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Residential Houses Public / civic Commercial Workplace Alts and adds Education Hospitality Universities / colleges Apartments Kitchens Bars and cafes Retail Culture / arts Restaurants Bathrooms Refurbishment Religious Sport Adaptive re-use

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Pretty cool barn

Pretty cool barn

Warren and Mahoney

This heavy-timber structure on the edge of Christchurch’s red zone will house IT companies displaced by the earthquakes.

Construction
St Cuthbert’s College Performing Arts Centre

St Cuthbert’s Performing Arts Centre

Architectus

A well-organised backdrop for musical endeavour and vitality by Architectus.

Commercial / public buildings
A Tip Top job

A Tip Top job

Cassidy Construction

The administration building of Tip Top’s iconic Auckland factory has had a makeover. Progressive Building gets up close.

Construction
RTA Studio design a good looking and green eco house

Emerald Bluffs 3C Project

Posted: 14 Nov 2012

RTA Studio and the Longview Environmental Trust’s earth-friendly 3C house mixes environmental work with design pleasure.

Parnell House

Parnell House

Posted: 7 Nov 2012

Fine materials and precision detailing pair up in these bathrooms by Kerry Avery.

Mt Eden House

Mt Eden House

Posted: 31 Oct 2012

Two bathrooms in this architect’s house are family-fit in form and function.

White Hart Hotel

White Hart Hotel

Posted: 30 Oct 2012

One of New Zealand’s most notorious historic hotels has been transformed by Atelierworkshop.

University of Auckland: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

UoA: Medical and Health Sciences

Jasmax

Together with Daryl Jackson of Sydney, Jasmax has created a more connected and student-centred space.

Commercial / public buildings
University Plaza

University Plaza

Warren and Mahoney, McCoy and Wixon Architects

Sport and higher learning move a little closer together at a University of Otago satellite campus by Warren and Mahoney.

Interiors
Epsom House

Epsom House

Posted: 17 Oct 2012

Function is paired with fine finishes in the bathrooms and laundry of this house designed by Hilary Scully.

University of Auckland: University Hall

UoA: University Hall

Warren and Mahoney

Warren and Mahoney has designed two student accommodation blocks to meet increasing demand and expectations.

Commercial / public buildings
Norris Ward McKinnon

Norris Ward McKinnon

Wingate + Farquhar

A Hamilton law firm with a 90-plus-year history is led into a forward-thinking fit-out by Wingate + Farquhar.

Interiors
Houses Revisited: Parau House

Houses Revisited: Parau House

Posted: 10 Oct 2012

Tucked into the bush in West Auckland, this house has bathrooms that respond to the natural environment. First published in 2012.

University of Auckland: Arts 1 redevelopment

UoA: Arts 1 redevelopment

RTA Studio

A building designed by Ivan Mercep of JASMaD in the early ‘80s has been seamlessly refurbished by RTA Studio.

Commercial / public buildings
University of Auckland: Leigh Marine Laboratory

UoA: Leigh Marine Laboratory

Cheshire Architects

Eighty kilometres north of Auckland city on the eastern coast, Leigh is a magnet for marine researchers.

Commercial / public buildings
Upper echelon

Upper echelon

Posted: 2 Oct 2012

In New York’s trendy Tribeca, New Zealand architects Fearon Hay have designed a world class apartment full of unique charm.

Cobblestone Park

Cobblestone Park

Wraight + Associates

A small Wellington park gets revised for a new generation of urban use.

Landscape / urban design
Massey University's College of Creative Arts (CoCA)

College of Creative Arts Wellington

Athfield Architects

There has been a clearing of the decks in this building that is opening new doorways.

Interiors
The University of Auckland

The University of Auckland

Posted: 25 Sep 2012

Tommy Honey outlines the major capital works programme at the University and reviews its latest wave of buildings.

Wai-atarau Plaza

Wai-atarau Plaza

Boffa Miskell

Boffa Miskell ventures under the bridge and works up a public plaza in a tricky position.

Landscape / urban design
Beca

Beca

Studio Pacific Architecture

A large ‘zone-based’ fit-out by Studio Pacific Architecture has put this engineering consultancy’s expertise on show.

Interiors
York Street Mechanics

York Street Mechanics

Bureaux

Taking ‘mixed use’ to new extremes, this bar and restaurant is also a fully functioning custom motorcycle workshop.

Interiors
Creative Arts Building – Te Ara Hihiko

Creative Arts Building – Te Ara Hihiko

Athfield Architects

Athfield Architects’ inspirational building for Massey University Wellington is a fine response to site.

Commercial / public buildings
Alt Group

Alt Group

IMO, Alt Group

A graphic design firm takes on a large, light-filled floor plate and takes care of the things that matter most.

Interiors
Nga Purapura, Te Wananga o Raukawa

Nga Purapura, Te Wananga o Raukawa

Tennent + Brown Architects

Tennent + Brown Architects have realised the metaphorical essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha.

Commercial / public buildings
Houses Revisited: Owhanake Bay House

Houses Revisited: Owhanake Bay House

Posted: 22 Aug 2012

On a coastal site Strachan Group Architects have designed a comfortable and appropriate dwelling, first published in 2012.

Te Raukura Te Wharewaka o Poneke

Te Raukura Te Wharewaka o Poneke

architecture +

A watershed Wellington structure designed by architecture +.

Commercial / public buildings
Platinum sports

Platinum sports

Frame Architecture, Switch

An award-winning fit-out by Switch and Frame Architecture.

Interiors
Houses Revisited: House for Five

Houses Revisited: House for Five

Posted: 15 Aug 2012

This family house has a supple plan that generates, around a central courtyard, a surprising array of enjoyable spaces, first published in 2012.

Kokako

Kokako

ctrl SPACE

An inventive reworking of an old New Zealand PostShop by Chris Stevens has breathed life into a formerly moribund corner.

Interiors
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