Architecture New Zealand, July 2023
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House talk
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Pip Cheshire has a quiet conversation with his house.
Fifteen cigarettes a day
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Karamia Müller ponders New Zealand’s housing crisis and its connection with a decreased lifespan, and after discussion with former tutor Graeme Burgess, arrives at a possible solution.
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Global warming…’
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Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Across the Board
Earthshot Prize contender
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X-Frame is in the running for the $2,000,000 Earthshot Prize.
Tauranga’s new $303mil civic precinct
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Plans are revealed for Te Manawataki o Te Papa in Tauranga, a ‘once-in-a-generation project’ that will see a vibrant new cultural hub created in the city’s centre.
Towards meaningful reconciliation: Te Whare Hononga
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Te Whare Hononga opens in New Plymouth.
Historic Bay of Plenty wharenui to be rebuilt
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Endangered Māori building methods pass seismic testing.
Obituary: Nanette Cameron
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Long-standing friend of the Cameron family Vivienne Stone pays tribute to interior design legend Nanette Cameron (27 September 1927–13 April 2023).
Open Christchurch 2023
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Architect Matthew Webby visits a stellar range of architectural projects and spaces that contribute to Otautahi’s unique sense of place.
Future focus in Uptown
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More than 500 architecture and urban design students in Tāmaki Makaurau have been asked to re-imagine a rejuvenated Uptown district, on the city’s fringe.
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Welcome to the chocolate fish
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Guy Marriage negotiates the black diagrid structure and sinuous, muscular swoops of Tākina’s confectionary-coloured façade and finds plenty of attraction in Wellington’s new convention centre by Studio Pacific Architecture.
The curve of the kina
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Trudie Bradbourne explores the cocoonlike quality of the Kina, the latest addition to Taranaki’s Green School by Boon.
Green commons
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John Walsh visits the Toiora High Street Cohousing project in Ōtepoti Dunedin, by Architype, and finds a connection to a timeless tradition of shared space.
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Colour Collab: Felicity Brenchley
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In this series brought to you by Resene, artist and architect Felicity Brenchley speaks about working with simple composition, proportion, materiality, colour and texture.
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Itinerary: Waitangi and Paihia
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In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Miro Sumich highlight thirteen historic sites across Waitangi and Paihia.