Guy Marriage

Poipoia te kākano kia puawai

Projects | Guy Marriage explores the ways in which Tennent Brown Architects has helped nurture the Ngā Purapura kākano at Ōtaki to create Te Ara a Tāwhaki.

Customhouse chameleon: XXCQ tower

Projects | This work sets a new standard on Wellington’s shaky waterfront ground. Guy Marriage dissects the building’s DNA.

Possibilities of robotic fabrication

Practice | Lauren Vasey’s work at a digital fabrication unit in Stuttgart researches the potential of architecture and robotics.

Trilingual: Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom

Projects | See the only trilingual museum in Aotearoa: part of a modest-but-vibrant, multi-purpose community hub in Foxton.

Tight-knit: Mt Pleasant Community Centre

Projects | This marvel of prefabricated construction could pave the way for the future of design and construction in New Zealand.

Books: Phantom Architecture

Review | Guy Marriage reviews Phantom Architecture by Philip Wilkinson.

Book review: The Auckland School

Review | Guy Marriage reviews The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning by Julia Gatley and Lucy Treep.

Wellington Intl Airport: South Extension

Projects | Wellington Airport’s latest addition by WaM features a ‘net’ of angled cross-frames that stretch between existing buildings.

In:situ series #4: Igor Peraza

People | Guy Marriage spoke to Igor Peraza, director at Barcelona-based Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, at the 2017 in:situ conference.

Book review: The Big Smoke

Review | Guy Marriage reviews Ben Schrader’s The Big Smoke: New Zealand Cities 1840–1920, published by BWB.