Tag: Architecture New Zealand magazine

The University of Auckland

Projects | Tommy Honey outlines the major capital works programme at the University and reviews its latest wave of buildings.

Practice | 17 suggestions to help make designing with architecturally exposed structural steel an enjoyable, interactive process.

Projects | Athfield Architects’ inspirational building for Massey University Wellington is a fine response to site.

Projects | Tennent + Brown Architects have realised the metaphorical essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha.

Projects | A watershed Wellington structure designed by architecture +.

People | ArchitectureNZ talks to Japanese architect, Taira Nishizawa, in a two part interview.

Projects | With vistas across Lake Wanaka to the Southern Alps, Sarah Scott Architects’ elegant church offers a sense of occasion.

Projects | Phil Smith Architects’ child-care centre in Kawakawa is an embodiment of kaitiakitanga or care for the environment.

Review | Charlie Gates considers the divisive debate over the Christ Church Cathedral, and who might be appointed to design a new one.

Review | When did the architectural profession relinquish the language of description to real estate agents? Tommy Honey considers.

Review | Bill McKay discusses a new hurdle facing those who wish to study architecture.

News | Two New Zealanders have been invited to present their work as part of the 13th International Architecture Biennale.

News | A striking 150m-long footbridge by NZIA Gold Medal winner Pete Bossley replaces a dilapidated version in Raglan.

Projects | RTA Studio’s new training centre for New Zealand’s firefighters is pure ‘form follows function’.

News | The AGM stable of magazines has been recognised with 13 finalist nominations in the 2012 Magazine Awards.

News | One of New Zealand’s most extraordinary architects, Peter Beaven, has died.

Review | This book by Dr Russell Walden’s shares some of the concerns and aspirations of Rudolf Wittkower’s work.

Review | One reader is critical of architect-designed schemes planned for the city’s rebuild.

Projects | A pragmatic Christchurch office building by Sheppard & Rout Architects features a secret vantage point.

Projects | Looking upwards on Wellington’s Willis Street is a wonderful spectacle - the articulated facade of an office building.