Chris Barton

Chris Barton is the current editor of Architecture New Zealand. He has been a respected architecture critic for Metro and multi-award winning journalist for many of the nation's leading print media publications; he also holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Auckland.

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”

Editorial: Deploy the fence

Practice | Chris Barton considers the nature of occupation.

Editorial: Chris Barton on Vive la différence

Practice | Chris Barton finds refreshing views on what Aotearoa architecture can be in new TV series Designing Dreams

Ebb and flow

Practice | 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

Practice | 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

Practice | 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.