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Gobsmacked

Gobsmacked

People | See architect John Irving at Cliffhanger House on the Hibiscus Coast: “So, this is the wow moment here with the view. You sort of get drawn to it, like moths to the light.” Spencer sees the view as an e...
Itinerary: Waitangi and Paihia

Itinerary: Waitangi and Paihia

Review | As a collection of buildings, it’s as good as any we have to offer: beautifully preserved early houses, museums telling powerful and still-pertinent stories, work by William Gummer and John Scott, a lov...
Holy Family Catholic Church

Holy Family Catholic Church

Projects | In this relationship with the local domestic it has connections with John Scott’s Futuna Chapel as well as Church of the Good Shepherd at Tekapo. There is a sense of occasion about the building, however...
Doing less is more

Doing less is more

Practice | In 2011, most architect-designed buildings were ducks. The term “duck,” which Venturi and Scott Brown coined after seeing a duck-shaped poultry shop in Long Island, USA, refers to a building that is a...
A grave concern

A grave concern

Practice | Regarded as the key work of John Scott, New Zealand’s first Māori architect to achieve national recognition for the quality of his work, it is probably the most reflected upon and written about building...
Full bloom: Terrarium House

Full bloom: Terrarium House

Projects | The Highgate Hill home of architect John Ellway and his partner Amber Winter is an unorthodox reworking of the cottage type that from the first encounter delights and surprises. When the couple bought t...
The new romantics

The new romantics

Review | Each had been waiting for the services of more obviously romantic architects: Ian Athfield in one case and John Scott in the other. My own architectural romanticism, stemming from Mountfort’s Gothic Rev...
Posted: 4 Apr 2012
Fly away

Fly away

News | The new building was designed by John Rogers of CCM Architects to blend in with the wider terminal. While the outer shell will be completed by June 2015, the interior will be developed in three stages. ...
2013 Eat-Drink-Design Awards open

2013 Eat-Drink-Design Awards open

News | On the 2013 expert jury panel are: Domenic Alvaro (architect and principal of Woods Bagot), Rachel Hurst (architectural writer and critic), John Birmingham (author, journalist and food critic for Qanta...
Posted: 22 May 2013
Vale: Marshall Cook

Vale: Marshall Cook

News | The world of architecture and architects surrounded Marshall, and his high school summers were spent working in the studio of John Scott, with whom he later worked after architecture school. As many wil...
Obituary: Marshall Cook

Obituary: Marshall Cook

People | School holiday jobs at the local architect’s office introduced him to John Scott and reinforced his enthusiasm for studying architecture. He came to the Auckland School of Architecture in 1959, took tim...
The colours of success

The colours of success

News | Full list of winners, including videos with judges citations, below: / Nightingale Colour Master Award: / Myers Park Playspace by Isthmus Helen Kerr and Haylea Muir / Residential Exterior Award: / Quest Apartments Toowoomba by FKG Grou...
Binding traditions

Binding traditions

Practice | 1885–1969), William Tuarau Royal (Ngāti Raukawa, 1931–2013), John Scott (Taranaki, Te Arawa, 1924–1992), Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, 1953–2016), Tere Insley (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apan...
A house of two halves

A house of two halves

Projects | It was a conscious decision, to play off the new and the old, and one that was made by owners Ann and John Hutchinson and their architect Shaun Lockyer. The owners had spent a number of years looking fo...
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