Architecture Now

May 2023 (Issue 3)

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

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In favour of spiders

People | Pip Cheshire considers the new and profound challenges presented by recent climate change and how best to deal with them.

The line between good and bad

People | Karamia Müller believes that if beauty in architecture is attainable then so, too, should be equity.

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘The Gantt Chart…’

People | Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.

Across the Board

Fisher & Paykel on the move

Projects | Fisher & Paykel Appliances has released the design of its new global headquarters in Auckland’s Penrose.

Future dreaming

Projects | Students studying Architecture have been called on to re-imagine Auckland’s Uptown district as part of a four-day Uptown Futures Festival held over Matariki.

A+W•NZ Dulux Awards 2023 - call for nominations

Awards | Entries are now open for this unique awards event, aiming to celebrate and promote women in architecture, and those striving for greater diversity within the industry.

First stage of The Foundation nears completion

Projects | The first stage of Generus Living Group’s latest high-end retirement village designed by Peddlethorp, The Foundation, is due for completion in September.

The Drawing Board

Review | Anthony Hōete watched Whakaata Māori’s The Drawing Board with Matilda Phillips and, together, they consider its narrative on the rise of Māori architecture.

Untroubled by theory

People | Mike Austin observes a recurring trend among thesis students where an emphasis on presentation and reference to exalted precedents has set a course for accepted design standards.

The Voice of the Kōkōhau

Projects | This year’s winning Brick Bay Folly, ‘Te Reo o te Hau’, ‘The Voice of the Kōkōhau’, asks us to listen to the voice of the wind and explore the kōrero it has with its surroundings.

Product

Material Focus: Arvida

Projects | Stack Interiors has created a home with soul in the central-Auckland workplace of retirement community operator Arvida. We speak to designer Lauren Scott about the process.

Colour Collab: Tessa Pawson

People | In this series brought to you by Resene, senior associate and interior design lead at Peddlethorp, Tessa Pawson, delves into her interior inspirations.

A study of light and dark

Projects | This seaside home in Christchurch’s Sumner draws on both site and context for its exterior cladding, alluding to the ubiquitous driftwood at the nearby water’s edge.

Work

Country manor come to town

Projects | Pip Cheshire navigates the striking arrangement of formal and informal space at RTA Studio’s Zed House, located in the affluent suburb of Fendalton, in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Sharing mātauranga Māori

Projects | Deidre Brown tells the founding story of Te Taumata o Kupe, Te Mahurehure Marae, by TOA Architects.

Towards child-centred design

Projects | Evžen Novák explores the structural and clinical complexities and patient focus of Wellington’s new children’s hospital Te Wao Nui — ‘The Great Forest’ by Studio Design + Architecture.

Solar gain

Projects | Matthew Webby soaks in the sun, the water and the sustainability of Ōpuke Thermal Pools and Spa by Sheppard & Rout Architects.

Crit

Book review: Speculative Coolness: Architecture, Media, the Real, and the Virtual