A new build inspired by an old classic
A contemporary interpretation of a much-loved Lockwood bach honours memories while creating fresh connections to a lakeside setting.
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.
Save the Begonia House: Our built heritage deserves better
Opinion: Architect Roger Walker is calling for the Wellington Botanic Garden’s Begonia House to be spared from demolition.
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.
Auckland Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Fifty-six projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Auckland Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Guy Tarrant.
News
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.
Studio Pacific Architecture announces James Wallace as incoming managing director
Studio Pacific Architecture today announced the appointment of James Wallace as its next managing director, effective 1 April 2025.
Faith over fear: Auckland Design Week conference suggests it’s time to take the AI leap
ADW’s first design conference, Chance + Change, considered the transformative potential and ethical implications of emerging technologies
Projects
A new build inspired by an old classic
A contemporary interpretation of a much-loved Lockwood bach honours memories while creating fresh connections to a lakeside setting.
Houses revisited: Point Chevalier house
Carolyn Smith has designed a family house that makes the most of a small, steep site in Point Chevalier, Auckland. First published in 2011.
Under the green roof
A home away from home for a young family, and at times their friends and extended family, takes on the form of a holiday encampment.
Review
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.
Book review: Urban Aotearoa: The Future of Our Cities
Karamia Müller sees Urban Aotearoa: The Future for Our Cities by David Batchelor and Bill McKay, as a thought-provoking exploration of New Zealand’s urban landscapes.
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.
Remembering Rossano Fan
Michelle Wang, pays homage to an influential yet largely unrecognised Asian architect, and develops a platform to celebrate Asian Kiwi excellence in architecture.
Awards
Canterbury Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Forty-four projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Canterbury Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Jorgen Andersen.
Auckland Architecture Awards 2025: Shortlist announced
Fifty-six projects have been shortlisted in the 2025 Auckland Architecture Awards. The shortlisted projects were selected from a jury led by architect Guy Tarrant.
People
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘NZIA! New Awards!!”
Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Tribute: Sir Harold Marshall
Ian Lochhead looks back on the life of this country’s most celebrated acoustician and highly respected architect, engineer and physicist, Sir Harold Marshall.
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.
Embracing errantry
Karamia Müller sees the concept of errantry, or intentional wandering, as a call to action for architects to rethink the built realm.