Pip Cheshire Writer, Photographer Contributor Profile Architect and writer, recipient of the NZIA Gold Medal and Past President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. Occupation Architect Location Auckland Website http://cheshirearchitects.com/
Opinion: Remaking our country Practice | Pip Cheshire: “We have a choice as a profession…shall we seize the day and use this time of upheaval to speak out and be agents of change?”
Opinion: Uncertain times Practice | Pip Cheshire: “It’s been a rude shock that our stock in trade, the bricks and mortar realisation of our lofty dreams, is of no value when the unseen hand of disease strikes.”
Opinion: In consideration of users Practice | Pip Cheshire notes, “…we architects have a duty, at the very least, to treat our building users with humanity, respect and civility.”
Opinion: The naked emperor Practice | Pip Cheshire asks about the decision-making process in creating buildings and craves more than the answers given in public discourse.
Opinion: The architect’s folly Practice | Pip Cheshire asserts that architecture has nothing to do with buildings but is all about the space between them.
Opinion: Beatific urban farmers Practice | Pip Cheshire on reuse, reoccupying, reconfiguring and the power of architects to facilitate such things.
Opinion: When architects speak Practice | Pip Cheshire muses over the difficulty in speaking about architectural work and implores us to stop writing “the brief called for…”
Opinion: Doctrinaire doodahs Practice | Pip Cheshire considers the value of character areas and their role as an exemplar of early occupation and of our history made manifest.
Opinion: The housing train Practice | Former president of the NZIA and gold medal recipient Pip Chesire considers the industry’s role in our housing crisis.
Book review: Peter Beaven ARCHITECT Review | Pip Cheshire reviews Peter Beaven ARCHITECT by Peter Beaven.