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The future of green building

The future of green building

Review | Closing keynote speaker John Keung, chief executive of the Building and Construction Authority, Singapore, talked about his experiences in the city that has “moved from slums to a sustainable built envi...
Itinerary City Guide: Whangārei

Itinerary City Guide: Whangārei

Review | 14. 2019– Hihiaua Cultural Centre / 56 Herekino Street Moller Architects / Awarding this building, the first in a multi-stage development, the NZIA John Scott Award for Public Architecture in 2020, th...
Ways of making

Ways of making

Practice | To provide more in-depth engagement with technology and construction, since 2009, senior lecturer John Chapman, a qualified engineer, ran a post-graduate Timber Technology seminar course in the fourth y...
Scrap it or save it… again

Scrap it or save it… again

Practice | Also worth considering is the cost to Council of its current commercial leases for three temporary CBD library pop-ups plus a new Johnsonville library collection and distribution centre, likely costing ...
On the Rise: Geordie Shaw

On the Rise: Geordie Shaw

People | In New Zealand, John Scott is a big influence. Emma and I got married in Futuna Chapel, which was very special for us. AMH: What piece of advice would you give to your student self? / GS: I think it too...
Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Projects | Sited about 2km from where this newly-completed visitor centre now stands, the Category 1 Historic Place-listed building (1976), designed by New Zealand’s first registered Māori architect John Scott, ha...
With Patrick Clifford

With Patrick Clifford

People | ANZ: You’d joined forces with Cook Hitchcock & Sargisson and John Scott, hadn’t you? / PC: Yes. We did the first stage and we must have received some money to do the second stage. There were five firms ...
Not a dress rehearsal

Not a dress rehearsal

Practice | John Goldwater was my first studio teacher, another gentle man, who would talk about how to set the scene for the big acts of habitation – the coming together for the rituals of life, eating and sleepin...
On the Rise: Haley Hooper

On the Rise: Haley Hooper

People | And Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who works and speaks like a godfather. In terms of New Zealand architects, I have a real thing for Neville Price, and John Scott is another big influence. AMH: What overseas u...
Once more, with feeling

Once more, with feeling

Practice | Buildings such as John Outram's Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (1986-88) and Stirling Wilford’s No. 1 Poultry (1992-97) have been listed by Historic England. Postmodernism is sweeping back through the arc...