Architecture Now

June 2019 (Issue 32)

Coverage of New Zealand commercial interior architecture and design – retail, hospitality, workplace, civic and installation.

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Aperture

From the inside: Sustainability in interiors

Practice | What role do interiors play in our quest for sustainability? Explore three projects that seem to have found some answers.

Designer interview: Maken

People | Flexibility, family and a quest to provide personalised service pushed Chantel Fisher and Kelly Rowe to start their own boutique firm.

In focus: Superette

Projects | Mark Simpson, joint creative director at Melbourne’s DesignOffice, talks about the firm’s new Auckland fit-out for retailer Superette.

Distributing happiness: Michele De Lucchi

People | Rebecca Gross caught up with this prominent Italian designer, who was crucial to the birth of the iconic Memphis Group.

Forum

Personal space: Jessica Fox

People | An interior designer at Ctrl Space, an Auckland-based design studio specialising in hospitality, shares the things driving her forward.

Studio Modijefsky Amsterdam

People | An all-female design firm right next door to Amsterdam’s Red Light District is proving to be a game-changer in the region’s hospitality sector.

Greening Dubai: Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi

People | Federico Monsalve caught up with the chief sustainability officer at Majid Al Futtaim, one of the largest developers of shopping malls in the UAE.

Projects

Refreshing the Inn: Auckland Airport hotel

Projects | The newly renovated Holiday Inn near Auckland Airport presents a bright and welcoming front with a contemporary, Pacific-inspired aesthetic.

Nelson’s golden ticket: Pic’s Peanut Butter World

Projects | A factory unlike any we have seen before, Pic’s Peanut Butter World is equal parts manufacturing plant and tourist attraction.