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Guy Marriage highlights the unique design of BNZ Place in Wellington, from its bone-like verandah to its slender structural diagrid and rooftop oculus.
Mark Southcombe visits the Toi Mahara gallery redevelopment in Waikanae by Athfield Architects and explores a beautiful dialogue between old and new.
Megan Rule explores the layers of history and heritage behind the ambitious redevelopment of Invercargill Central by Buchan.
Linehouse, co-founded by New Zealand expat Briar Hickling, has transformed the façade and seven floors of CentralWorld in Bangkok.
Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel — Waikato-Tainui’s $200m project — has officially opened and displays both architectural and cultural significance.
On the upper reaches of Lake Wakatipu, RTA Studio and Bureaux go high concept with traditional types at The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp.
Air New Zealand’s new Hangar 4 is set to be the largest timber arch in the southern hemisphere.
The design and fit-out of this new-build orthodontist practice was a first for the client and KKID, both embracing an opportunity to break with convention.
John Walsh talks to Gary Todd of Gary Todd Architecture about his award-winning Ebb-Dunedin and its underlying narrative to connect the building in place and time.
Amanda Harkness explores the dramatic interior narrative, combining the exotic and eclectic with the comfortable, of Wellington’s Naumi Studio Hotel by Material Creative.
Mark Southcombe finds the essential character of Wellington’s Cuba Street in Athfield Architects’ remaking of the Farmers Building and adjoining buildings to be a sensitive bridging of time.
Alongside this boutique gym’s first space, opened in 2018, a second studio space designed by Mijntje Lepoutre offers both continuity and change for the brand.
Bill McKay is transported to ancient Rome as he explores the curvilinear market place of Foodstuffs’ North Island HQ by Monk Mackenzie.
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.
Amanda Harkness explores the interior design of The Hotel Britomart – Cheshire Architects’ latest project in the downtown Auckland precinct – and discovers thoughtful craftmanship at every turn.
Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.
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Chris Barton discusses the whys and wherefores of Warren and Mahoney’s design decisions for Auckland’s Commercial Bay office tower and retail precinct.
Melanie McDaid explores the new Novotel Christchurch Airport, designed by Warren and Mahoney, which takes its cues from its geographic context.
Jeremy Smith contemplates the intricate origami planes of the Nelson Airport Terminal and ascends to the Cab of its trapezoid Control Tower.
John Sutherland explores Cheshire Architects’ reoccupation of a former seaplane hangar at Hobsonville Point, Auckland.
A denser take on urban housing and an out-of-this-world office space make up some of the top commercial projects this year.
We peel back some of the layers behind the law firm that was this year’s winner of the Workplace (up to 1000m2) category at the Interior Awards.
Abigail Hurst explores Takapō’s brightest star, a new project by Sheppard & Rout Architects.
The newly renovated Holiday Inn near Auckland Airport presents a bright and welcoming front with a contemporary, Pacific-inspired aesthetic.
Sustainability, staff comfort and a few wow moments are at the core of Mercury’s new headquarters in Newmarket.
Chris Barton finds the undulating roof lines of this lodge by Architecture Workshop at one with the topography that inspired them.
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.
Wellington’s cityscape and natural textures are brought inside Deloitte’s new headquarters.
Plant & Food Research’s Mount Albert site has received a radical makeover by Bossley Architects and Lab-works Architecture.
A careful negotiation of waterfront access and industrial relations is contained in this commercial space.
This work sets a new standard on Wellington’s shaky waterfront ground. Guy Marriage dissects the building’s DNA.
Barnaby Bennett and Jessica Halliday give perspective on the exterior architecture of Tūranga, the new ChCh central library.
An historic provincial concert hall and new teaching and rehearsal spaces draw talent and visitors from around the world.
Rocket Lab’s new Auckland headquarters boasts a good dollop of theatre, science fiction and the very serious business of sending satellites into space. We set out to discover how its interior design copes with the very unique brief.
Christchurch’s new central library welcomes all and inspires the pursuit of knowledge.
A look back at our most popular commercial projects in New Zealand of 2018.
This 1860s’ Auckland building has been brought back to life by making use of clever design and well-curated hospitality.
Amanda Harkness tours this co-working space to find what makes it different from the brand’s previous iterations.
This new swimming complex belies a modest budget with its shed-like structure that is elegant and characterful.