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Turning pain into purpose

News | Christchurch-based Sheppard & Rout Architects and Meadow Landscape Architecture have collaborated to design a calm, carefully crafted ‘pod’ to be placed in schools and community settings throughout the country.

Watch here: Interior Awards 2025, Emerging Design Professional finalists

Awards | Watch the Interior Awards finalist presentations in the Emerging Design Professional category right here on ArchitectureNow.

Five years, five lessons: The Pacifica

Projects | Five years after completion of The Pacifica, the team at Plus Studio reflect on what this project has taught them about density design and living in Aotearoa.

Introducing 2026 Interior Awards juror Koos de Keijzer

People | Joining this year’s Interior Awards jury is the founding partner and principal of DKO Architecture, an international practice with studios across Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

In the Making: Design from Aotearoa

News | In the Making is an exhibition of contemporary material and process-led design from Aotearoa, open to the public on 7-8 March at Silo6 on Auckland’s waterfront.

The New Zealand Convention Centre opens

News | The New Zealand International Convention Centre by Warren and Mahoney, Moller Architects and Woods Bagot opened its doors to the public on 13 February 2026.

Farewell Pip

News | One of New Zealand’s most distinguished architects, Pip Cheshire FNZIA, CNZM and 2013 New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal recipient, has died following a brief illness.

Sarosh Mulla joins the 2026 Interior Awards jury

People | Introducing Interior Awards juror Sarosh Mulla of Pac Studio, an innovative, ideas-driven design practice specialising in architecture, interior design and special projects.

Colour Collab: Daniel Kempka

People | In this instalment of the Colour Collab series brought to you by Resene, Warren and Mahoney Senior Associate Daniel Kempka discusses designing deeply empathic spaces.

Outside In wins eight honours at International Plantscape Awards

Awards | The New Zealand interior plantscape design studio, Outside In, has received eight awards across multiple categories at the 2026 International Plantscape Awards (IPA) in Florida, positioning the studio among the world’s leading practitioners in biophilic design.