A polite new neighbour
Darryl Church explores the mixed-use office, hospitality, retail and accommodation development, Customs Quay Ahuriri, by RTA Studio.
Draft: Colour Collab: Alison Gwerder
As senior interior designer at Beca in New Plymouth, Alison Gwerder creates environments that promote and foster community, and enhance our society and culture.
Podcast: Who, or what, defines Indigenous architecture?
Carroll Go-Sam and Deidre Brown explore the progress of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Global recognition for Stack Interiors’ UDC Finance
STACK Interiors’ design for UDC Finance Limited is gaining international attention, with the workplace project longlisted in the 2025 Dezeen Awards.
Safety comes first: Winstone Wallboards’ Tauranga facility
Winstone Wallboards’ state-of-the-art Tauranga facility is setting a new safety benchmark for large-scale industrial developments in Aotearoa New Zealand.
News
Reflecting on how we engage with our surroundings
A new commission by Ammon Ngakuru takes the stage at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Architects reimagine affordable homes
Cynthia Yuan and Norman Wei are the recipients of the 2025 F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Affordable Housing. Their proposal, Loose-Fit Futures, has been recognised for its multicultural approach to rethinking domestic space in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Re(NEW) the Gordon Wilson Flats
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington is urged by The Architectural Centre to reuse the structure of Wellington’s controversial Gordon Wilson Flats.
The Festival of Architecture’s Great Debate is back
Open to all, the popular quick-fire battle will feature six speakers (architects, engineers and social commentators) facing off in two teams, to argue for and against the motion: “AI would design Auckland better than us”.
Projects
A polite new neighbour
Darryl Church explores the mixed-use office, hospitality, retail and accommodation development, Customs Quay Ahuriri, by RTA Studio.
Safety comes first: Winstone Wallboards’ Tauranga facility
Winstone Wallboards’ state-of-the-art Tauranga facility is setting a new safety benchmark for large-scale industrial developments in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Staging a vibrant ecosystem
Dorita Hannah visits the new, purpose-built home of The Court Theatre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, designed by London-based firm Haworth Tompkins in collaboration with Athfield Architects.
Review
Draft: Itinerary: Edgecumbe and White
In this Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Matt Grant tours 15 projects designed by the architecture firm Edgecumbe and White that have shaped Hamilton’s growth.
Ideas from the Inaugural Aotearoa Biophilic Event
Iva Parapunova of Stack Interiors,discusses the complex ideas surrounding biophilia raised at the Inaugural Aotearoa Biophilic Event in September that was made up of a series of discussions, panels and presentations from leading designers.
Sahil Tiku: Journeys through the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture
In this four-part series, award-winning writer, architectural graduate and past UoA representative for SANNZ, Sahil Tiku, journeys through the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture. Taking in lectures, debates, open studios, exhibitions and more.
Practice
Forging relationships
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Murali Bhaskar, partner and design director at Boon in New Plymouth, reflects on his time with the 51-year-old architecture firm.
People, place and culture
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Designgroup Stapleton Elliott director Michael Ware reflects on the studio’s evolution.
Moments of warmth, tactility and embrace
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Ben Lloyd and Mike Hartley discuss their practice goals of being in the moment.
Awards
Global recognition for Stack Interiors’ UDC Finance
STACK Interiors’ design for UDC Finance Limited is gaining international attention, with the workplace project longlisted in the 2025 Dezeen Awards.
Entries open to the 2025 AAA Design Awards
The Auckland Architecture Association Design Awards are back for 2025. Entries are open from 19th August and close 21st September.
People
Podcast: Who, or what, defines Indigenous architecture?
Carroll Go-Sam and Deidre Brown explore the progress of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Draft: Colour Collab: Alison Gwerder
As senior interior designer at Beca in New Plymouth, Alison Gwerder creates environments that promote and foster community, and enhance our society and culture.
Slow learners
Chris Barton considers the current New Zealand’s climate adaptation legislation framework inefficient.
Jasmax appoints Tim Melville as Technical Specialist
Jasmax has announced the appointment of Tim Melville as Technical Specialist, who brings over 30 years of architectural experience to the role.