Architecture NZ

Architecture New Zealand is the journal for New Zealand’s architects. For over fifty years it has been at the centre of the profession – keeping architects informed, inspired and engaged with reviews of the latest projects, insightful commentary on key issues and critical discussion of practice matters.

UNLEASHING ARCHITECTURAL CREATIVITY • Facade design is an integral part of building architecture. The exterior appearance of a building serves as a reflection of its function and purpose, while the shape of the facade plays a crucial role in determining its aesthetic appeal. Engrave, perforate, cut or add original artwork; there are numerous design considerations when selecting a facade material.

Architecture NZ

Impervious vs absorbent

The good, the bad and the ugly

What water?

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL SHORT LIST

STANDING TALL AT HAYMAN PARK

OBITUARY: NIGEL COOK • Hera Cook pays tribute to her father, the highly creative and innovative New Zealand architect and activist who pioneered the wind-rain house.

MATERIAL FOCUS: PICNICKA • One of Tauranga’s newest dining destinations recreates the experience of a European picnic. We talk to designer Summer Bishop of CTRL Space about the thinking behind the project.

FIVE FOLLY FINALISTS SELECTED FOR BRICK BAY • Amanda Harkness looks at the concepts proposed by this year’s Brick Bay Folly finalists and finds both creative composition and intrinsic decomposition.

INTERIOR AWARDS 2023

VOICING A VISION FOR UPTOWN • Bill McKay visits the Uptown Futures Festival on Auckland’s city fringe, where student-developed designs look to drive the evolution of the precinct.

ALL ABOUT THAT CURVE • Katie Scott of Auckland-based interior design studio Sticks+Stones loves a curve and, here, in this bungalow kitchen renovation, she uses them to beautiful effect. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.

Silly analogies from a serious practice • Sarosh Mulla explores the humour in Pac Studio’s practice both to provoke and to uncover thinking about the underlying complexities of architecture while also making it accessible and fun.

Celebrating 10 years of Innovation in Design

Work

Deeply tau • Derek Kawiti surveys Pā Reo, the latest additions to Te Wānanga o Raukawa campus in Ōtaki by Tennent Brown Architects, and the dedicated process under way to achieve Living Building Challenge certification.

Suiting up • Jeremy Smith investigates a new fashion statement in Blenheim’s combined library and art gallery, Te Kahu o Waipuna by Warren and Mahoney.

Listening to the building • Bill McKay traverses the histories of the Hayman and Kronfeld Buildings in downtown Auckland’s Britomart precinct and their elegant adaptive re-use by Peddlethorp.

TONI BRANDSO • On a mission to challenge the status quo and disrupt the norm with inspiring, creative and contemporary spaces, Material Creative co-founder Toni Brandso is as colourful and full of life as the interiors she crafts.

Local Architecture Awards 2023

AUCKLAND

WAIKATO & BAY OF PLENTY

WESTERN

WELLINGTON

NELSON & MARLBOROUGH

CANTERBURY

SOUTHERN

Brown vs. Brown

ITINERARY_ PoMo in New Zealand

Rewi

SETTING A NEW STANDARD IN WORKPLACE DESIGN • GH Commercial worked alongside design and architecture studio Elenberg Fraser to craft a unique human-centred design for Slattery’s stunning new office space in Melbourne.

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