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.

Architecture New Zealand

Rethinking awards

A rumination on place

Before there was dank, there was Frank

ADAPTIVE RE-USE TOWER TAKES OUT TOP WAF AWARD

A+W.NZ TĀTUHI DRAWING ARCHIVE SELECTION

CHANGING LIVES

MEET THE JURY

SHIFTING FOUNDATIONS

STUDENT DESIGN AWARDS

F. GORDON WILSON FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCED

OCEANIC ARCHITECTURAL ROUTES AT OBJECTSPACE

DUCKS IN THE DECORATED SHED

Haumi ē! Hui ē! Tāiki ē! Becoming great ancestors • TOA Architects’ founder Nicholas Dalton has a vision that, by 2040, all its architects will be fluent in te reo Māori and all other firms will have overhauled their policies and practices to ensure te Tiriti is embedded. That way, TOA’s rangitahi will be able to go to any practice and feel safe and valued.

Revisiting the Aaltos • Pete Bossley tours Finnish architecture and design, using drawing as thinking to uncover its power.

MARK GASCOIGNE • With a background in theatre and music, Mark Gascoigne switched things up by deciding on a career in architecture. Today, he delights in delivering colourful and creative retail, hospitality and living spaces for his clients.

Work

An atmosphere of recovery • Dorita Hannah visits Klein Architects’ transformative Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit, Tiaho Mai, and discovers a new era in therapeutic design.

Channelling that ’70s’ vibe • West Plaza, Neville Price’s elegant aerofoil, is renamed 1 Albert Street and its podium has a much-needed makeover by Ignite Architects. Bill McKay, a child of the ’70s, is feeling the love.

Accounting for carbon • Amanda Harkness investigates Studio Pacific Architecture’s adaptive re-use of Brandon House and finds a makeover that delivers the commercial tower, dating back to the 1960s, some impressive sustainability credentials.

Under the folds of the rock • In Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club by Richard Priest Architect, in association with 106 Architects, Sir Bob Harvey finds a modest building designed to merge with its majestic setting.

City Guide: Whangārei

The New Queensland House

Medium

Urban Art Village

CARTOON