News
The next generation of architectural photographers
See a slideshow of all of the 2024 winners of the Dunedin Architecture School’s Architecture Photography Competition with judges Simon Devitt, Mark Boland and Graeme Campbell.
Innovative urban resilience in Moananui Oceania
AUT researcher Maibritt Pedersen-Zari summarises the key initiatives and research behind NUWAO’s new, free-to-access Nature-based Solutions Design Guide.
ADNZ release figures in support of H1 building regulations
Architectural Designers New Zealand (ADNZ) has released new figures that suggests H1 building regulations cost nowhere near the $50k figure estimated by a few North Island builders.
Ready for reform
Opinon: Peter Townsend, Auckland Branch Chair of the NZIA writes an open letter in response to Hon Chris Penk’s proposals around building consents earlier this week.
Projects
Empathy materialised
Nicholas Auld of OTO Group Architecture, talks us through the process and design solution for a funeral home interior in the industrial suburb of Penrose in Auckland.
Houses revisited: Pāuanui Beach house
This subtly designed family beach house peeks out from behind a large pōhutukawa tree on a busy, beachfront site. First published in 2017.
Civic welcome
Felicity Brenchley explores the collaborative design process behind Whangārei’s new civic centre, Te Iwitahi, by Team Architects Auckland.
Review
Behind the Object: La~De~Da Pendant
Nightworks Studio, bespoke lighting specialists in Ōtautahi Christchurch, tell us how they landed on the exaggerated gentility embodied in the design of its new La~De~Da Pendant.
Queen Street: To evolve or devolve?
Annabelle Smith reviews the ‘The Great Debate’, part of 2024’s Aotearoa Festival of Architecture, where wine was poured while a motion was raised: “Queen Street must evolve!”
Talking Architecture: From Bla-bla-blarchitecture to the Negroni Talks
Anthony Hōete believes podcasts such as Negroni Talks are an instrumental design resource, where candid architectural discourse generates new waves of thinking.
Practice
Drawn out
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Sean Flanagan examines the reasons why hand-drawing makes an efficient and rich contribution to design.
A Modernist’s legacy in the Waikato: Henry Kulka
Architect Matt Grant investigates the history of Henry Kulka’s work in Hamilton City and the design legacy they hold as world-class examples of the teachings of Adolf Loos.
Connecting land, people and culture
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, Ralph Johns reflects on ten years of architecture and the ongoing evolution of the Isthmus studio.
Awards
Architectural design innovation in Otago
Twelve projects received awards at the 2024 Otago ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards on Friday 30 August at a ceremony in Cromwell.
Canterbury and Westland designers shine
Nineteen projects were celebrated at the Canterbury and Westland ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Awards on Friday 16 August in Christchurch.
People
The humanist data centre
Mitch Clifton, a data centre design specialist at Woods Bagot, writes on the need to integrate data centres into our urban spaces and how data centres can improve lives.
Function follows flashy façades and photos
Opinion: Are we leaving buildings in the lurch while the façades are still gleaming and the award still twinkling in the boardroom?
A story of solar — adding PV to a low-cost Passive House
Architect Joe Lyth’s most recent project has been the addition of solar panels to his home, with a journey and outcomes that can help other projects going forward.
Colour Collab: Raphaela Rose
In this series brought to you by Resene, ahha’s Raphaela Rose tells us what inspires her thinking and how the practice draw upon artists’ work to inform its colour choices.