Apartments | Architecture Now

Restoring dignity through housing

Projects | Strachan Group Architects (SGA) has designed a 24-unit apartment development in West Auckland for community housing provider Visionwest Waka Whakakitenga.

A polite new neighbour

Projects | Darryl Church explores the mixed-use office, hospitality, retail and accommodation development, Customs Quay Ahuriri, by RTA Studio.

The Bone Marrow Cancer Trust and Plus Architecture open new Christchurch accommodation facility

Projects | The Bone Marrow Cancer Trust in collaboration with Plus Architecture has officially opened Rānui Apartments, offering 43 self-contained apartments as a sanctuary for patients and their families.

Generous and dignified social housing

Projects | Jon Rennie visits Community Lane, Architectus’ recently completed development for Kāinga Ora in Auckland’s Avondale.

Grappling with the grid

Projects | Chris Barton visits the Catalina Bay Apartments in Hobsonville Point by Architectus and finds meticulous planning, embracing and disrupting the grid.

Interior Spaces: Love thy neighbour

Projects | Amanda Harkness considers the vision behind Leuschke Group Architects’ landmark apartment building in the affluent suburb of Remuera, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

Living in the laboratory

Projects | Carolyn Hill visits the Hills Residences on the banks of the Waikato River and finds both beauty and tenacity in the Edwards White Architects adaptive reuse project.

Learning from Lego and Minecraft

Projects | Bill McKay investigates the modular construction used on for the Kāinga Ora project, 1243 Great North Road, in Auckland’s Point Chevalier.

Mixed tenure dwelling in the Westlight

Projects | Financed by the Ted Manson Foundation and designed by mc2 architects, the Westlight Apartments in Glen Eden mixes social housing and ownership and it seems to work reasonably well.

2024 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing winner: Hills Residences

Awards | The 2024 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing went to Hills Residences by Edwards White Architects.

Iwi-led build-to-rent

Projects | Te Whānau o Waipareira has embarked on a high-density, build-to-rent kaumātua housing project in Auckland’s Ōtāhuhu, designed and master-planned by Isthmus.

First look at ultra-luxury Pacifica Penthouse

Projects | Plus Architecture has delivered four premium penthouses located atop New Zealand’s tallest residential tower offering world-class amenities with a focus on high-end design.

Re-imagining urban communities

Projects | Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.

Culture and collegiality

Practice | John Walsh visits Te Rangihīroa, the University of Otago’s new hall of residence designed by Jasmax.

Ockham Lecture: Towards an Auckland aesthetic with Tania Wong

News | Ockham’s Head of Architecture, Tania Wong will discuss the design and creation of The Greenhouse apartments in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

The resilience of the diagram

Projects | Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.

Manaaki te whare, Manaaki te whenua, Manaaki te iwi

Projects | The result of a fruitful Marutūāhu-Ockham Iwi partnership, Manaaki is the largest apartment complex to have ever been built outside of Auckland’s CBD.

Fluidity in form

Projects | The bold, fluid form of Buchan’s Sonata Apartments in Auckland’s St Heliers deals with the demanding building envelope setbacks in a creative way.

Northbrook: A new ultra-luxury offering for later living

News | Designed in collaboration with Woods Bagot, Northbrook is a ‘later living’ development set to offer a level of luxury that developer Winton claims New Zealand has never seen before.

Waterside living

Projects | Construction has begun on Catalina Bay Apartments, the new $150m development being the largest of its kind to commence construction this year.