Tag: Opinion
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Building a profile
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Patrick Sherwood writes on the influence of slick marketing on the architecture industry.

Revisiting the Aaltos
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Pete Bossley tours Finnish architecture and design, using drawing as thinking to uncover its power.

A touch of the architecture
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Karamia Müller considers the role of her profession in imagining a better future for Aotearoa.

Do not go gentle…
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Pip Cheshire believes the architecture profession can sometimes be complicit in the suppression of dreams.

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.

David Trubridge on colonialism, capitalism and how to think like a tree
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World-renowned designer David Trubridge believes we must decolonise our mindset and indigenise architecture, learning to think more like trees and design like nature.

Plan and section
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Pip Cheshire finds the world of creative endeavour is one sometimes beset with angst, false starts, revisions and abandoned variations.

Opinion:The issue of unpaid internships
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Daniel K. Brown, Prof. of Design at Wellington School of Architecture, writes on this controversial topic and uncovers the murky ethics surrounding it.

A complex ecology
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Karamia Müller discusses the impact of economic policy on housing policy and the complex ecology that ensues.

The size of things
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Pip Cheshire on how to navigate the betterment of public spaces “our new living rooms” with measuring tape in hand and an observant eye.

To review or listen?
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Karamia Müller on the role of the architectural reviewer to not only appraise architecture based on its design merits but its wider transformative impact.

Living history
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Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton on the ensuing debacle recently imposed housing intensification regulations will unleash on residential areas in Auckland city.

Time to dream no small dreams
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Pip Cheshire says it is time to dream big if we are to realise a bold future for housing our whānau in Aotearoa.

What we think is what we draw
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Karamia Müller urges us to keep the housing crisis foregrounded as an issue that requires everyone’s action.

Opinion: Safe neighbourhoods
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Pip Cheshire says it’s time we set about creating safe, supportive, resilient and regenerative neighbourhoods.

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

Opinion — Left behind: a Pacific story
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Karamia Müller considers the housing shortage we have inherited because of the value we place on heritage

Opinion — Architecture: to love people and place
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Karamia Müller looks forward to a return to people and place with a renewed sense of aroha.

Opinion: Off with my head!
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Pip Cheshire recommends an industry-wide road map to survival and resilience.