Bill McKay

Contributor Profile

Bill McKay is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture at University of Auckland. As an active writer and researcher, he focuses on New Zealand architectural history. Bill Mckay works as a critic and writes regularly for Architecture NZ and has done numerous architecture exhibitions.

Occupation: Senior Lecturer

Location: Auckland

Stripped to its bones for the planet

Projects | In Building 201’s extensive makeover by Jasmax for Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Bill McKay finds the future of architecture is not about prioritising appearance, it is about taking climate change seriously.

Houses revisited: Leigh house

Projects | This well-planned home near Leigh cleverly deals with a clifftop site where the sun and the view are in opposite directions. First published in 2016.

Warm walls and good manners

Projects | Bill McKay visits Te Mātāwai, Kāinga Ora’s new mixed-tenure, high-density social housing development in Auckland’s Greys Avenue by Mode Design.

Voicing a vision for Uptown

Review | Bill McKay visits the Uptown Futures Festival on Auckland’s city fringe, where student-developed designs look to drive the evolution of the precinct.

Listening to the building

Projects | Bill McKay traverses the histories of the Hayman and Kronfeld buildings in downtown Auckland’s Britomart precinct and their elegant adaptive re-use by Peddlethorp.

Book review: HomeGround. The Story of a Building that Changes Lives

Review | Bill McKay reviews Simon Wilson’s 2022 book HomeGround. The story of a Building that Changes Lives which discusses a new Auckland City landmark.

Channelling that ’70s’ vibe

Projects | West Plaza, Neville Price’s elegant aerofoil, is renamed 1 Albert Street and its podium has a much needed Makeover by Ignite Architects.

Review: Hundertwasser in New Zealand – The Art of Creating Paradise

Review | Bill McKay reviews the latest book on Austrian architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser and finds it has much to offer.

Auckland City Mission HomeGround

Projects | In the Auckland City Mission’s HomeGround, Stevens Lawson Architects has designed a building to support our most vulnerable with compassion and dignity.

Houses Revisited: Up periscope

Projects | RTA Studio navigates through a minefield of rules and regulations at Torpedo Bay, first published in 2006.

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