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 New Zealand

Oh God, I hate this Chris Barton

Do not go gentle… Pip Cheshire

A touch of the architecture Karamia Müller

Across the Board

MODERN HERITAGE

LANDMARK CLIMATE CRISIS PLANS ACKNOWLEDGED

MINI IN:SITU – A REPORT ON EXPERIENCE • Isaac Sweetapple attends his first-ever architecture conference. Thinking through what sets this type of event apart from those hosted outside the Institute’s reach, he observes a fracturing between different attitudes towards sustainability and socialising, validity and value, temperament and taste, discourse and dialogue.

JUST SO LIT

The beauty is in the detail • Maggie Carroll and Jessica Barter discuss their journey since launching Bureaux in 2010; theirs is a practice known for its careful crafting of space and unwavering focus on collaboration.

An artist and an architect return to Europe • After two years of Covid postponements, Pete Bossley and Mir van Wezel headed to Europe for a six-week tour, getting up close and personal with Le Corbusier, Renzo Piano and Herzog & de Meuron, amongst others. Here, Bossley considers the first stage of their trip.

NAOMI RUSHMER • An architect with a passion for ‘designing experiences’, Naomi started Studio Naomi Rushmer three years ago. Her projects range from workplace, hotel and retail through to wellness and residential.

Work

Duplex with a difference • Guy Marriage is impressed by the joy of Patchwork Architecture’s three-dimensional, Escher-like cliff-side edifice, Party Wall, in Wellington’s Kelburn.

Sand-hills sentinel • Michael O’Sullivan considers Crosson Architects’ heroic Te Pae North Piha Lifeguard Tower from a perilous position and finds it to be a beautiful ‘ting’.

Bringing the community and culture in • Abigail Hurst talks to Tennent Brown Architects about the difficult site, the cultural narratives and a new take on innovative learning environments in the design of Te Raekura Redcliffs School.

2022 New Zealand Architecture Awards • Congratulations to all the award-winners, who are celebrated over the following 50 pages.

Ebb-Dunedin • GaryTodd Architecture brings a fresh approach to hotel typology with rooms organised around a central courtyard with louvred roof and a Simon Kaan artwork printed on the building’s glass façade.

ŌPUKE THERMAL POOLS AND SPA

BRANDON HOUSE

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST (1991)

MASSEY UNIVERSITY REFECTORY

Christchurch Boys’ High School: Caddick Caldwell Block • Athfield Architects deftly expands the school campus with this exceptional project, binding evolving pedagogies with a rich heritage.

TE RAU KARAMU MARAE

WHITBY COLLEGIATE CLASSROOM PAVILION • BY ANDREW SEXTON ARCHITECTURE

FOOTSTEPS PRESCHOOL

TE ARA ĀTEA

TE RAU KARAMU MARAE

Party Wall • Patchwork Architecture cleverly employs a central in-situ core on a difficult site to create two high-quality dwellings under the one roof.

132 HALSEY

HOMEGROUND – AUCKLAND CITY MISSION TE TĀPUI ATAWHAI

WATERHOUSE FAMILY HOME

MAWHITIPANA HOUSE

CRINKLE CUT

WAIMATARURU

KAHUTARA HOUSE

BEACH BARN

TOWN HOUSE

UNDER IVY

NIGHTLIGHT

THE CABIN

HomeGround Auckland City Mission Te Tāpui Atawhai • In this exemplar of high-density housing for the homeless, Stevens Lawson Architects’ architecture of openess and inclusion overcomes...