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Brutal reckonings
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Chris Barton contemplates why the recently released film The Brutalist has caused such a furore within the architectural community.
Editorial: Anatomy of a sinkhole
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A 100-year old broken pipe leading to catastrophic waste-water contamination in the Waitematā raises concerns for how Watercare will manage our biggest city’s aging drains.
After the floods
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Editor Chris Barton writes on the expected frequency of extreme weather in New Zealand and outlines why the profession needs to make climate change its focus.
Rethinking awards
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Chris Barton wonders when the profession will fully address the urgent imperatives facing the industry.
Oh God, I hate this
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Chris Barton considers King Charles III’s influence on architecture to date and finds it’s not all bad.
Atmospheric submersion
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Chris Barton considers the awesome forces of nature and looks for our plans to adapt in the latest editorial from Architecture NZ magazine.
Must do better
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Chris Barton speaks on the subject of climate change and kindly unpacks what architects need to know in order to do better. And we must do better.
Editorial: Deploy the fence
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Chris Barton considers the nature of occupation.
Editorial: Chris Barton on Vive la différence
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Chris Barton finds refreshing views on what Aotearoa architecture can be in new TV series Designing Dreams
Editorial: Chris Barton on no more blah, blah, blah
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Rays of hope emanated from the COP26 ‘Build Better Now’ virtual pavilion, showcasing 17 “exemplary sustainable projects” and explaining the ways in which construction has contributed to climate change and how future buildings could be less carbon intensive.
Editorial: Chris Barton on a wound upon a building
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“The architecture of suicide is not an easy topic but, for architects who might adhere to an ethical position akin to “first, do no harm”, it’s a topic that can’t be avoided.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on a duty of care
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Architecture NZ editor Barton notes a lack of language regarding sustainability in our professional bodies’ codes. “Distressingly … there is no mention of climate change in the NZRAB’s code.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on male architects
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Please no, not Alvar Aalto. Finnish female director Virpi Suutari’s brilliant examination, Aalto, lays bare some uneasy home truths about the man lauded as an icon of modernism.
Editorial: Chris Barton on rebuilding Christchurch
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Barton notes, “…the government received plenty of really good advice on what to do from a variety of people, notably the ‘Share an Idea’ urban planning community-involvement exercise … which the government mostly ignored.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on reversing climate change
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The Government and industry bodies are finally taking a policy stand on climate change in the built environment. Architecture NZ editor Barton explores how these compare and how they might play out.
Editorial: Chris Barton on post-COVID environmentalism
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The Architecture NZ editor weighs in on experts’ claims that sustainable buildings will become mainstream in a post-COVID era.
Editorial: Chris Barton on COVID-era architecture
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The effects of healthy obsessions on architecture can be profound. The challenge for architects now will be creating something that also deals with fear: something inspirational and uplifting.
Editorial: Chris Barton on monuments
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“If architecture is to play a part in this transformation [of problematic public monuments], it’s also necessary to build anew, rather than just demolish.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on the way forward
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“Of the many insights COVID-19 brings, the realisation that our economy is built as a house of cards is one of the more sobering.”
Editorial: Chris Barton on complacency
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Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton muses on the creation of a ‘Museum of Head-in-the Sand Climate Change Complacency’.