Contributor: Christopher Kelly

Contributor Profile

Christopher Kelly grew up on the east coast of Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island. He studied architecture at Victoria University of Wellington and the Städelschule in Frankfurt with Prof. Peter Cook. In addition to leading Architecture Workshop, Kelly currently teaches a final-year master’s studio with Urban Melbourne founder Laurence Dragomir at Monash University.

‘Housing is a public good’ yeah? Nah

People | Christopher Kelly asks: What are we trying to achieve in the housing market and does anyone in power really want to achieve it?

Book: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy

Review | 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.

Book review: The New Queensland House

Review | Christopher Kelly reviews the large-format book, edited by Cameron Bruhn and Katelin Butler, and finds it offers plenty on which Kiwis can make use of, in our burgeoning cities.

Watching the collectives

Projects | From December 2019 to March 2021, the value of New Zealand’s housing stock increased by $324 billion or about $65K per person in our team of five million.

First THAB off the rank

Projects | Christopher Kelly looks at the socially equitable, Jasmax-designed 26 Aroha and discovers the beginnings of our own Aotearoan culture of living closer together.

Practice in Profile: Awaiting the chisel of the mind

Practice | Christopher Kelly reflects on wilfulness and how Architecture Workshop navigates its way by a series of design intents.

Why the role of architects is on trial

Review | Chris Kelly suggests ways architects can remind the public that architecture is essential to the quality of civic life.