most books intended for an architectural public don’t need great length; knowing that re

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