Joining forces for good
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, the 2024 Gold Medal recipients Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown reflect on the their collaborative architectural practice.
Essay from Southern Africa
Jeremy Smith reports from South Africa, where he and architect Peter Rich buckled up and set off together to explore housing, city-planning and local architectural education.
The politics of the architect’s narrative
Opinion: Karamia Müller believes stories about architecture need to examine power, displacement and capital.
Meet the 2025 Interior Awards jury: Amanda Harkness
Interior Awards 2025 convenor Amanda Harkness describes an inspirational interior and tells us what she’s looking forward to with this year’s judging process.
Western Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Nineteen projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Western Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Gerald Cogan.
News
Future of Housing Summit: A pathway to affordable homes
Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZ Institute of Architects partners with BuildNZ to host The Future of Housing Summit.
Pac, Isthmus and Parlour to speak at Fast Forward
Upcoming Fast Forward lectures to focus on fun, regenerating communities and the role of women in architecture.
One-weekend-only festival of architectural excellence returns
The annual Open Christchurch festival, in celebration of Ōtautahi’s most exceptional architecture and design, will take place from May 2–4.
Fast Forward lecture series continues
There are four more lectures to come in the University of Auckland’s Fast Forward lecture series for Semester One.
Projects
Towards a cultural revival
The Monk Mackenzie-designed Te Henga Kāinga Whakahirahira marae and papakāinga represents a significant milestone in the cultural revival of iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki.
Dancing around the dolines
Matthew Webby visits the spectacular Punangairi, the new visitor centre in Paparoa National Park on the northern West Coast of the South Island by Sheppard & Rout.
Material Focus: Harrows Experience Centre
Designwell creative director Alexander Wastney describes the careful balancing act of designing a space that is part showroom, part workplace and part hospitality venue.
Review
Behind the Object: Walker & Bing x Dilana Fez Collection
Design studio Walker & Bing applies a fine art discipline to its textile design projects. We look at the studio’s Fez Collection collaboration with Dilana Rugs and how storytelling is woven into each unique piece.
Itinerary: Sports architecture
In this Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie highlights 14 projects with significant ties to New Zealand’s sporting culture.
The Brutalist: Form over function
Patrick Sherwood finds the recently released film to be disappointingly light on Brutalism but full of promise and complexity.
Practice
Joining forces for good
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, the 2024 Gold Medal recipients Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown reflect on the their collaborative architectural practice.
Radical responsibility
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, ahha, a socially responsible architecture practice, discusses its aims and aspirations.
Artificially clever
Anthony Brand encourages a group of third-year architectural students to seek out AI tools that might help them design more efficiently, effectively and innovatively.
Awards
Western Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Nineteen projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Western Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Gerald Cogan.
Wellington Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Thirty-one projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Wellington Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Ben Jagersma.
People
On death and the sublime
Pip Cheshire considers the challenges associated with judging a building, including assessing its ‘smell’.
The politics of the architect’s narrative
Opinion: Karamia Müller believes stories about architecture need to examine power, displacement and capital.
Essay from Southern Africa
Jeremy Smith reports from South Africa, where he and architect Peter Rich buckled up and set off together to explore housing, city-planning and local architectural education.
Brutal reckonings
Chris Barton contemplates why the recently released film The Brutalist has caused such a furore within the architectural community.