Architecture New Zealand, September 2021
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Editorial: Chris Barton on a wound upon a building
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“The architecture of suicide is not an easy topic but, for architects who might adhere to an ethical position akin to “first, do no harm”, it’s a topic that can’t be avoided.”
Finalists announced: Brick Bay Folly 2021
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With sustainability, the pandemic and climate and biodiversity crises front of mind, this year’s Brick Bay Folly entries tackled issues beyond those of simply translating whimsical computer renders into constructed reality.
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Review: Slow Boil
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Lana Lopesi looks at this exhibition, which ran at Artspace Aotearoa from 29 May – 07 August 2021, and “explores kai rituals, notions of space, sovereignty and mapping, and New Zealand’s role in Indigenous dispossession of others.”
Review: SANNZ 24 Hour Design Competition
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Kyle Martin discusses this annual student competition, where 12 teams from across the country gathered with one day to design for a mystery brief.
Itinerary: Tairāwhiti Gisborne city guide
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Julia Gatley takes us around locations of architectural significance and interest in the region she grew up in – the country’s eastern port – for this month’s Itinerary.
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Passive, active and simple
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Ferdinand Oswald explores three research pathways to sustainable housing design and how they might fit in with the Aotearoa climate.
Work
Shaping a richer culture
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Dorita Hannah explores Diocesan School for Girls’ basilica-like Performing Arts Centre by McIldowie Partners in association with Upton Architects and what it highlights about the value of theatre in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau.
Found in translation
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Jeremy Smith samples the high life low down at the a r + d and Bossley Architects-designed Park Hyatt in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.
Book reviews
The Architect and the Artists: Hackshaw McCahon Dibble The collaborative projects 1965–1979
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Lynda Simmons finds a successful reframing of the works of already well-published artists Colin McCahon and Paul Dibble and architect Jim Hackshaw.
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Opinion: The journey into knowing
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Karamia Müller muses on centring Māoridom: “My answer is: we must try and, when we get it wrong, we must be open to correction with humility.”
Obituary: Ron Sang
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Gina Hochstein pays tribute to a celebrated New Zealand architect, art collector and book publisher, whose award-winning career spanned more than five decades.
Opinion: Force de frappe
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Pip Cheshire finds himself in a bit of a dilemma when it comes to government directives on housing density: the nimby versus the urbanist versus the politico.
Material Focus: Cuba Precinct
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Athfield Architects associate Kim Salt discusses the thinking behind the fit-out of the NZIA-award-winning space for lead tenant Greater Wellington Regional Council.