Architecture New Zealand, January 2021
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Review: Drawing Room
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Simon Twose visits this exhibition that explores the oft-fraught relationship of drawing to practice, which runs at Toi Moroki (CoCA) in Christchurch until 20 February 2021.
Review: The Ground is Talking to Us
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Marian Macken recounts her experience of this exhibition from South Pacific Architecture’s Megan Rule and Julie Wilson, which ran at Objectspace from 31 October – 5 November 2020.
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iPhone architecture
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Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.
A date with the city
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Amanda Harkness explores the interior design of The Hotel Britomart – Cheshire Architects’ latest project in the downtown Auckland precinct – and discovers thoughtful craftmanship at every turn.
Gallery house
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Jeremy Smith discovers the Wrightmann House in Christchurch, where considered architectural curatorship by Athfield Architects has given every wall a voice.
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Review: Urban Art Village
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Gina Hochstein discusses this architectural urban activation, which took place on Auckland’s O’Connell Street on 13 October 2020.
Boxing clever: 10x10 House
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Megan Edwards visits Patchwork Architecture’s award-winning project in Wellington and finds a playful, elegant and environmentally efficient architectural solution on a scrap of leftover hillside.
Shifting a city: Ōtautahi 10 years on
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Athfield Architects associate Matthew Webby maps the current state of Christchurch’s built form and reveals those areas of the city that have prospered and those that have not.
Significant John Scott drawings gifted to library
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An estimated 7000 drawings belonging to the renowned architect are now archived at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Futuna Trust chair Nick Bevin shares the story behind the gifting.
Something rotten in the state…
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Peter Dyer delves into the thorny issue of whether or not targeted repair might be a better solution to New Zealand’s ongoing leaky buildings saga.
Opinion: Conversations
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Lynda Simmons muses: “For me, architectural conversations are important because, quite simply, there is so much to think about and, therefore, talk about.”
Colour Collab: Darryl Church
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Founder of Rotorua-based design practice DCA Architects of Transformation discusses nature, context and the process of integrating colour into the studio’s projects rather than merely applying it.
Fine-tuning a few elements
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Pip Cheshire traverses influences in his design practice, from the shoebox to Donald Judd to Don Clarke to the raw and the cooked.
Editorial: Chris Barton on reversing climate change
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The Government and industry bodies are finally taking a policy stand on climate change in the built environment. Architecture NZ editor Barton explores how these compare and how they might play out.