Tag: Practice | Architecture Now

Fine-tuning a few elements

Practice | Pip Cheshire traverses influences in his design practice, from the shoebox to Donald Judd to Don Clarke to the raw and the cooked.

Something rotten in the state…

Practice | Peter Dyer delves into the thorny issue of whether or not targeted repair might be a better solution to New Zealand’s ongoing leaky buildings saga.

2020 in Review: Top 5 discussions

Practice | Take a look at the topics that dominated our discourse this year from post-COVID architecture, to the importance of drawing, to diversity in the field and more.

Post-pandemic design: Buchan on the future of retail

Practice | As the market for retail evolves, how will the design and build of brick and mortar institutions change to meet new demands?

Cathedrals of learning

Practice | Mary Henry reflects on three recent Jasmax tertiary education designs that respond to the evolution of the tertiary education sector.

Stadia dreams

Practice | Richard Goldie reflects on trends in stadium design gleaned from a recent research tour to Japan and the United States and builds his case for what makes a modern stadium work.

Future of Design: Artificial intelligence for when times are a-changin’

Practice | The third in our series quells fears and breaks down some of the benefits when it comes to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Once more, with feeling

Practice | PoMo – pastels, neon and odd nods to classical forms – causes some architects to shudder. Others say it’s worth a second look.

Future context

Practice | Richard Naish reflects on what drives his practice in the pursuit of its stand-alone housing designs.

Future of Design: Seeing is believing

Practice | Mott MacDonald’s Maria Mingallon explores why data visualisation is a crucial skill for contemporary designers.

Six rules for housing design in the city

Practice | Unitec School of Architecture lecturer David Turner shares his design principles for higher-density housing when the occupant-user is not known to the architect.

From court to camp

Practice | Pete Bossley reflects on a recurring theme in his design practice.

Co-what?: Alternative housing models

Practice | Co-housing, co-living, cooperative housing. Abigail Hurst examines these hot words that need to be taken seriously.

Future of Design: The rise of a new design tribe

Practice | In the first of a new series, Maria Mingallon introduces computational design and its applications for the architecture and engineering industry.

Bamboo frontier

Practice | Kiwi architect Richard Morris reflects on the trials, challenges and rewards of bamboo construction in Myanmar.

Urban laboratories: What we can learn from airports

Urban laboratories: Learning from airports

Practice | Executive director of Aerial Futures, Andrés Ramirez, ponders the significance of the airport typology.

Climate change: Action from the ground up

Practice | Commercial flooring company Interface explores how the construction industry can play a part in combating climate change.

Prefabrication: Better, cheaper, faster

Practice | Chris Barton explores the world of prefabrication by speaking with three practices deeply committed to offsite manufacturing.

Opinion: The housing train

Practice | Former president of the NZIA and gold medal recipient Pip Chesire considers the industry’s role in our housing crisis.