Apartments | Architecture Now

It takes a (vertical) village

Review | Vanessa Coxhead chats with Kiwi-born, Paris-based architect Brendan MacFarlane about how apartments can foster communities.

New York state of mind

Projects | This layered and luxurious makeover in the Big Apple transforms an apartment into a veritable home.

Paris without a map

Projects | From Mondrian to Margiela: a very personal blending of influences make this French apartment a veritable tour de force.

The skyline shifter

Projects | Ground is soon to be broken for The Pacifica, an apartment complex that will be Auckland’s highest residential tower.

Made to measure: Moscow Apartment

Projects | This Moscow home shows how custom-designed spaces, furniture and fittings can take the uniformity out of apartment living.

The elegant oasis

Projects | Uptown development SKHY offers six different apartment types in four buildings, centred around a landscaped square.

Theatre of small intimacies

Projects | A London apartment for a creative couple offers up drama and grand gestures mixed with subtle and delicate moments.

In focus: Michael Webb

People | Vanessa Coxhead spoke to architectural writer Michael Webb about his new book and what makes a great apartment building.

Best in show: Dongguan Apartment

Projects | A show flat’s interior is emboldened through a cross-continental lifestyle and design collaboration.

Car-free apartments prevail: Two Nightingale developments approved

Car-free apartments prevail in Melbourne

News | Two proposed architect-led Nightingale housing developments will proceed after both were approved.

Fringe Benefits?

Calendar | Public Event, Auckland, 23 Sep 2016
As part of Architecture Week 2016, ArchitectureNZ magazine and Resene present the “Fringe Benefits?” event on 23 Sept.

Parisian chic

Projects | A couple’s collection of rare and unusual design and art pieces finds harmony in this tiny loft apartment.

Efficiency of space: Taiwan Apartment

Projects | Big interior design ideas fill this shoebox-sized apartment in Taiwan.

Zaha Hadid’s first Melbourne tower approved

News | A $300-million tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Plus Architecture has been approved by the Victorian government.

The International

News | Big plans have been unveiled for the historic Grand Hotel near The University of Auckland on Princes Street.

One Market Lane

Projects | Studio Pacific Architecture’s new mixed-use apartment building is a classy addition to the heart of Wellington city.

Fearon Hay’s first Melbourne project unveiled

News | Architecture practice Fearon Hay Architects has unveiled designs of its first project in Melbourne.

Out of the past

Projects | Built as a warehouse in 1926, the PR Colebrook building is being repurposed into Auckland’s ‘newest’ apartment building.

New York’s finest

Review | Sophie Dyring visits three exemplar social housing projects in New York City.

The Warehouse

Projects | A once-commerical space becomes a cleverly designed, light-filled home in Melbourne, Australia.