Architecture New Zealand, July 2025
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Between behemoth and bijoux
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Pip Cheshire considers two buildings in a bay.
Reading the raupō
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Karamia Müller considers whether or not raupō architecture, long erased, might not be relics, but rather forks in the road… not artefacts, but provocations.
Across the Board
Celebrating Cromwell’s rich history
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Jasmax’s Cromwell Memorial Hall, Museum and Events Centre is 13 months into construction and due for completion in May 2026.
Working with technology
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Terry Cheng reviews DigiComm25 and is cautiously optimistic about the role of emerging technologies in enabling more-meaningful work.
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort 1825–1898: A bicentennial tribute
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Ian Lochhead pays tribute to one of the “founding fathers” of New Zealand architecture, 200 years after his birth.
An epiphany at 538 Karangahape Road
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Anthony Vile advocates for critical public discourse when it comes to matters relating to the RMA and urban intensification.
Open Christchurch: Opening eyes, minds and hearts
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Dorita Hannah visits Te Pūtahi’s annual Open Christchurch event and finds a blueprint for sharing Aotearoa’s unfolding architectural heritage.
Practice
People, place and culture
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In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Designgroup Stapleton Elliott director Michael Ware reflects on the studio’s evolution.
After the rain
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In part one of six parts, Andrew Barrie looks at the ground-breaking methods being developed to dispose of 1200 disaster-compromised houses across Auckland.
Work
The activator
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Abigail Hurst explores the multifaceted Te Whare Whakatere, the Ashburton Library and Civic Centre, by Athfield Architects.
Unfolding treasure boxes
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Bill McKay goes inside the crafted luxury of Horizon by SkyCity, by Moller Architects in association with Warren and Mahoney.
Folded like origami
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Guy Marriage samples both the architecture and the product offerings at DLA Architects’ Urlar winery redevelopment in the Wairarapa’s vineyard region.
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Itinerary City Guide: Waihōpai Invercargill
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In this Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie tours 14 resilient buildings in Waihōpai Invercargill.
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Book review: The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his times
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Ian Lochhead reviews Nicholas Olsberg’s new book on the famed 19th-century architect William Butterfield.
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Colour Collab: Annabel Berry
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In this series brought to you by Resene, founder and creative director of Annabel Berry Creative Co, Annabel Berry, discusses breaking boundaries, bold ideas and a world of possibility.