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Ways of making
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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
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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 ...
“Exciting and optimistic” apartment wins at 2020 Resene Total Colour Awards
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It is a feast for the eyes.” / Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior + Public Space Colour Maestro Award
/ Waitohi Johnsonville Library and Community Hub by John Hardwick-Smith, Chris Winwood, Nick ...
Balancing creativity and practicality
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It’s hard to come up with my favourite but I think the Fortuna chapel by John Scott is a great building – the light and form is just beautiful. AMH: What would be a dream commission for you if you could...
Architect profile: Dominic Glamuzina
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In New Zealand, Claude Megson's houses are spatial madness, and I’ve always liked how John Scott dealt with roof forms. The Kiwi architects that I admire the most have a really broad practice. They don’...
On the Rise: Geordie Shaw
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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
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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...
2017 Auckland Architecture Awards: winners
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Waitangi Visitor Centre by Harris Butt Architecture / This alteration to a nationally important building is cleverly understated, and continues John Scott’s elegant proportional system with seamless tra...
Not a dress rehearsal
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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
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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
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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...
NZIA Gold Medal winner: Pete Bossley
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David Mitchell, Mike Austin and John Dickson were the main three for me. So, what was it that they imparted? How did they inspire you? I think it was an adventurous and very different approach to doing...