Chris Barton

Storytime

People | Chris Barton considers some of the winning projects at last year’s World Architecture Festival and questions the thinking behind the much-quoted ‘Bilbao effect’.

Architects not required

People | Editor of Architecture NZ magazine, Chris Barton, considers the current government’s call to put an end to “fancy, architecturally designed classrooms”.

Gobsmacked

People | Chris Barton considers the trending narrative in mainstream media tv show New Zealand’s Best Homes with Phil Spencer.

Ticking all the boxes

People | Chris Barton considers the state of our public housing and the vocal opinions on the “Chinese container-style”.

The theory of everything

People | Chris Barton explores the consequences of the housing crisis and the ethical obligation of architects to tackle the problem.

In the mind’s eye

People | Chris Barton considers OpenAI’s latest offering, Sora, and its ability to render real worlds into existence.

Everyone’s a critic

People | Chris Barton reports on the World Architecture Festival 2023 and some inspirational projects transforming people’s lives.

Editorial: Anatomy of a sinkhole

People | A 100-year old broken pipe leading to catastrophic waste-water contamination in the Waitematā raises concerns for how Watercare will manage our biggest city’s aging drains.

Impervious vs absorbent

People | Chris Barton looks at the need for ‘sponge city’ and water-sensitive urban design to make our cities safe.

Design like a parrot

People | Chris Barton considers the existential threat of AI — from the ‘stochastic parrot’ functionality of ChatGPT, to text-to-image generators and the daunting implications of AI’s evolution.