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Masterplan for the $400m Takapuna Central project designed by Architectus and Cheshire Architects
Elisapeta Heta has joined the practice’s Principal team, leading its bicultural design strategy.
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has entered Bill Sutton’s home studio and garden in Christchurch as a Category 1 property on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.
Andrew Tu’inukuafe set to take over from current Chair Graeme Finlay in April.
Designed by John Sutherland, the house was recognised with an Enduring Architecture award by the NZIA in 2004.
The pioneering female architect was recognised throughout her career for her contributions to the architectural community.
Open Christchurch, the weekend-long annual festival of architectural excellence is set to return for 2022.
Architect, educator, activist and ambassador Julie Stout has been named Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects 2021 Gold Medallist – the highest individual architecture honour in Aotearoa.
Plus Architecture has commenced its 25th year of operation by announcing new senior appointments across Australia and New Zealand studios.
The 2022 jury who will be selecting this year’s top interiors has a deep well of experience, both internationally and within New Zealand.
2021 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing recipient Lisa Webb says architects need to “be louder” in the debate around this country’s housing crisis.
Entries are now open for the 2022 Interior Awards. Submit your projects to be in to win your share of over $7000 in prizes. See all the important dates for this year’s programme here.
Changes are coming to the way Kāinga Ora works with architects, with the establishment of preferred supplier panels.
From this year, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Architecture will offer a new specialisation for students to focus on mātauranga Māori.
Jeff Thomson’s latest addition to the Brick Bay Sculpture park is the site-specific “Mesh”.
New research claims cross-laminated timber (CLT) walls are feasible and cost-competitive with steel or concrete systems in low-rise buildings and could offer significant environmental benefits.
Design professionals are invited to enter the annual celebration of colour and its use in the built environment. Entries close 28 February 2022.
The winners of the 2021 Rainbow Excellence Awards were announced in a live virtual awards presentation on Thursday 25 November, with interior architecture practice Spaceworks taking out the Supreme Award.
A group of researchers at AUT is looking for women in the New Zealand construction industry to contribute to their mental health study.
A comprehensive review of the work of New Zealand architect Claude Megson and its relevance to the UK contemporary scene has appeared in the UK Journal of Civic Architecture, edited by Patrick Lynch.
Past Chair Urban Auckland Julie Stout says the proposed Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill creates a blanket approach to city planning.
Scion Innovation Hub Te Whare Nui o Tuteata has won the top award in the Higher Education and Research category at the World Architecture Festival (WAF).
A design consortium has spent the past 15 years working on a scheme to cover and upgrade Whanganui’s 26-year-old velodrome, which is in a state of disrepair.
A major new artwork by artist Lonnie Hutchinson, entitled Hana, will soon be installed in the foyer of Te Pae Christchurch, ahead of the Convention Centre’s planned opening in December.
The government’s shovel-ready initiative has given the go-ahead to a major development of YMCA’s Ōtautahi Christchurch city site.
An ambitious plan to regenerate a polluted Auckland waterway has recently been recognised at this year’s Asia Pacific International Federation of Landscape Architects awards.
Nigel Rye, design industry stalwart and CoreNet NZ executive director has died.
Kainga Ora – Homes and Communities’ sustainable public housing pilot project, Ngā Kāinga Anamata, features at COP26.
The 2021 Interior Awards marked a decade of celebrating the very best in New Zealand interior design, and four special brands have been supporting it since the start.
RTA Studio and Irving Smith Architects project Te Whare Nui o Tuteata has been awarded two prizes at the prestigious 2021 Architecture MasterPrize.
The latest of the supermarket chain’s collectable rewards is eco-friendly, interlocking bricks and two architecture firms have taken up the challenge to design with them.
Studio Pacific Architecture has released masterplans for Sunfield, a 5000-home development proposed for Papakura, designed around the 15 minute neighbourhood principle.
The global workplace strategy and design firm has announced a new regional CEO for Australia and New Zealand, citing “major growth”.
Tāmaki Makaurau Office Architecture (TOA) is looking to hire an architectural graduate/technician to join their team.
Two winners have been crowned in our Model Citizens @ home competition. See all of the shortlisted projects here and find out who’s won!
The rescheduled 2020 World Expo has recently opened and runs until 31 March 2022. Take a look inside the Jasmax-designed New Zealand Pavilion.
In memory of Jack Manning (1929-2021), a highly awarded Fellow of Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA and Gold Medal winner and designer behind Auckland’s AMP Building and Wellington’s Majestic Centre.
The multidisciplinary firm has announced that James Wallace and Marc Woodbury will join the board of directors for the next 12 months.
Watch: The Council has recently announced projects surrounding the planned CRL Aotea Station including upgrades to Federal Street, High Street and Hobson Street (among others) and refurbishing Aotea Centre.
Entries are open for the 2021 programme until 10 October and British designer Tom Dixon OBE is set to bring a global view to this year’s judging panel.