Architecture New Zealand, May 2024
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The theory of everything
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Chris Barton explores the consequences of the housing crisis and the ethical obligation of architects to tackle the problem.
Columns
Secede Auckland!
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Opinion: Pip Cheshire considers the potential of an independent Auckland to improve urban planning efficiency, taking its cue from city-states such as Singapore.
On reading and lucky jobs
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Karamia Müller reflects on framing productivity and concepts of work in the wake of technology’s promise and a post-COVID workforce grappling with rising living costs.
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘A modern parable…’
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Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Across the Board
Futuna Chapel Fund launched
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The Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust has officially launched the Futuna Chapel Fund.
Priceless taonga set to come home
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RTA Studio has designed a two-level, 2067m2 home to house approximately 90,000 artefacts for the Hastings and Napier Councils in Hastings’ cultural precinct.
Are you okay?
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Pam Carter discusses her thoughts on mental health and well-being within the industry.
The new natural
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Jeremy Smith and Andrew Barrie talk with Junya Ishigami at Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ in:situ conference.
2024 Brick Bay Folly winner announced
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This year’s colourful winning Brick Bay Folly, Femme-ly Velues, represents a first for the programme since its launch almost 10 years ago. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.
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Material Focus: The Helier
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Tessa Pawson of Peddlethorp discusses one of the practice’s most recent projects for long-standing client Oceania and the thinking behind its interiors.
Colour Collab: Oli Booth
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In this series brought to you by Resene, Oli Booth creates a still life artwork using Resene colours that pays tribute to his eponymous architecture practice’s affinity with nature.
Practice
‘Oh Vienna’ Where do we live tomorrow?
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Architecture Workshop’s Christopher Kelly examines Vienna’s ‘affordability of everyday life’ and recommends an amalgam of solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis.
Interiors
Interior Spaces: Raising the bar
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When the world’s largest law firm appointed Unispace to design its new workplace in Wellington, it was looking for a radical new environment. Amanda Harkness investigates.
Work
Stripped to its bones for the planet
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In Building 201’s extensive makeover by Jasmax for Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Bill McKay finds the future of architecture is not about prioritising appearance, it is about taking climate change seriously.
Under the roof
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Abigail Hurst looks at Marian College, the bold transformation of a former Foodstuffs distribution centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects, and what it says about sustainability and schools of the future.
Re-imagining urban communities
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Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.
Levity and gravity
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John Walsh explores Omata Beach House, winner of the 2023 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing, by Herbst Architects and finds a pavilion on a plinth that seems as though it’s grown out of the land.
Crit
Itinerary: Monica F Barham in Southland
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This Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, highlights 13 projects by Monica F Barham — the first in a series dedicated to a singular female architect’s practice work.
The Hannah Playhouse: Theatre architecture as enduring event
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This year’s arts festivals in both Wellington and Auckland were distinguished by a superb New Zealand theatre work, Gravity and Grace, developed in Wellington’s Hannah Playhouse, now referred to as The Hannah.
Exhibition: Womb Chair Speaks
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Gina Hochstein discusses Womb Chair Speaks, an exhibition hosted by the University of Auckland, designed by renowned mid-century modernist architect Eero Saarinen.