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 NZ

Mind the gap

In favour of spiders

The line between good and bad

FISHER & PAYKEL ON THE MOVE

FUTURE DREAMING

CORENET SYMPOSIUM: READY FOR THE FUTURE

AWARDS TO OFFSET CARBON

FIRST STAGE OF THE FOUNDATION NEARS COMPLETION

THE DRAWING BOARD • Anthony Hōete watched Whakaata Māori’s The Drawing Board with Matilda Phillips and, together, they consider its narrative on the rise of Māori architecture.

UNTROUBLED BY THEORY • Mike Austin observes a recurring trend among thesis students.

THE GOOD LIFE • Amanda Harkness talks to Spacecraft Architects about its first foray into co-housing and the happy end result.

THE VOICE OF THE KŌKŌHAU • This year’s winning Brick Bay Folly, Te reo o te Hau, the voice of the kōkōhau, asks us to listen to the voice of the wind and explore the kōrero it has with its surroundings. Amanda Harkness investigates.

TESSA PAWSON • Senior associate and interior design lead at Peddlethorp, Tessa Pawson is passionate about creating bespoke and individual experiences for clients across the hospitality, residential, retirement and workplace sectors.

Design for decolonisation • Richard Francis-Jones, design director of fjcstudio (formerly fjmtstudio), reflects on the ways in which a new architecture can begin to undo colonial architecture’s symbols and institutional instruments of oppression.

GET THE LOOK ON YOUR WALLS

Work

Country manor come to town • Pip Cheshire navigates the striking arrangement of formal and informal space at RTA Studio’s Zed House in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Sharing mātauranga Māori • Deidre Brown tells the founding story of Te Taumata o Kupe, Te Mahurehure Marae, by TOA Architects.

Towards child-centred design • Evžen Novák explores the structural and clinical complexities and patient focus of Wellington’s new children’s hospital Te Wao Nui – ‘The Great Forest’ by Studio Design + Architecture (now joined with Ignite Architects).

Solar gain • Matthew Webby soaks in the sun, the water and the sustainability of Ōpuke Thermal Pools and Spa by Sheppard & Rout Architects.

Structon Group in Wellington

Crit / Book

Henry Kulka • Mary Gaudin and Giles Reid Gaudin & Reid, 2022

CARTOON