Architecture New Zealand, September 2015
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Across the Board
Downtown dilemma
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Joel Cayford discusses the Council’s proposed sale of Queen Elizabeth Square in downtown Auckland and its implications.
Toxic declaration
Practice
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Labelling tools are now helping architects choose material products to help sustain the health of a building’s occupants.
Alejandro Haiek Coll: “We are citizens”
People
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An interview with the Venezuelan architect dedicated to resuscitating inactive landscapes and degraded social contexts.
Projects
O’Sullivan Studio
Projects
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Michael O’Sullivan has an unconventional architectural approach as client, architect and builder of his Lyttleton studio.
Games Village for the 2015 Pacific Games
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The games village is envisaged as a point of engagement between the heart of the country, its people and the outside world.
Reasserting heritage: Te Oro
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With its roots in Pacific culture, Archimedia’s new community centre has been likened to “a giant musical instrument”.
Len Lye Centre
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Patterson Associates’ sculptural art gallery invokes the spirit of renowned Kiwi artist Len Lye and New Plymouth’s culture.
Work
Snakeskin chic
Projects
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Guy Marriage highlights the unique design of BNZ Place in Wellington, from its bone-like verandah to its slender structural diagrid and rooftop oculus.
Review
2015 Student Architecture Congress
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25 New Zealand students recently travelled to Melbourne to “collaborate, build and scheme about all things architecture”.
Iberian Study Tour
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Fourth-year UoA student Ryan Mahon offers some learnings from an architectural study tour through Spain and Portugal.
Walking on sunshine
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A review of Spanish architectural practice selgascano’s colourful offering, currently sited in Kensington Gardens, London.
Book review: Living in Paradox
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Matthew Bradbury reviews Living in Paradox: A History of Urban Design across Kainga, Towns and Cities in New Zealand.