News
Dulux Colours of New Zealand Heritage Collection
Dulux has introduced its new Dulux Colours of New Zealand Heritage Collection — a thoughtfully curated palette inspired by New Zealand’s rich architectural history.
Brick Bay Folly 2025: Call for entries
The well-known architecture competition is now taking entries, offering emerging architects the opportunity to realise an installation of their design with a $30,000 grant.
Discover Ōtautahi through its architecture
Open Christchurch, the ‘annual festival of architectural excellence,’ returns in early May with a bumper programme prepared by Te Pūtahi Centre for Architecture and City Making.
New category announced for this year’s Interior Awards
This year sees the introduction of a new Education category to the Interior Awards, to recognise schools, universities and other learning facilities.
Projects
Interior Spaces: Geometric surprise
Architect Henri Sayes of Sayes Studio embraces the curve in one of his most recent projects — his own home. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.
Towards an old architecture
Anthony Hōete finds an emergent force in play at Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato University of Waikato’s The Pā, designed in collaboration by Architectus, Jasmax and designTRIBE.
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.
Review
Book Review: Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice
Graeme McConchie reviews the latest book in the Time Honored Architectural Conservation Documentation series, which surveys architectural conservation practice in various world regions.
Itinerary: Heritage conservation stories of our era
In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley call attention to 14 heritage sites in New Zealand.
Grand design down under
Mike Austin considers the long-running TV series franchise and its missing component — the architect — while Amanda Harkness goes to see Kevin McCloud on tour.
Practice
Te taura whakairo: the continuing tradition
This year’s Te Kāhui Whaihanga Gold Medallist, Deidre Brown, discusses her journey through architecture as she follows the evolution of Māori and Pacific design.
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.
Awards
Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay Architecture Awards 2024: Shortlist announced
Twenty-six projects have been shortlisted in the 2024 Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Ann Galloway.
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.
People
Jasmax promotes Jun Tsujimoto to Head of Design
Jun’s outstanding design and communication skills make him the perfect fit for this role.
Weaving a conduit for environmental knowledge
Isabella Muirhead of the University of Auckland was the winner of 2023’s NZIA Resene Student Design Awards. Here, she describes her project, Common Ground.
Viewfinder: Top five with Larnie Nicolson
Auckland-based photographer Larnie Nicolson has been shooting architecture and interiors for 20 years. We asked about her top five projects and why they inspire her practice.
‘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?