Apartments | Architecture Now

Culture and collegiality

Practice | John Walsh visits Te Rangihīroa, the University of Otago’s new hall of residence designed by Jasmax.

Ockham Lecture: Towards an Auckland aesthetic with Tania Wong

News | Ockham’s Head of Architecture, Tania Wong will discuss the design and creation of The Greenhouse apartments in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

The resilience of the diagram

Projects | Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.

Manaaki te whare, Manaaki te whenua, Manaaki te iwi

Projects | The result of a fruitful Marutūāhu-Ockham Iwi partnership, Manaaki is the largest apartment complex to have ever been built outside of Auckland’s CBD.

Fluidity in form

Projects | The bold, fluid form of Buchan’s Sonata Apartments in Auckland’s St Heliers deals with the demanding building envelope setbacks in a creative way.

Northbrook: A new ultra-luxury offering for later living

News | Designed in collaboration with Woods Bagot, Northbrook is a ‘later living’ development set to offer a level of luxury that developer Winton claims New Zealand has never seen before.

Waterside living

Projects | Construction has begun on Catalina Bay Apartments, the new $150m development being the largest of its kind to commence construction this year.

Grandstand living

Projects | Chris Barton visits Alexandra Park, by RTA Studio and DJRD Architects, and explores the art of apartment dwelling beside a racecourse.

First look: 30 Madden

News | The latest in a series of Wynyard Quarter developments, this one designed by Studio Pacific Architecture, is poised for tenants just in time for the America’s Cup. Take a peek inside.

What the Spanish Club can teach us about urban living

Projects | Warren and Mahoney’s Mat Brown and Nick Deans chat about a new multi-residential project for the firm in Melbourne and what it can teach us about apartment living here in Aotearoa.

Maximalist empire

Projects | New York’s Apparatus studio’s co-founders, Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, give us a tour of their maximalist and highly detailed loft apartment.

Living with art

Projects | In this apartment, proportions and flow are just as important as are surfaces and detail. Art, however, reigns supreme and in complete unison.

Happy Days domain

Projects | Chris Barton explores DKO Architecture’s mix of terraced and apartment living at a former quarry site in Auckland’s Mount Wellington.

Houses Revisited: High society

Projects | From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.

A neighbourly narrative: North Fitzroy by Milieu

Projects | This modern take on the classic walk-up apartment is arranged around a verdant central courtyard, designed to foster community.

Mystique to suit: Whitlam Place

Projects | Set within a brazen, nonconformist building of 11 bespoke apartments, this abode fittingly offers an edge to Melbourne’s bohemian suburb.

Camperdown apartment: Ode to brutalism

Projects | The brief for this Sydney apartment called for a concrete box… the result, surprisingly, is a warm and inviting gem.

Hot House: Madrid minimalism

Projects | This small space is home to an emergency doctor, Albóndiga (Meatball, his pet bulldog) and a large collection of pot plants.

Urban colours: Park Avenue Prewar

Projects | This not-so-small Manhattan apartment is a delightful example of the magic that colour can bring to a previously dark enclosure.

Lakeside luxe: Lugano apartment

Projects | This generous apartment packs a lot of living into a relatively small area, and does so with refined Italian style.