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

Design like a parrot

House talk

Fifteen cigarettes a day

CIVIC PRECINCT CULTURAL BUILDINGS REVEALED

EARTHSHOT PRIZE CONTENDER

TOWARDS MEANINGFUL RECONCILIATION

SANNZ 24 HOUR DESIGN COMPETITION COMING UP

ENDANGERED MĀORI BUILDING METHODS PASS TESTING

FROM HEKE PUNA TO HEKE RUA

OBITUARY: NANETTE CAMERON 27 September 1927 – 13 April 2023 • Long-standing friend of the Cameron family Vivienne Stone pays tribute to interior design legend Nanette Cameron.

OPEN CHRISTCHURCH 2023 • Architect Matthew Webby visits a stellar range of architectural projects and spaces that contribute to Ōtautahi’s unique sense of place.

A BALANCING ACT • Amanda Harkness looks at Klein’s new Cardiac Catheter Laboratory for Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau and finds there’s a lot going on behind the scenes.

Form follows narrative • Sheppard & Rout Architects has been part of Christchurch’s architectural scene for 40 years, now reaching an age where it has become an intergenerational practice. Here, directors Jasper van der Lingen, Tim Dagg, Steven Orr, Matt Gutsell and Joff Kennedy reflect on the practice’s enduring vision.

Work

Welcome to the chocolate fïsh • Guy Marriage negotiates the black diagrid structure and sinuous, muscular swoops of Tākina’s confectionary-coloured façade and finds plenty of attraction in Wellington’s new convention centre by Studio Pacific Architecture.

The curve of the kina • Trudie Bradbourne explores the cocoon-like quality of the Kina, the latest addition to Taranaki’s Green School by Boon.

Green commons • John Walsh visits the Toiora High Street Cohousing project in Ōtepoti Dunedin, by Architype, and finds a connection to a timeless tradition of shared space.

FELICITY BRENCHLEY • Specialising in residential new builds and renovations, artist and architect Felicity Brenchley brings a client-centred, collaborative approach to her projects, working with simple composition, proportion, materiality, colour and texture.

INTERIOR AWARDS 2023 • PRESENTED BY ARCHITECTURE NZ MAGAZINE, THE INTERIOR AWARDS RECOGNISE EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL, CIVIC, COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN.

Faradays • PARNELL, AUCKLAND —

Chapman Tripp • WELLINGTON —

Tax Traders • NEWMARKET, AUCKLAND —

Picnicka • TAURANGA —

Kā Uri, Awanui • AWANUI, FAR NORTH DISTRICT —

Ophir • MANIOTOTO, OTAGO —

Konini Road Kitchen • TITIRANGI, AUCKLAND —

Stravinskij • CBD, WELLINGTON —

Oli Booth • OLI BOOTH ARCHITECTURE —

Te Puna Reo o Manga Tangaroa • KAIKOHE —

Finalists

Waitangi and Paihia

Worth the drive

Shifting Foundations: Post-quake architecture of Ōtautahi Christchurch • Foreword Bernadette Muir Freerange Press, 2023

HomeGround. The Story of a Building that Changes Lives • Simon Wilson, photographs by Mark Smith Massey University Press, 2022

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