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Six female-led Kiwi businesses granted interest-free loans
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Coralus (formerly SheEO) has granted interest-free loans to six female or non-binary businesses including Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism, led by Jade Kake.
A place to call home
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Keni-Duke Hetet of Waka Group Architecture talks to Nicola Coburn about a project close to his heart, a new papakāinga in Motueka that offers 20 low-cost rental homes.
Community Impact Award: Call for entries
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Following the positive reception of its introduction last year — celebrating the design and lasting impact of fundraised community projects — this year sees its return.
Green commons
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John Walsh visits the Toiora High Street Cohousing project in Ōtepoti Dunedin, by Architype, and finds a connection to a timeless tradition of shared space.
Interior Awards announces new Community Impact Award
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This year, the Interior Awards programme is introducing a new award to celebrate the creation of spaces for communities and not-for-profit organisations.
Under the folds of the rock
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In Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club by Richard Priest Architect, in association with 106 Architects, Sir Bob Harvey finds a modest building designed to merge with its majestic setting.
New surf life saving club at Taylors Mistake
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Wilson and Hill Architects’ new surf life saving club at Taylors Mistake blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings.
State housing: The new generation
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Peddlethorp’s Manuel Diaz explores the changing face of state housing in New Zealand and reflects on the firm’s work on recent community housing projects.
Final barracks: Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall
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Ian Lochhead reflects on what the reinstatement of this building means to the local community and its sense of connectedness to place.
Best of 2018: Top commercial projects
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A look back at our most popular commercial projects in New Zealand of 2018.
Sports and recreation: designing wellness
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Architect Alex Head explores how sports and recreation design has evolved as society’s focus on holistic wellness increases.
‘A mammoth effort’: Naenae Bowling Club
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A dynamic, innovative roof covers Naenae’s newest community hub: a progressive bowling club by Tennent Brown Architects.
Staying alive: Trafalgar Centre
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An elegant, black pavilion and surrounds create a real civic dimension to Nelson’s major indoor sports and community venue.
Tight-knit: Mt Pleasant Community Centre
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This marvel of prefabricated construction could pave the way for the future of design and construction in New Zealand.
The people’s place
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Benje Feehan, associate director at Ignite Architects, writes on why design shouldn’t just be for architects.
Ponsonby Park: have your say
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Vote for your favourite design for the proposed park at 254 Ponsonby Road, a fully community-led urban design project.
Where is our collective imagination?
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With urban house prices so high, the self-funded co-housing model could be an antidote to the market-driven developer model.
Toia – Otahuhu Recreation Precinct
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Expanding existing facilities and integrating an under-functioning reserve has created a quality recreation destination.
Reasserting heritage: Te Oro
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With its roots in Pacific culture, Archimedia’s new community centre has been likened to “a giant musical instrument”.
Community minded: Rānui Library
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Jasmax has involved the community in the form and functions of its design for a library in Rānui, West Auckland.