Architecture NZ

Architecture New Zealand is the journal for New Zealand’s architects. For over fifty years it has been at the centre of the profession – keeping architects informed, inspired and engaged with reviews of the latest projects, insightful commentary on key issues and critical discussion of practice matters.

Architecture

The theory of everything

Secede Auckland!

On reading and lucky jobs

PRICELESS TAONGA SET TO COME HOME

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THE NEW NATURAL • Jeremy Smith and Andrew Barrie talk with Junya Ishigami at Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ in:situ conference.

FEMMELY VELUES • This year’s colourful winning Brick Bay Folly, Femmely Velues, represents a first for the programme since its launch almost 10 years ago. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.

OLI BOOTH • Known for its grounded, curated response to environment, Oli Booth’s eponymous architecture practice works with client and landscape to elevate the human experience.

‘Oh Vienna’ Where do we live tomorrow? • We’ve arrived at the present housing disaster rather like the Hemingway character explaining how he went bankrupt: “Two ways. Gradually and then suddenly.” Architecture Workshop’s Christopher Kelly examines Vienna’s ‘affordability of everyday life’ and recommends an amalgam of supply and demand-led housing solutions that New Zealand should pursue if we are at all serious about our egalitarian future.

RAISING THE BAR • When the world’s largest law firm appointed Unispace to design its new workplace in Wellington, it was looking for a radical new environment. Amanda Harkness investigates.

Work

Stripped to its bones for the planet • In Building 201’s extensive makeover by Jasmax for Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Bill McKay finds the future of architecture is not about prioritising appearance, it is about taking climate change seriously.

Under the roof • 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.

Re-imagining urban communities • Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design – shared space and families – as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.

Levity and gravity • John Walsh explores Omata Beach House, winner of the 2023 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing, by Herbst Architects and finds a pavilion on a plinth that seems as though it’s grown out of the land.

Monica F Barham in Southland

Other addresses

Demolished

The Hannah Playhouse: Theatre architecture as enduring event

Womb Chair Speaks • Wednesday 8 March 2024 University of Auckland

A MODERN PARABLE…