Chris Barton
Chris Barton's latest contributions
Editorial: Deploy the fence
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Chris Barton considers the nature of occupation.
Editorial: Chris Barton on Vive la différence
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Chris Barton finds refreshing views on what Aotearoa architecture can be in new TV series Designing Dreams
Ebb and flow
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Chris Barton finds Te Ngau o Horotiu, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport’s new Downtown Ferry Terminal designed by Isthmus, speaks to the moon.
The space between
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Chris Barton explores Te Wānanga, the long-planned replacement public space for the former Queen Elizabeth II Square, and Te Ngau o Horotiu, the new Downtown Ferry Terminal.
Editorial: Chris Barton on no more blah, blah, blah
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Rays of hope emanated from the COP26 ‘Build Better Now’ virtual pavilion, showcasing 17 “exemplary sustainable projects” and explaining the ways in which construction has contributed to climate change and how future buildings could be less carbon intensive.
Editorial: Chris Barton on a wound upon a building
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“The architecture of suicide is not an easy topic but, for architects who might adhere to an ethical position akin to “first, do no harm”, it’s a topic that can’t be avoided.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on a duty of care
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Architecture NZ editor Barton notes a lack of language regarding sustainability in our professional bodies’ codes. “Distressingly … there is no mention of climate change in the NZRAB’s code.”
Te Ao Mārama: A new order
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The second in our series: Chris Barton contemplates the new column-fins of Te Ao Mārama’s design and their connection to the nautilus shell spiral and the golden mean.
Editorial: Chris Barton on male architects
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Please no, not Alvar Aalto. Finnish female director Virpi Suutari’s brilliant examination, Aalto, lays bare some uneasy home truths about the man lauded as an icon of modernism.
The technology of the trees
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Chris Barton finds at Scion’s Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, in Rotorua – by RTA Studio, in collaboration with Irving Smith Architects – a showcase of radically new methods in multilevel timber construction and a benchmark for achieving net-zero embodied carbon.