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Obituary

Obituary: Sir Miles Warren

People | Ian Lochhead pays tribute to Frederick Miles Warren ONZ, KBE, FNZIA, New Zealand’s most celebrated and influential architect of the 20th century.

Review

Itinerary City Guide: Whakatū Nelson

Review | In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Donna Luo explore the architectural evolution of Whakatū Nelson.

Profile

Colour Collab: Victoria Read

People | Director of Aspect Architecture Victoria Read is inspired by architecture that reflects the natural environment and adds to the built landscape in a positive way.

Practice

Pattersons

Practice | Ten architectural practitioners at Patterson Associates talk about their work and the themes that draw them together.

Columns

Plan and section

People | Pip Cheshire finds the world of creative endeavour is one sometimes beset with angst, false starts, revisions and abandoned variations.

Interiors

Material Focus: Seven

Projects | We talk to SemiCreative’s creative director James Irvine about the interior of Seven – winner of this year’s Hospitality Award at the Interior Awards.

Crit

Review: Hundertwasser in New Zealand – The Art of Creating Paradise

Review | Bill McKay reviews the latest book on Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser and finds it has much to offer.

Review: Heart of the City: The Story of Christchurch’s Controversial Cathedral

Review | Vanessa Coxhead believes Edmund Bohan’s Heart of the City is the closest we will come to the walls of the cathedral talking.

Bringing you European luxury

Products | Jan van Deventer of Matisse discusses the latest project development in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay – Jervois & Lawrence.

Across the Board

Brick Bay Folly finalists revealed

News | Folly judge Pip Cheshire considers the proposals by this year’s finalists and finds that each of them reflects the moral and cultural climate of our era.

Tauranga to be home to largest timber office building

Projects | Tauranga City Council’s new office building is set to be the largest mass timber office building in New Zealand and will target a net zero carbon footprint.

Waterside living

Projects | Construction has begun on Catalina Bay Apartments, the new $150m development being the largest of its kind to commence construction this year.

The Greenhouse taking form

Projects | Construction starts on a new Auckland landmark named for the 150,000 iridescent, green-glazed bricks that will adorn its façade.

A complex ecology

People | Karamia Müller discusses the impact of economic policy on housing policy and the complex ecology that ensues.

Architecture New Zealand, September 2022

September 2022 (Issue 5)

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