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Making Menopause Work by the Ministry for Women is a free, flexible and practical guide for workplaces to support their people through peri/menopause.
The most colourful awards programme returns for 2026, and there is over $15,000 in prizes to be won. Entries are open now and must be submitted by 19 December 2025.
Peddlethorp and Space Studio’s $40 million retirement village pavilion project for Generus Living opened on 28 November 2025.
Hosting 240,000 cycling trips last year and nearly 2 million over ten years, Te Ara I Whiti – The Lightpath celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Architect Ron Sang’s Choice Plaza in downtown Auckland will be illuminated by a constellation of new additions this weekend.
At the end of October, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation celebrated 50 years since its inception in 1975.
Work has officially begun at Beachlands South, with a sod-turning ceremony marking the start of one of Auckland’s largest coastal developments.
In addition to The Holy Redeemer Church and Community Centre of Las Chumberas being declared World Building of the Year, three New Zealand projects took top honours in their categories.
Rendered Futures: Drawing Architecture, an exhibition of architectural drawings, staged by Auckland craft and design gallery Objectspace, was timely and thought provoking.
Hosted by Adam Jackson & David Maurice, a new podcast from the WORKX team, the latest episode features Scott Compton of Warren and Mahoney.
Online Continuing Professional Development platform Teulo has partnered with the New Zealand Registered Architects Board to make the continuing registration process easier for architects.
Britomart’s Takutai Square is set to transform into a pop-up village of interactive architecture, showcasing nine large-scale installations.
We asked the head of Otago Polytechnic’s associate Professor Tobias Danielmeier, to put the case for the creation of what is now the country’s fifth school.
Space Studio Ltd announced the appointment of David Sweatman and Monique Enoka-Davidson as Directors.
A new commission by Ammon Ngakuru takes the stage at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Cynthia Yuan and Norman Wei are the recipients of the 2025 F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Affordable Housing. Their proposal, Loose-Fit Futures, has been recognised for its multicultural approach to rethinking domestic space in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington is urged by The Architectural Centre to reuse the structure of Wellington’s controversial Gordon Wilson Flats.
Open to all, the popular quick-fire battle will feature six speakers (architects, engineers and social commentators) facing off in two teams, to argue for and against the motion: “AI would design Auckland better than us”.
New analysis suggests New Zealand homes could be fully solar-powered by 2032. The data reveals residential solar capacity surged 43 per cent in the past year alone, with adoption set to outpace previous forecasts.
Colour specialists, Davina Harper and Bree Leech introduce three palettes in the 2026 Dulux Colour Forecast that reflects reflect continued global uncertainty and digital fatigue.
Five enchanting submissions have been short-listed for the eleventh Brick Bay Folly.
This year’s Earth Building Association of New Zealand conference will profile the latest ideas, technologies and projects shaping the future of low carbon, high performing, sustainable building in Aotearoa.
Plus Studio (formerly Plus Architecture) has announced the completion of a comprehensive rebrand in collaboration with international creative agency Frost*collective.
Dennis Radermacher is an architectural photographer whose work is seen in many of this country’s leading architectural publications and websites. Here, he discusses the fine art of photo editing.
The annual Aotearoa Festival of Architecture returns from the 14th September, opening the doors of the profession to celebrate the vitality, creativity and diversity of architecture in New Zealand.
Australasia’s largest lightwall, The Lightship, is set to launch its 2025–26 season in September, illuminating Auckland’s waterfront.
A convergence of landscape and art will see Auckland’s historic Okahu Bay Wharf illuminated in a unique new public installation.
How can the NZIA and Auckland Council collaborate across design, planning and policy to deliver density without compromising liveability, equity or sustainability?
Celebrating the people who build Aotearoa. The 2025 Building People Awards shine a spotlight on the human skills in construction.
The Board of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects announce the appointment of Mark Abbot as the organisation’s new Chief Executive.
Open Christchurch invites you to nominate buildings to participate in Open Christchurch 2026.
Richard Reid provides his observations and insights on the Fast-track Approvals Act, drawing from 25 years of assessing and designing nationally-important infrastructure and urban renewal projects.
Lexus New Zealand has announced Lexus Design Award (LDA) is expanding to Wellington’s Victoria University and Massey University.
Boaz Oh joins COX Architecture as a Senior Architect in the Auckland Studio.
Australian landscape architecture practice Arcadia opens office in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Sarah Allan, the UK government’s chief architect, will be delivering public lectures in Auckland on 17 September and in Dunedin on 24 September.
Anthony Vile advocates for critical public discourse when it comes to matters relating to the RMA and urban intensification.
One of the winning team members in this year’s ArchEngBuild competition shares details of the nationwide cross-disciplinary learning experience.
Unitec has partnered with XPO Events since 2016 to showcase student-led design explorations through the practice of making.
Dorita Hannah visits Te Pūtahi’s annual Open Christchurch event and finds a blueprint for sharing Aotearoa’s unfolding architectural heritage.