Chris Barton

Editorial: Chris Barton on the way forward

Practice | “Of the many insights COVID-19 brings, the realisation that our economy is built as a house of cards is one of the more sobering.”

Happy Days domain

Projects | Chris Barton explores DKO Architecture’s mix of terraced and apartment living at a former quarry site in Auckland’s Mount Wellington.

Transforming timber

Projects | We look at an innovative New Zealand-made timber pavilion, slated to appear at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy.

Editorial: Chris Barton on complacency

Practice | Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton muses on the creation of a ‘Museum of Head-in-the Sand Climate Change Complacency’.

Cool store collection

Projects | Engage with Irving Smith Architects’ freezer-panel-encased refurbishment of the Whakatāne District Museum and Research Centre, Te Whare Taonga ō Taketake

Editorial: Chris Barton on giving back

Practice | Chris Barton discusses a recent declaration by one architecture firm to strive for carbon neutrality and the lack of such aims by Kiwi firms.

Editorial: Chris Barton on declarations

Practice | Architecture New Zealand editor, Chris barton, comments on the recent Architects Declare movement and what climate-friendly architecture might look like.

Happily mewed up: Wynyard Central

Projects | Chris Barton explores the Architectus way as seen in its radical arrangement of apartment types at the heart of this waterfront development.

Editorial: Chris Barton on short-termism

Practice | Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton comments on the need for a plan with longevity for Auckland’s waterfront.

Wilderness for the wealthy: The Lindis

Projects | Chris Barton finds the undulating roof lines of this lodge by Architecture Workshop at one with the topography that inspired them.