Architecture New Zealand, March 2024
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In the mind’s eye
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Chris Barton considers OpenAI’s latest offering, Sora, and its ability to render real worlds into existence.
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What is is about trees?
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Pip Cheshire dreams of verdant cities in Aotearoa that look to Singapore for inspiration and encourages architects to argue the case for trees.
Habits of mind
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Karamia Müller looks at the relational nature of Te Tiriti and the importance of collectivism over individualism.
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Itchy fingers…’
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Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Across the Board
City-shaping
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New renders visualise the proposed Te Tōangaroa stadium by global firm HKS in collaboration with Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei and local design partners Buchan and TOA.
Housing Summit 2024
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The New Zealand Green Building Council Housing Summit will take place on Wednesday 22 May at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.
WallÉ Mark II set to take shape
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Irving Smith Architects continues to further new generations of timber structural buildings with its latest project in Whakatū Nelson’s central CBD.
New category announced for this year’s Interior Awards
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This year sees the introduction of a new Education category to the Interior Awards, to recognise schools, universities and other learning facilities.
Discover Ōtautahi through its architecture
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Open Christchurch, the ‘annual festival of architectural excellence,’ returns in early May with a bumper programme prepared by Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making.
Grand design down under
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Mike Austin considers the long-running TV series franchise and its missing component — the architect — while Amanda Harkness goes to see Kevin McCloud on tour.
Colour Collab: Chantal Gaiqui
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In this series brought to you by Resene, Chantal Gaiqui discusses how engaging spatial design solutions connect people to the land and the land to the people.
Weaving a conduit for environmental knowledge
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Isabella Muirhead of the University of Auckland was the winner of 2023’s NZIA Resene Student Design Awards. Here, she describes her project, Common Ground.
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Material Focus: Waka Kotahi NZTA
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We talk to André Bankier-Perry of (DGSE) about the delivery of a 9000m2 government workplace fit-out, and how social sustainability was pivotal throughout the scheme.
Interior Spaces: Geometric surprise
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Architect Henri Sayes of Sayes Studio embraces the curve in one of his most recent projects — his own home. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.
A Long Bay farewell
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Partner content: A stunning entertainer’s home in Auckland’s Long Bay was the last hurrah for a boutique design and build company prior to seeking new adventures in the South Island.
Practice
Te taura whakairo: the continuing tradition
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This year’s Te Kāhui Whaihanga Gold Medallist, Deidre Brown, discusses her journey through architecture as she follows the evolution of Māori and Pacific design.
Work
Towards an old architecture
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Anthony Hōete finds an emergent force in play at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato’s The Pā, designed in collaboration by Architectus, Jasmax and designTRIBE.
Culture and collegiality
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John Walsh visits Te Rangihīroa, the University of Otago’s new hall of residence designed by Jasmax.
Home on the lease
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Jeremy Smith investigates William Samuels Architects’ artfully constructed take on affordable housing, Studio House.
Masters of reinvention
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Amanda Harkness takes a tour of Precinct Properties’ revitalised head office, by Warren and Mahoney, and finds a series of dramatically different elevations.
Crit
Itinerary: Heritage conservation stories of our era
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In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley call attention to 14 heritage sites in New Zealand.
Book Review: Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice
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Graeme McConchie reviews the latest book in the Time Honored Architectural Conservation Documentation series.
Book: Sheppard & Rout Architects Vol 1 1982–2021
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Jeremy Smith reviews the first volume covering Sheppard & Rout Architects’ first 39-years and contemplates the “a much-ado-about-everything calling” that is writing a book.