News
Interior Awards juror 2024: Amanda Harkness
Interior Awards 2024 convenor Amanda Harkness describes an inspirational interior and gives a key piece of advice for those who make this year’s shortlist.
Gold Medal video 2023: Deidre Brown
Watch the video honouring the 2023 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal winner.
Interior Awards juror 2024: Andrew Mitchell
We talk to Interior Awards 2024 juror Andrew Mitchell about inspirational spaces and this year’s upcoming judging process.
Housing Summit 2024
The New Zealand Green Building Council Housing Summit will take place on Wednesday 22 May at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.
Projects
City-shaping
New renders visualise the proposed Te Tōangaroa stadium by global firm HKS in collaboration with Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei and local design partners Buchan and TOA.
Houses revisited: Gable house
On a lush section, backing onto one of Auckland’s volcanoes, a tangerine-coloured gabled form pops up over a bungalow. First published in 2016.
Houses revisited: Arnold Street house
This unassuming bungalow by McCoy + Heine Architects was extensively renovated to suit an extended family. First published in 2016.
Review
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024
Multidisciplinary designers Ella Lilley-Gasteiger and Nathan Swaney of Gestalt Studios on the trends and stand-out exhibitors from this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair.
Poor Things: A surreal, grand architectural tour
Films are always architectural. And for Yorgos Lanthimos of The Favourite and The Lobster renown, settings are integral to embodying both plot and mood.
Book: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy
This little book sets out to consider the ways in which our public places could use open-sourced data positively and discusses how cities must reconsider what makes them smart.
Practice
Simple and pure
HMOA’s founding directors consider the evolution of the practice over the past 26 years and the importance of relationships, resilience and respect.
Bringing the change
Ewan Brown discusses the Living Pā at Victoria University of Wellington, the latest in a list of Tennent Brown projects implementing the Living Building Challenge.
The evolution of Matter
Matter Architects’ founder Jonathan Smith looks back at 10 years of the practice and considers the importance of magic, making a moment and movie quotes.
Awards
Canterbury Architecture Awards 2024: Shortlist revealed
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects has revealed the thirty-four projects shortlisted for this year’s Canterbury Architecture Awards.
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards 2024: Shortlist announced
Thirty-one projects have been shortlisted in the 2024 Waikato & Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Matt Grant.
People
‘Housing is a public good’ yeah? Nah
Christopher Kelly asks: What are we trying to achieve in the housing market and does anyone in power really want to achieve it?
Michael Leng joins COX Architecture Auckland
Michael Leng joins COX Architecture as a Senior Associate and Interior Design Lead in new Auckland Studio.
On the Rise: Tane Pamatatau-Marques
The On the Rise series, supported by Resene, profiles young designers from across the country who are shaping the future of the industry.
Cities of self-interest
Architect Pip Cheshire believes a respectful acknowledgment of the underlying values of the whenua can yield a city of beauty and humanity.