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One of Tauranga’s newest dining destinations recreates the experience of a European picnic. We talk to designer Summer Bishop of CTRL Space about the project.
Tibor Donner’s own house has just turned 75 and will be open to viewing during this year’s Auckland Heritage Festival, on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October.
The fractured forms of this house reference the site’s geological past. First published in 2015.
Future proofing ensures this holiday home will see its owners into their retirement. First published in 2015.
This contemporary beach house by Malcolm Walker Architects offers moments of surprise and serendipity. First published in 2015.
Derek Kawiti surveys Pā Reo, the latest additions to Te Wānanga o Raukawa campus in Ōtaki by Tennent Brown Architects, and the dedicated process under way to achieve Living Building Challenge certification.
Post-pandemic, workplaces are focusing on generating wellbeing through attractive and comfortable design by incorporating amenities more typically found in hotels.
Endangered Māori building methods pass seismic testing.
Outside-the-box thinking has enabled a full-size family house to occupy a modest site. First published in 2014.
East meets west in this house, which seeks to bring an Asian aesthetic to the Kiwi landscape. First published in 2014.
Old and new come together in this extended family holiday home. First published in 2014.
X-Frame is in the running for the $2,000,000 Earthshot Prize.
Trudie Bradbourne explores the cocoonlike quality of the Kina, the latest addition to Taranaki’s Green School by Boon.
Te Whare Hononga opens in New Plymouth.
In the Big Cottage, Bob Burnett Architecture merges a classic Californian Bungalow style with a Japanese design ethos in this Christchurch home.
John Walsh visits the Toiora High Street Cohousing project in Ōtepoti Dunedin, by Architype, and finds a connection to a timeless tradition of shared space.
Amanda Harkness looks at Klein’s new Cardiac Catheter Laboratory for Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau and finds there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.
Not so much a deconstruction of the villa typology as it is an unravelling, says architect Daniel Marshall. First published in 2014.
Sentry-like edifices mark the entry to this surprisingly open family home. First published in 2014.
A sympathetic renovation merges character detailing with modern-day amenity. First published in 2014.
The newest addition to the Sylvia Park precinct, 3 Te Kehu Way by Woods Bagot and Peddlethorp marks the next step in Sylvia Park’s evolution into a vibrant, mixed-use neighbourhood.
Guy Marriage negotiates the black diagrid structure and sinuous, muscular swoops of Tākina’s confectionary-coloured façade and finds plenty of attraction in Wellington’s new convention centre by Studio Pacific Architecture.
Led by Ignite Architects and a team of specialists, the two 2000m2 stages located in West Auckland, are equipped to support New Zealand’s booming film sector.
Space, light and order — the ingredients for architecture with soul — are all present in this house designed by Steven Lloyd Architects in Auckland’s Coxs Bay. First published in 2014.
This house is a Southern belle — the successful fusion of architecture and the surrounding natural landscape. First published in 2014.
Pared back in form and materials, this house puts in an honest day’s work. First published in 2014.
Students studying Architecture have been called on to re-imagine Auckland’s Uptown district as part of a four-day Uptown Futures Festival held over Matariki.
Matthew Webby soaks in the sun, the water and the sustainability of Ōpuke Thermal Pools and Spa by Sheppard & Rout Architects.
Evžen Novák explores the structural and clinical complexities and patient focus of Wellington’s new children’s hospital Te Wao Nui — ‘The Great Forest’ by Studio Design + Architecture.
The first stage of Generus Living Group’s latest high-end retirement village designed by Peddlethorp, The Foundation, is due for completion in September.