Architecture New Zealand, November 2025
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Conjuring the sublime
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Pip Cheshire on the architect’s dilemma in conjuring a sublime experience out of materials that are injurious to an imperilled planet.
To draw is to err
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Karamia Müller considers how drawing is more than proof. It is a practice of negotiation: wrestling with ideas, with clients, with materials, with time.
Across the Board
Wellington school reaches 50-year milestone
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At the end of October, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation celebrated 50 years since its inception in 1975.
From humble beginnings
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Mark Leong reflects on Francis Kéré’s recent Futuna lecture series in Aotearoa and the ways in which simplicity, innovation and participation underpin his design philosophy.
Essay from India: 2
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Five years after his first Essay from India, Jeremy Smith continues the conversation about the country’s reductive approach to architecture, seemingly coming full circle to life and building as it was before tech and WiFi.
Vale Brian Aitken
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Brad Luke pays tribute to his Peddlethorp colleague, mentor and friend, and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most accomplished architects.
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Interior Spaces: Love thy neighbour
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Amanda Harkness considers the vision behind Leuschke Group Architects’ landmark apartment building in the affluent suburb of Remuera, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Practice
Conversation creates
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In the latest instalment of Practice in Profile, supported by Resene, Dave Morgan reflects on 85 years of architecture, spatial design and virtual reality at CPRW, and the new direction the studio is embracing.
Work
Of quadrangles, cloisters and corbels
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Ian Lochhead examines the blending of the new with the old in Athfield Architects’ strengthening, conservation and refurbishment of Christchurch Boys’ High School’s Main Block.
Holding memories
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Guy Marriage navigates the $290-million Te Rua Archives New Zealand in Wellington, the magnificently sculpted, base isolated and airtight storehouse of our country’s culture.
Making shadows
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Jeremy Smith talks to Lynda Simmons about her practice of slow architecture, embodied in two pavilion additions at Onetangi, Waiheke Island.
Awards
Winners announced: 2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards
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The winners have been named in the 2025 iteration of the annual awards programme, following the jury’s visit to 61 shortlisted projects across 11 categories.
2025 Sir Miles Warren Award winner: Strip Mall
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The 2025 Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture went to Strip Mall by Spacecraft Architects.
2025 Ted McCoy Award winner: Ngā Mokopuna
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The 2025 Ted McCoy Award for Education went to Ngā Mokopuna by Tennent Brown Architecture.
2025 Sir Ian Athfield Award winner: Popadich House
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The 2025 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing went to Popadich house by Davor Popadich Architects.
2025 John Scott Award winner: Punangairi Visitor Centre
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The 2025 John Scott Award for Public Architecture went to Punangairi Visitor Centre by Sheppard & Rout.
Crit
Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street
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Robin Skinner reviews Elizabeth Cox’s impressive new book, which documents the c. 1900 edition of Thomas Ward’s map with accompanying commentary.
Urban Art Village 2025: Building a City of Ideas
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Gina Hochstein and Yusef Patel experienced the irrepressible Matt Liggin’s Urban Art Village, which ran 30-31 October 2025 in Takutai Square in Britomart.
Itinerary City Guide: Porirua
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In this Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Maya Haydock highlight 14 Porirua buildings.
Book:Olveston: Portrait of a home
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Graeme Burgess discusses the book Olveston: Portrait of a home, a collaboration between photographer Jane Ussher and writer John Walsh.
Darklight: The Edge of Light
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Riding the success of Darklight: A Descent into Colour, Angus Muir and Dan Move returned with a new sensory experience on Auckland’s waterfront.