David St George

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.

On the move

People | Pip Cheshire muses on familiarity versus the unknown, as he and his practice up sticks and move to a new Auckland site.

A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Chris Barton

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

A tribute to Pip Cheshire Pete Bossley

People | Pete Bossley, Director of Bossley Architects pays tribute to his friend and colleague.

A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Christina van Bohemen

People | Christina van Bohemen Distinguished Fellow and Past President, Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, pays tribute to her friend.

A tribute to Pip Cheshire: Daijang Tai and Surita Manoa

People | Daijang Tai, Director of Cheshire Architects, and Surita Manoa, Designer, Cheshire Architects, pay tribute to their friend and colleague.

Politics of place in an election year

People | Karamia Müller considers how in an election year, it’s easy to retreat into polarising binaries — left versus right, protest versus order, local versus global — yet our spatial lives and architectural issues defy such tidy polarities.

On the Rise: Tamzyn Bremer

People | The On the Rise series, supported by Resene, profiles young designers from across the motu who are shaping the future of the industry.

There be monsters

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

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.