Architecture NZ

“AFTER 3000 YEARS OF WELL-MEANT adaptation and evolution, architecture is a hollowed-out profession with architects seemingly less vital than ever.” Eleanor Jolliffe is discussing her RIBA-published book, Architect: The evolving story of a profession

I THINK I AND MY FELLOW owners of our plywood bach were very lucky that Tāwhirimātea, the weather god, looked the other way as it passed down the coast of Northland, sparing the bay the worst ravages of wind-driven rain. Unlike Cyclone Bola when I ex

READER, I HAD ANOTHER column planned and partly written about how I had received a letter, and how it had spurred on questions for me about academic and artistic freedoms and the conceptual frameworks we have for building community. Already, as I wri

Fisher & Paykel Appliances has released the design of its new global headquarters in Auckland’s Penrose. The move to Great South Road will see the whiteware manufacturing giant leave the East Tāmaki campus it has shared with Fisher & Paykel Healthcar

Students at Unitec, AUT and the University of Auckland, who are studying architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, at all levels, have been invited to re-imagine Auckland’s Uptown district (Grafton, Newton and Eden Terrace) across a numb

Themes of re-imagining, re-invigorating, re-generating and re-affirming are at the centre of the CoreNet Symposium 2023 event to be held at Shed 10, Queens Wharf, Auckland, on Wednesday 17 May. This year’s speakers include: Claire Sharpe, who spent 1

When Māori Television launched in 2004, it was the first time a broadcaster had looked at life in New Zealand literally through a Māori lens. Indigenous rights to the airwaves did not come easy. Māori Television resulted from a generation-long strugg

In 1956, we first-year students were told we would be the last to have to do a rendered composition of the classical orders on Whatman’s paper. Talk of composition disappeared from the studio, except in the textbook for so-called architectural theory

What’s not to like about the concept of co-housing? You get to choose your neighbours, create your spaces and engage a cool, up-and-coming practice to design your dream. Even better, your new home is likely to be considerably more affordable than a s

As the wind makes its way across the moana and over the whenua, its voice at times deafening, at times a mere whisper, there is much to celebrate about its presence. Its breath carries the wings of migrating birds, disperses seeds to distant sites an

In what we believe is a New Zealand first for an awards programme (or at least one focused on architecture and design), the Interior Awards will, this year, be offsetting all carbon emissions knowingly generated by the programme, including travel, fo

What inspired you to choose a career in interior design? My dad is a builder so I have always been in and around building sites. When I was just 14, I had to choose the exterior and interior colours for our new family home. After a week’s work experi

The first stage of Generus Living Group’s latest high-end retirement village, The Foundation, is due for completion in September this year. Designed by Peddlethorp, the Parnell project is located opposite Pukekawa Auckland Domain and the Auckland War

COUNTRY, CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY underpin the design aspirations of our studio. In June last year, we hosted a studio conference at the University of Technology Sydney to extend our knowledge of and reinforce our commitment to these values but, also, t

A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL HAS EXISTED IN Wellington since 1912 and, like the first one, the newest exists by virtue of public donation – the current building has benefited to the tune of $50 million from Wellington property investors and benefactors Doro

KA MIMITI NGĀ PUNA O HOKIANGA, KA totō ngā puna o Taumārere. Ka mimiti ngā puna o Taumārere, ka totō ngā puna o Hokianga. Should the springs of Hokianga run dry, the springs of Taumārere will flow. Should the springs of Taumārere run dry, the springs

Supported by We tend to think of larger design practices, particularly those where the identity of the firm eclipses that of any individual designer, as producing work that is less distinctive or adventurous. Structon Group, like all large firms, fol

WATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTEGRAL TO THE inhabitation and development of Canterbury’s flat alluvial plains. The braided river systems weaving their ways from Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps, across to the Pacific coast were mana whenua’s highw

WE HAVE SEEN RTA’S PUBLISHED PROJECTS at Tawharanui, the Catlins, Wanaka, the Cardrona Valley and many other places. In each, there is a reaching out to establish connection to topography, climate and social precedent: the ubiquitous Central Otago ba