Tag: Education | Architecture Now

Architects in demand

News | We asked the head of Otago Polytechnic’s associate Professor Tobias Danielmeier, to put the case for the creation of what is now the country’s fifth school.

Jasmax appoints Tim Melville as Technical Specialist

People | Jasmax has announced the appointment of Tim Melville as Technical Specialist, who brings over 30 years of architectural experience to the role.

Student body building

Projects | Anthony Hōete investigates the skilled stacking of Hiwa, the University of Auckland’s new Recreation and Wellness Centre by Warren and Mahoney and MJMA Toronto.

Book review: The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education

Review | Lynda Simmons reviews The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education, a book aimed at students, educators and practitioners insistent on change.

Lessons learnt

Projects | Nick Roberts explores notions of lineage, authorship and in-house research at Tukutuku, Jasmax’s latest addition to Auckland University of Technology’s North Campus.

Go figure!

People | Jeremy Smith talks travel, research and teaching with the visiting American International Architect in Residence, Marlon Blackwell.

Architects not required

People | Editor of Architecture NZ magazine, Chris Barton, considers the current government’s call to put an end to “fancy, architecturally designed classrooms”.

A polyphonic assemblage

Projects | Dorita Hannah tours Toi Manawa Kīngi Kāreti, King’s College’s new performing arts centre, and enjoys the dynamic tension in Patterson Associates’ design.

2024 Ted McCoy Award for Education winner: The Pā

Awards | The 2024 Ted McCoy Award for Education winner went to The Pā by Architectus, Jasmax and designTRIBE.

Science on show

Projects | Matthew Webby explores the carefully curated spaces of Waimarie, Lincoln University’s new agricultural science facility by WAM and Lab-works Architecture.

Students embark on Homestar 7 renovation

News | Students at One Tree College’s Trade Academy have been tasked with an ambitious renovation of a 1970s ex-state house, the first project of its type in New Zealand.

Projects | Abigail Hurst looks at Marian College, the bold transformation of a former Foodstuffs distribution centre by Sheppard & Rout Architects, and what it says about sustainability and schools of the future.

Industry ready? Architectural graduates vs. technicians

People | Joseph McAuley, former Director of NZIA’s Emerge programme, questions the status quo guiding architectural education in New Zealand asking “Are our graduates industry-ready”?

New category announced for this year’s Interior Awards

Awards | This year sees the introduction of a new Education category to the Interior Awards, to recognise schools, universities and other learning facilities.

Communities of learning

Practice | Jasper van der Lingen investigates how extensive community consultation shaped the carefully layered communal forms of Christchurch’s new Te Aratai College by Architectus.

AUT Art & Design Graduate Showcase Opening Night

News | On the 16 November, 4-8pm, the public are invited to see the best student work from across Auckland University of Technology’s School of Art and Design.

Indigenous knowledge to tackle climate change

Practice | A new podcast series from the NUWAO project, features AUT-led research into nature-based solutions to climate change, rooted in indigenous knowledges.

A course that will take you from design to business

News | The Design Thinking Business course at Victoria University of Wellington equips designers and architects with a business acumen and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Untroubled by theory

People | Mike Austin observes a recurring trend among thesis students where an emphasis on presentation and reference to exalted precedents has set a course for accepted design standards.

Globe-trotting professor

People | Nelson-based architect Jeremy Smith of Irving Smith Architects has been named the 2023 John G. Williams Distinguished Visiting Practitioner in Architecture.