Chris Barton

Chris Barton is the current editor of Architecture New Zealand. He has been a respected architecture critic for Metro and multi-award winning journalist for many of the nation's leading print media publications; he also holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Auckland.

The end

News | One of the hardest things about writing, I have found in my years as a journalist, is how to end the story. The story here is that, with this issue, May/ June 2026, almost 40 years of AGM’s Architecture New Zealand comes to an end.

Structural timber in the small city

Projects | Chris Barton explores Irving Smith Architects’ innovative use of timber in a three-tenancy commercial building for Tinline Property in Whakatū Nelson.

A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Chris Barton

People | Chris Barton, Editor of Architecture NZ pays tribute to his friend and colleague.

There be monsters

People | Chris Barton on the arrival of some very big buildings in Christchurch.

Burn the house down

People | Editor of Architecture NZ Chris Barton discusses a bonkers idea about ownership of New Zealand’s social housing assets.

Slow learners

People | Editor of Architecture NZ, Chris Barton considers New Zealand’s current climate adaptation legislation framework inefficient.

Cooked

People | Architecture NZ editor Chris Barton asks why we are designing houses that overheat.

Some kind of miracle

People | Chris Barton wonders whether or not architecture can perform miracles and what it takes for an architect to become a saint.

Grappling with the grid

Projects | Chris Barton visits the Catalina Bay Apartments in Hobsonville Point by Architectus and finds meticulous planning, embracing and disrupting the grid.

Brutal reckonings

People | Chris Barton contemplates why the recently released film The Brutalist has caused such a furore within the architectural community.

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