Architecture Now

November 2023 (Issue 6)

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

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Columns

Editorial: Anatomy of a sinkhole

People | A 100-year old broken pipe leading to catastrophic waste-water contamination in the Waitematā raises concerns for how Watercare will manage our biggest city’s aging drains.

Some ideas about ideas

People | Pip Cheshire considers how best to negotiate the path between the development of architectural propositions and the studio’s well-being.

Is the system working?

People | Karamia Müller looks beyond the “electoral moment” to the built realm and asks whether or not the system is working.

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Dreaming…’

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

Across the Board

Timber arch sets record for size

Projects | Air New Zealand’s new Hangar 4 is set to be the largest timber arch in the southern hemisphere.

Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin publish Withers House

Review | Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin publish Withers House.

Obituary: Marshall Cook

People | Pip Cheshire and Lindley Naismith pay tribute to NZIA Gold Medal-winning architect and friend Marshall Cook (23 June 1940–28 September 2023).

Architecture+Women.NZ Dulux Award 2023

Awards | Held every three years, this unique awards programme celebrates women in the field of architecture across just three categories: Leadership, Diversity and Excellence.

Waterfront wonders

People | The third Model Citizens event was held during the 2023 Aotearoa Festival of Architecture and Auckland Architecture Week, with 11 teams coming together to compete.

Forever an educator

People | Robin Skinner remembers heritage and contemporary architecture academic and enthusiast Michael Findlay (1959–2019) and his passion for mid-century modernism.

Product

Laminex: New awakenings

People | Kairangi Ama, Interior Designer at Woods Bagot, collaborates with Laminex, creating contemplative and earthy still lifes featuring their new range of Italian porcelain surfaces.

Interior Spaces: Committed to quality

Projects | When it comes to medium-density housing, Ōtautahi-based practice Sheppard & Rout has form. Amanda Harkness considers its latest project, Worcester Terraces.

COLORSTEEL® Awards winners announced for 2023

Awards | The Awards recognising excellence in architecture & roofing named eight winners in a celebration of workmanship, innovation, design, and energy efficiency.

Work

Communities of learning

Practice | Jasper van der Lingen investigates how extensive community consultation shaped the carefully layered communal forms of Christchurch’s new Te Aratai College by Architectus.

Vernacular adventure

Projects | On the upper reaches of Lake Wakatipu, RTA Studio and Bureaux go high concept with traditional types at The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp.

Warm walls and good manners

Projects | Bill McKay visits Te Mātāwai, Kāinga Ora’s new mixed-tenure, high-density social housing development in Auckland’s Greys Avenue by Mode Design.

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