Tag: Culture | Architecture Now

Authenticity restored

Projects | Chris Cochran explores the careful and considerate heritage restoration of The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Wellington.

New Zealand wool flooring grounds Taupō’s landmark civic project

Projects | New Zealand wool carpet tiles by Godfrey Hirst bring warmth, texture and local connection to Taupō’s He Whare Hono ō Tūwharetoa by DCA Architects of Transformation.

Priceless taonga set to come home

Projects | RTA Studio has designed a two-level, 2067m² home to house approximately 90,000 artefacts for the Hastings and Napier Councils in Hastings’ cultural precinct.

Grand design down under

Review | Mike Austin considers the long-running TV series franchise and its missing component — the architect — while Amanda Harkness goes to see Kevin McCloud on tour.

Interior Awards 2022, Supreme and Civic Award Winner

Awards | The 2022 Interior Awards Supreme Award winner is Te Rau Karamu Marae, Massey University by Te Kāhui Toi and Athfield Architects.

Jasmax appoints Robert Jahnke as cultural advisor

News | Jasmax has appointed Professor Robert Jahnke (Ngāi Taharora, Te Whānau a Iritekura, Te Whānau a Rakairoa o Ngāti Porou, Samoan-German-Irish) as te ao Māori Advisor.

Granular reinvention

Projects | A historic grain silo becomes the physical symbol of the metaphoric rise of Cape Town’s design scene.

Finely tuned

Review | Take a look at 10 of the most interesting concert halls from across the globe that have recently come across our desk.

Old and new: Tanatana Marae’s wharemate

Projects | At Waimana on the northern edge of Te Uruwera, a modest wharemate absorbs the creation myth of Rangi and Papa in its form.

Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Projects | Lake Waikaremoana’s new visitor centre by Tennent Brown Architects returns local iwi to its ancestral home beside the lake.

For the people, by the people

Review | We take a look at 20 diverse vernacular buildings from across the globe, and ask if this form is relevant in today’s world.

Mahuki: connected museums

Review | Melissa Firth discusses Mahuki – the world’s first culture sector acceleration programme, based at Wellington’s Te Papa.

Creating a new collective identity

Review | Architectural graduate Te Ari Prendergast discusses “Te Noho Kotahi: identity and reconciliation in post-quake Canterbury”.

Te Kōngahu / Museum of Waitangi

Projects | Harris Butt Architecture’s museum is a subtle addition to a cluster of important buildings that discuss New Zealand’s history.

One part of the whole: Rore Kāhu

Projects | Cheshire Architects’ Rore Kāhu, in the Bay of Islands, is a portal that propels its visitors out to distant historic sites.

New crucible

News | The ASB Waterfront Theatre will be Auckland’s new, state-of-the-art performing arts facility and will open in late September.

Open conversation: Waitangi Museum

Projects | Exhibition design and architecture driven by lofty ideals of biculturalism and dialogue.

Artistic license

Review | More than a pure receptacle for creativity, art museum architecture is often as much food for thought as the artworks inside.

Planning for cultural resilience

Practice | Thousands of Totara tree seeds will be planted for future generations to use, thanks to the Totara Legacy Project.

Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi

Practice | A conversation around the meanings and implications of the recent Making the Culturally Shared Landscape marae-based wānangas.