Architecture New Zealand, July 2021
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Review: Pouwātū: Active Presence
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Paul Simei-Barton looks at this collaboration from photographer John Miller and architectural designer Elisapeta Heta, which ran at Objectspace from 9 March to 30 May 2021.
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Walking backwards
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Mark Southcombe finds the essential character of Wellington’s Cuba Street in Athfield Architects’ remaking of the Farmers Building and adjoining buildings to be a sensitive bridging of time.
Free range
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Jeremy Smith discovers a small ‘mufti day’ in the search for housing when he visits a reworked flour mill by Malcolm Walker Architects.
A taniwha awakes
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Felicity Wallace contemplates the Te Matapihi Bulls Community Centre by Architecture Workshop and finds a building full of wonderful ideas – some, such as its adjacent public square, yet to be completed.
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Growing up, not out: A review of Open Christchurch
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Fritha Powell took to her bike to visit as many architectural projects as she could when the city of Christchurch opened its doors to the public in mid-May.
Opinion: On confusion
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Pip Cheshire writes about the critical place anticipation and agency have in our trade. “We spend most of our time making marks and orchestrating events with long gestations and repercussions well beyond our formal engagement.”
Itinerary: Queenstown city guide
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We travel to Otago to compile this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux: a region rich with projects taking architectural risks and leaning on the landscape for inspiration.
Six storey love song
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Matthew Paetz grapples with new density controls in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020, perhaps the most significant government policy for cities in Aotearoa New Zealand of the past 30 years.
Editorial: Chris Barton on a duty of care
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Architecture NZ editor Barton notes a lack of language regarding sustainability in our professional bodies’ codes. “Distressingly … there is no mention of climate change in the NZRAB’s code.”