AGM is pleased to announce Amanda Harkness as the new editor of Houses magazine and Chris Barton as the new editor of Architecture New Zealand.

Amanda is a very experienced journalist and has worked in the media industry for many years with roles in advertising agencies, TVNZ, research and print media. Amanda has been a contributor and provided editorial support to Houses for some time now, and she has additionally worked on other AGM titles such as Architecture New Zealand, Interior and Urbis. 

Amanda can be reached at houses@agm.co.nz.

Chris has been a respected architecture critic for Metro and multi-award winning journalist for many of the nation’s leading print media publications; he also holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Auckland. Chris will continue in his part-time teaching role at the UoA School of Architecture and Planning as an M.Arch thesis supervisor, plus teaching Masters design studios, thesis writing workshops and architecture criticism. 

Chris will also be the editor-at-large for ArchitectureNow: providing features and opinion pieces for our industry-leading online outlet.

Chris can be reached at architecturenz@agm.co.nz.

Houses is an architecturally-led presentation of the best contemporary residential architecture and design. Each issue has inspirational ideas from leading New Zealand architects and designers, the editor’s selection of edgy new products and much more. 

Architecture New Zealand, provides provocative, informative and engaging discussion of the best built-works and the issues that matter. Widely read and highly respected, Architecture New Zealand has been capturing achievements in New Zealand architecture for over 70 years.