Architecture New Zealand, September 2024
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Gobsmacked
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Chris Barton considers the trending narrative in mainstream media tv show New Zealand’s Best Homes with Phil Spencer.
Finding a public voice
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Opinion: Pip Cheshire believes architects should be at the vanguard of those giving voice to improve our environment, and that the Institute should be their megaphone.
Going for growth
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Karamia Müller considers the current coalition government’s strategy for addressing the housing supply crisis and questions why we can’t treat housing as a basic human right.
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘NZS F4 — an update…’
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Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Across the Board
Architectural writing winners announced
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Find out who the winners of this year’s Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing are and read an exclusive excerpt from the Open category winner.
Affordable house impresses global judges
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Amongst this year’s World Architecture Festival short list was an unexpected find in the Future Projects - House category — a flat-pack home, designed by RTA Studio.
Iwi-led build-to-rent
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Te Whānau o Waipareira has embarked on a high-density, build-to-rent kaumātua housing project in Auckland’s Ōtāhuhu, designed and master-planned by Isthmus.
An expression of hauora
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Jasmax has partnered with ĀKAU and Australian health design specialists HDR on the design of the new Northland Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre at Whangārei Hospital.
A meditation on landscapes
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University of Auckland School of Architecture student Donna Luo considers our responsibilities with regard to the land on which we live.
Judges select finalists for Brick Bay Folly
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This year, five fanciful submissions have been short-listed for the prestigious 2025 Brick Bay Folly. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look at the line-up.
Product
Material Focus: Te Arikinui Pullman
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Vee Kessner of Space Studio explains the ways in which the boutique interior design practice embedded Tainui pūrākau in Te Arikinui Pullman’s interiors.
Colour Collab: Raphaela Rose
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In this series brought to you by Resene, ahha’s Raphaela Rose tells us what inspires her thinking and how the practice draw upon artists’ work to inform its colour choices.
Practice
Interior Spaces: Life amongst the trees
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Beneath the fresh, Scandi vibe of this Stufkens + Chambers-designed home is a strong sense of social and environmental awareness. Amanda Harkness finds out more.
Work
Science on show
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Matthew Webby explores the carefully curated spaces of Waimarie, Lincoln University’s new agricultural science facility by WAM and Lab-works Architecture.
Civic welcome
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Felicity Brenchley explores the collaborative design process behind Whangārei’s new civic centre, Te Iwitahi, by Team Architects Auckland.
Crit
Itinerary_ Housing, not Houses 1: Increasing Density
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In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Julia Gatley and Andrew Barrie examine 14 enduring apartment buildings from across the country.
Talking Architecture: From Bla-bla-blarchitecture to the Negroni Talks
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Anthony Hōete believes podcasts such as Negroni Talks are an instrumental design resource, where candid architectural discourse generates new waves of thinking.
Exhibition: Our Asymmetric City
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Sahil Tiku reviews the week-long exhibition Our Asymmetric City in Auckland, a challenging studio project that warranted “dynamic, responsive schemes”.