Chris Barton

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.

Mind the gap

People | Chris Barton contends the role of the architect is due some evolution amidst our climate crisis.

After the floods

People | Editor Chris Barton writes on the expected frequency of extreme weather in New Zealand and outlines why the profession needs to make climate change its focus.

Rethinking awards

Review | Chris Barton wonders when the profession will fully address the urgent imperatives facing the industry.

Oh God, I hate this

Review | Chris Barton considers King Charles III’s influence on architecture to date and finds it’s not all bad.

Grandstand living

Projects | Chris Barton visits Alexandra Park, by RTA Studio and DJRD Architects, and explores the art of apartment dwelling beside a racecourse.

Atmospheric submersion

People | Chris Barton considers the awesome forces of nature and looks for our plans to adapt in the latest editorial from Architecture NZ magazine.

Living history

Practice | Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton on the ensuing debacle recently imposed housing intensification regulations will unleash on residential areas in Auckland city.

Must do better

People | Chris Barton speaks on the subject of climate change and kindly unpacks what architects need to know in order to do better. And we must do better.

Review: Truth and Lies in Architecture

Review | Chris Barton finds Truth and Lies in Architecture to be “both confronting and inspiring in its scope, capturing perfectly the enormity and terror of the architect’s task”