Tag: Books
RSSReview: Making Space: A history of New Zealand Women in Architecture
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Kathy Waghorn writes on a book that tells the stories of more than 500 women and delivers the message ‘We are here – we exist – we are strong – and you are one of us.
Radical Practice: The Work of Marlon Blackwell Architects
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A review of the new book by Jonathan Boelkins and Peter MacKeith, Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
A love letter to the land and sea
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A new book by artist and designer David Trubridge, The Other Way is a profound meditation on our relationship to the natural world.
Review: Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud
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Mike Austin reviews Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud: Why so many architects pretend to be philosophers and don’t care how buildings look by Branko Mitrović.
Review: Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide
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John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds’ have published their new walking guide to 120 of Wellington’s most interesting buildings.
Review: Truth and Lies in Architecture
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Chris Barton finds Truth and Lies in Architecture to be “both confronting and inspiring in its scope, capturing perfectly the enormity and terror of the architect’s task”
Review: Making Ways: Alternative Architectural Practice in Aotearoa
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Sean Flanagan says: “Co-edited by Mike Davis (University of Auckland) and Kathy Waghorn (AUT), [this title] is a bright, new publication that seeks to conceptualise architectural work.
Review: Kia Whakanuia te Whenua: People Place Landscape
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Pip Cheshire explores this book, which offers 40 essays that explore the relationship of Māori with land and its critical role in Māori identity.
Review: I Never Met a Straight Line I Didn’t Like
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Abigail Hurst looks at this photographic portrayal of Christchurch modernism by Mary Gaudin and Matthew Arnold.
Review: The Architecture of Peter Rich
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Jeremy Smith reads The Architecture of Peter Rich: Conversations with Africa and finds a conversation we can all learn from.
Review: Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide
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Abigail Hurst reviews this book from John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds and finds a guide “for any wanderer of Christchurch, whether familiar or unfamiliar with the streets.”
Book review: The Vertical Picturesque
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David Turner reviews this delve into mid-century Auckland houses and finds a book that is “uncomplicated in its purpose, content and structure, beautiful to look at, and short”.
Book review: The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future
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Min Hall finds this substantial book on one of the most extensively used building materials in the world an inspiration for architects looking to combat climate change.
Book review: Cohousing for Life
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Abigail Hurst finds Robin Allison’s thought-provoking account of her life and the design and construction of the Earthsong eco-neighbourhood a frank and informative read.
Review: Tall: The design and construction of high-rise architecture
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Mott MacDonald’s Advanced Computational Design Lead, Maria Mingallon, reviews Guy Marriage’s book on the design and construction of tall buildings.
Review: Rottenomics: The Story of New Zealand’s Leaky Buildings Disaster
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John Sutherland considers Peter Dyer’s comprehensive investigation into one of the country’s most costly human-made disasters – New Zealand’s leaky building syndrome.
Bookshelf: July edition
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In these three titles, a few worlds, both real and imagined, are distilled into words.
Review: Hare + Klein Interior
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This book explores 14 Australian properties along with their mood boards and fabric swatches from a designer who can be described as “wise and humbled”.
Our voices: Indigeneity and architecture
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Indigenous knowledge systems will be vital in managing our planet’s complex future challenges and Indigenous voices are critical to flourishing built environments. It is urgent and necessary to hear them.
Review: The Christchurch Town Hall 1965–2019: A Dream Renewed
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University of Melbourne professor of architecture Paul Walker reviews this book, edited by Ian Lochhead, that explores the design of an iconic building.