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Everyone’s a critic

People | Chris Barton reports on the World Architecture Festival 2023 and some inspirational projects transforming people’s lives.

Colour Collab: Greg Young

People | In this series brought to you by Resene, Greg Young discusses his unorthodox entrance into the world of architecture and his practice’s award-winning use of colour.

Columns

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Risk management…’

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

Cities of self-interest

People | Architect Pip Cheshire believes a respectful acknowledgment of the underlying values of the whenua can yield a city of beauty and humanity.

Freedom for the hollow lands

People | Karamia Müller considers the ‘architecture’ of land occupation and the ideological differences that reveal the politics of sovereignty.

Across the Board

Ravenscar House museum wins WAF Culture Award

Awards | We wrap up the World Architecture Festival winners for 2023 (WAF & INSIDE), amongst them Ravenscar House Museum in Christchurch, by architects RTA Studio.

2023 Resene Student Design Awards

Awards | Eleven students from Aotearoa’s four schools of architecture were finalists in the 2023 Resene Student Design Awards, held at St Matthew-in-the-City in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Community Impact Award: Call for entries

Awards | Following the positive reception of its introduction last year — celebrating the design and lasting impact of fundraised community projects — this year sees its return.

Fifty years of façades

News | Façade solutions provider Thermosash celebrates 50 years with the opening of its new 17,000m² facility in Auckland’s Henderson, at the end of November.

A+W NZ Tātuhi Drawing Archive

Awards | Jonathan Qian Jiang’s Scroll Park Drawing Through Three Ages has been selected for the Architecture+Women.NZ Tātuhi Drawing Architecture: Sarah Treadwell Archive for 2024.

Dulux Colour Awards judges announced

News | Dulux has announced this year’s Colour Awards jury which includes colour aficionado and director of Pac Studio, Sarosh Mulla, among the line-up.

Addressing emerging realities

People | Melanie McDaid caught up with Kai-Uwe Bergmann of Bjarke Ingels Group ahead of his visit to New Zealand in February for the NZIA in:situ conference.

Awards

Interior Awards 2024: Meet the jury

Awards | This year’s Interior Awards jury brings together a group of talented designers whose wide range of experience covers projects both in Aotearoa and further afield.

Practice

Simple and pure

Practice | HMOA’s founding directors consider the evolution of the practice over the past 26 years and the importance of relationships, resilience and respect.

Bringing the change

Practice | Ewan Brown discusses the Living Pā at Victoria University of Wellington, the latest in a list of Tennent Brown projects implementing the Living Building Challenge.

Work

Ka hoki ki te whare huri ai e!

Projects | Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Saul Roberts take a uniquely Māori view in their exploration of RCG’s Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa in Rotorua.

Resonating to different frequencies

Projects | Guy Marriage considers the Herculean task undertaken by Architecture + in the design and restoration of five buildings on Wellington’s busiest intersection at 8 Willis Street.

The resilience of the diagram

Projects | Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.

Energy at the cellar door

Projects | Amanda Harkness visits The Runholder on the outskirts of Martinborough, where Nott Architects has created a new home for Te Kairanga and two of its sister brands.

Projects

He pari kārohirohi, he whakapapa pounamu

Projects | Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Saul Roberts have prepared a pātere to be viewed before reading their review of Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa.

Crit

Architecture New Zealand, January 2024

January 2024 (Issue 1)

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