Projects
RSSNew Zealand’s broad range spread of landscapes is now replicated at Te Wao Nui, the New Zealand precinct at Auckland Zoo.
On the headlands of Waiheke Island’s southern slopes, the Bossley Architects-designed Omana Luxury Villa project successfully utilises an ecologically sustainable design.
A suburban retreat married to the landscape in the heart of Auckland.
A Category II tunnel in one of Wellington’s largest suburbs is earthquake-strengthened by Fulton Hogan.
This house by Ponting Fitzgerald is a complex exercise in layering of spaces from the street to the sea.
Drama and a sense of community within this Auckland building’s medieval-like laneways of the future by Patterson Associates.
A dramatic volume links the duo of black-and-white box forms in Wellington.
This heavy-timber structure on the edge of Christchurch’s red zone will house IT companies displaced by the earthquakes.
A well-organised backdrop for musical endeavour and vitality by Architectus.
The administration building of Tip Top’s iconic Auckland factory has had a makeover. Progressive Building gets up close.
RTA Studio and the Longview Environmental Trust’s earth-friendly 3C house mixes environmental work with design pleasure.
Fine materials and precision detailing pair up in these bathrooms by Kerry Avery.
Two bathrooms in this architect’s house are family-fit in form and function.
One of New Zealand’s most notorious historic hotels has been transformed by Atelierworkshop.
Together with Daryl Jackson of Sydney, Jasmax has created a more connected and student-centred space.
Sport and higher learning move a little closer together at a University of Otago satellite campus by Warren and Mahoney.
Function is paired with fine finishes in the bathrooms and laundry of this house designed by Hilary Scully.
Warren and Mahoney has designed two student accommodation blocks to meet increasing demand and expectations.
A Hamilton law firm with a 90-plus-year history is led into a forward-thinking fit-out by Wingate + Farquhar.
Tucked into the bush in West Auckland, this house has bathrooms that respond to the natural environment. First published in 2012.
A building designed by Ivan Mercep of JASMaD in the early ‘80s has been seamlessly refurbished by RTA Studio.
Eighty kilometres north of Auckland city on the eastern coast, Leigh is a magnet for marine researchers.
In New York’s trendy Tribeca, New Zealand architects Fearon Hay have designed a world class apartment full of unique charm.
A small Wellington park gets revised for a new generation of urban use.
There has been a clearing of the decks in this building that is opening new doorways.
Tommy Honey outlines the major capital works programme at the University and reviews its latest wave of buildings.
Boffa Miskell ventures under the bridge and works up a public plaza in a tricky position.
A large ‘zone-based’ fit-out by Studio Pacific Architecture has put this engineering consultancy’s expertise on show.
Taking ‘mixed use’ to new extremes, this bar and restaurant is also a fully functioning custom motorcycle workshop.
Athfield Architects’ inspirational building for Massey University Wellington is a fine response to site.
A graphic design firm takes on a large, light-filled floor plate and takes care of the things that matter most.
Tennent + Brown Architects have realised the metaphorical essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha.
On a coastal site Strachan Group Architects have designed a comfortable and appropriate dwelling, first published in 2012.
A watershed Wellington structure designed by architecture +.
An award-winning fit-out by Switch and Frame Architecture.
This family house has a supple plan that generates, around a central courtyard, a surprising array of enjoyable spaces, first published in 2012.
An inventive reworking of an old New Zealand PostShop by Chris Stevens has breathed life into a formerly moribund corner.
A fresh look for a tech-savvy global company by HBO+EMTB.
With vistas across Lake Wanaka to the Southern Alps, Sarah Scott Architects’ elegant church offers a sense of occasion.
This restaurant’s visual aesthetic, devised by architects Noel Lane and Tom Rowe, is based on dichotomy.