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Itinerary City Guide: Levin

Review | Many of the most noteworthy buildings produced across Levin’s history have since been demolished: the Carnegie library, a John Campbell-designed post office, churches, a modern hospital and several gene...

Viewfinder: David Straight’s top five

Projects | John Scott’s Ngamatea homestead, which I shot as part of my John Scott project, really crystallised how I think about his architecture specifically, but also about how good architecture can interact wit...

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...

Book Review: Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice

Review | This book is the latest in the Time Honored Architectural Conservation Documentation series, which surveys architectural conservation history and practice in various world regions. Previous volumes ha...

Winners revealed: 2016 Australian National Architecture Awards

News | The Australian Institute of Architects has honoured 40 projects at the 2016 National Architecture Awards. In total the jury presented 32 awards and 12 commendations across 14 categories that demonstra...

The sea inside

Projects | Two additional, bunker-style bedrooms are housed on the middle level, where teenagers Ann and John reside. The highest part of the dwelling houses the master bedroom and bathroom. On the coastal side of...

Whare meets verandah

Projects | It is very appropriate that it was the winner of the John Scott Award for Public Architecture. Scott claimed the shed as a source for New Zealand architecture. 1 Erik Schwimmer (Ed.), The Māori People i...

Model Citizens 2022 lights up Auckland Architecture Week

Review | / A Team: Architectus The 'A Team' created a light that was inspired by John Scott's Futuna Chapel. The colours were reminiscent of the chapel's stained glass windows and the dynamic, asymmetrical for...

Itinerary: Queenstown city guide

Review | The 1970s saw the arrival of John Blair, first in the employ of Warren and Mahoney to supervise the Travelodge’s construction; he stayed on as the only architect resident in town. He became the local ma...

2015 New Zealand Architecture Awards shortlist

News | Residential projects, landmark buildings and educational work all have a strong presence in the shortlist for the New Zealand Architecture Awards programme for 2015, announced on 30 July. There will b...

Rocking the shortlist

News | / The Rock is the jewel in Wellington International Airport's crown; it's the tarmac tarrying Warren and Mahoney and Studio Pacific Architects collaboration which, when built, doubled the airport's ...

Brick Bay Folly 2019: Finalists

News | Ghost Chips by graduate Qun Zhang from Cottee Parker Architects, Melbourne and architect and illustrator Lisa Huang is a response to the loss of the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre by John Scott. The steel mes...

2019 Western Architecture Awards

Awards | This year’s jury was led by architect Ian Spiers; he was joined by fellow New Plymouth architect Scott Ferguson, designer Trudie Hudson and Wellington architect John Bannatyne. Spiers noted, “Our region...

Announcing the 2021 Interior Awards jury

News | While studying towards her Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University, she took two architectural papers with the late Russell Walden and developed an enduring appreciation for the works of John Scott, Ian...

Interior Awards 2022: Meet the jury

News | While working towards her Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University, she took two architectural papers with the late Russell Walden where she studied the works of architects John Scott, Ian Athfield and R...

2022 NZIA Gold Medal recipients announced

Awards | So far the Institute has recognised Stevens Lawson Architects with 25 national and 24 regional awards, as well as the New Zealand Architecture Medal, the Supreme Award and the 2022 John Scott Award for ...

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...

Australian National Architecture Awards

News | Dingemanse / / RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE – HOUSES (ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS) / The Australian Institute of Architects Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions) / Bellevue Terrace Alterations + Addition...

Houses Revisited: Material boys

Projects | John Scott used the same sort of blocks in his Hawkes Bay houses, such as the one he designed for the potters Bruce and Estelle Martin near Hastings. The blocks might not beloved of blocklayers – they’r...

Architect Julie Stout awarded highest honour in New Zealand architecture

News | In 1999, the Gold Medal was reintroduced and was awarded to John Scott for his unique talent and outstanding contribution to the practice of architecture. This ultimate accolade continues to be presente...

Te Kōngahu / Museum of Waitangi

Projects | First, let’s allay any fears: the old John Scott building is still there in the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. When I first heard about the new Waitangi Museum, I was worried that his 1983 Visitor Centre may ...

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...

Sir Paul Reeves Building

Projects | Twice now I’ve had the pleasure of visiting AUT’s newest centre for learning, the Sir Paul Reeves Building, named after the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand and first Chancellor of Auckland Univer...

Winners revealed: 2021 Western Architecture Awards

Awards | Te Rau O Te Aroha – Māori Battalion Hall (1964) by John Scott – Architect / The Māori Battalion Hall, Te Rau O Te Aroha, was erected in Palmerston North on Cuba St as a national memorial to the men of t...

Itinerary: Aotearoa New Zealand architecture books, 2022

Review | Architecture at Home and Rooms, by Jane Ussher and John Walsh, were included among the best coffee-table books, while Simon Devitt, Luke Scott and Andrea Stevens’ Cape to Bluff and Elizabeth Cox’s Makin...

2016 Gold Medal winner: Roger Walker

People | RW: Well, look at the recent tragedy of the demolition of the Āniwaniwa Visitor Centre, designed by John Scott. To me, John Scott was the architectural equivalent of Colin McCahon. It’s quite ironic tha...

Itinerary_ City Guide: Taupō

Review | It was aligned with the highly geometric work that was produced by several leading New Zealand firms, including Warren and Mahoney and John Blair, before the PoMo impulse swept across the nation. Origin...

Marshall Cook: 2006 interview

People | John Walsh talks to him about his career and his profession. John Walsh: Let’s start at the beginning. Where are you from? / Marshall Cook: Napier. I’ve always considered it a privilege to have grown up...

Creative Arts Building – Te Ara Hihiko

Projects | Many an architecture critic will tell you that, on receiving a press release emblazoned with the words: ‘leading’, ‘award-winning’, ‘state of the art’ or ‘a world first’, they send it straight to Tras...

AUT University’s Sir Paul Reeves Building

Projects | The year AIT swapped their ‘I’ for a ‘U’, I was in 7th form, making decisions about which university to attend. Despite AIT’s promotion, I remember being dismissive of this so-called ‘university’ so I...