Architecture Now

November 2021 (Issue 6)

Provocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built works and the issues and events that matter.

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Work

The space between

Practice | Chris Barton explores Te Wānanga, the long-planned replacement public space for the former Queen Elizabeth II Square, and Te Ngau o Horotiu, the new Downtown Ferry Terminal.

Ebb and flow

Practice | Chris Barton finds Te Ngau o Horotiu, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport’s new Downtown Ferry Terminal designed by Isthmus, speaks to the moon.

Watching the collectives

Projects | From December 2019 to March 2021, the value of New Zealand’s housing stock increased by $324 billion or about $65K per person in our team of five million.

Across the Board

Opinion: Off with my head!

Practice | Pip Cheshire recommends an industry-wide road map to survival and resilience.

Opinion — Architecture: to love people and place

Practice | Karamia Müller looks forward to a return to people and place with a renewed sense of aroha.

Opinion — Left behind: a Pacific story

Practice | Karamia Müller considers the housing shortage we have inherited because of the value we place on heritage

Editorial: Chris Barton on no more blah, blah, blah

Practice | Rays of hope emanated from the COP26 ‘Build Better Now’ virtual pavilion, showcasing 17 “exemplary sustainable projects” and explaining the ways in which construction has contributed to climate change and how future buildings could be less carbon intensive.

Claude Megson recognised in UK civic architecture journal

News | A comprehensive review of the work of New Zealand architect Claude Megson and its relevance to the UK contemporary scene has appeared in the UK Journal of Civic Architecture, edited by Patrick Lynch.