Chris Barton

Rethinking awards

Review | Chris Barton wonders when the profession will fully address the urgent imperatives facing the industry.

Oh God, I hate this

Review | Chris Barton considers King Charles III’s influence on architecture to date and finds it’s not all bad.

Grandstand living

Projects | Chris Barton visits Alexandra Park, by RTA Studio and DJRD Architects, and explores the art of apartment dwelling beside a racecourse.

Atmospheric submersion

People | Chris Barton considers the awesome forces of nature and looks for our plans to adapt in the latest editorial from Architecture NZ magazine.

Living history

Practice | Architecture New Zealand editor Chris Barton on the ensuing debacle recently imposed housing intensification regulations will unleash on residential areas in Auckland city.

Must do better

People | Chris Barton speaks on the subject of climate change and kindly unpacks what architects need to know in order to do better. And we must do better.

Review: Truth and Lies in Architecture

Review | Chris Barton finds Truth and Lies in Architecture to be “both confronting and inspiring in its scope, capturing perfectly the enormity and terror of the architect’s task”

Editorial: Deploy the fence

Practice | Chris Barton considers the nature of occupation.

Editorial: Chris Barton on Vive la différence

Practice | Chris Barton finds refreshing views on what Aotearoa architecture can be in new TV series Designing Dreams

Ebb and flow

Practice | Chris Barton finds Te Ngau o Horotiu, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport’s new Downtown Ferry Terminal designed by Isthmus, speaks to the moon.