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Essay from Finland

Essay from Finland

16 Feb 2026, Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith considers the Finnish liking for layering and sectioning for the light, with the underlying influence of the Aaltos evident throughout.

Sarosh Mulla joins the 2026 Interior Awards jury

Sarosh Mulla joins the 2026 Interior Awards jury

12 Feb 2026, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Introducing Interior Awards juror Sarosh Mulla of Pac Studio, an innovative, ideas-driven design practice specialising in architecture, interior design and special projects.

Colour Collab: Daniel Kempka

Colour Collab: Daniel Kempka

10 Feb 2026, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

In this instalment of the Colour Collab series brought to you by Resene, Warren and Mahoney Senior Associate Daniel Kempka discusses designing deeply empathic spaces.

What the senses tell us (and what they don’t)

What the senses tell us (and what they don’t)

6 Feb 2026, Karamia Müller

Karamia Müller considers the ways in which our senses deal with dissonance and contradiction, and what this teaches us.

Slow Down: The 2025 Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

Slow Down: The 2025 Copenhagen Architecture Biennial

5 Feb 2026, Ralph Johns

President of Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Ralph Johns reflects on the importance of slowing down and thinking deeply.

Taking notes from Japan

Taking notes from Japan

30 Jan 2026, Matthew Paetz

The New Zealand government’s Minister of Housing, Chris Bishop, has very publicly professed admiration for the Japanese urban planning system. Matthew Paetz looks at what might be lost in translation.

On storage and stuff

On storage and stuff

21 Jan 2026, Anthony Vile

Anthony Vile discusses spatial minimums, consumerism and life in medium-density housing.

Burn the house down

Burn the house down

20 Jan 2026, Chris Barton

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

 Vale: Frank Gehry, Pritzker Prize-winning architect, dies aged 96

Vale: Frank Gehry, Pritzker Prize-winning architect, dies aged 96

12 Dec 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, world-famous for his innovative and daring designs, has passed away aged 96.

Conjuring the sublime

Conjuring the sublime

8 Dec 2025, Pip Cheshire

Pip Cheshire on the architect’s dilemma in conjuring a sublime experience out of materials that are injurious to an imperilled planet.

Q&A: City Rail Link

Q&A: City Rail Link

5 Dec 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

21,000 more city centre residents, 17,200 students and 37,000 existing jobs are expected to be within a 12-minute walk of two new stations, post-CRL according to Auckland Council.

On the Rise: Ben Everitt

On the Rise: Ben Everitt

3 Dec 2025, Amanda Harkness

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

Darryl Church reports from WAF

Darryl Church reports from WAF

25 Nov 2025, Darryl Church

World Architecture Festival finalist in 2024 and 2025, Darryl Church, founder of DCA Architects of Transformation, reports back from Miami.

If Memory Serves

If Memory Serves: Australasian Student Architecture Congress returns to Tāmaki Makaurau

19 Nov 2025, Sahil Tiku

The Australasian Student Architecture Congress returns to Tāmaki Makaurau.

Vale Brian Aitken

Vale Brian Aitken

18 Nov 2025, Brad Luke

Brad Luke pays tribute to his Peddlethorp colleague, mentor and friend, and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most accomplished architects.

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Here comes AI!’

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Here comes AI!’

14 Nov 2025, Malcolm Walker

Cartoonist and architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.

Kevin McCloud fronts historic Futuna Chapel restoration

Kevin McCloud fronts historic Futuna Chapel restoration

6 Nov 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

British TV presenter Kevin McCloud joins in the call for support to assist in the preservation of Wellington’s historic Futuna Chapel.

Tracking Aotearoa's carbon journey

Tracking Aotearoa’s carbon journey

4 Nov 2025, Francisco Carbajal

Sustainable architecture advisor Francisco Carbajal looks at how Aotearoa is tracking on its decarbonisation journey and asks whether or not we are at risk of falling behind.

Sahil Tiku: Journeys through the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture: Part 4

Sahil Tiku: Journeys through the Aotearoa Festival of Architecture: Part 4

3 Nov 2025, Sahil Tiku

In the final part of the series, see the lectures, workshops and networking events attended by the award-winning writer, architectural graduate and past UoA representative for SANNZ, Sahil Tiku.

A pleasant morning in Lyttelton

A pleasant morning in Lyttelton

31 Oct 2025, Pip Cheshire

Pip Cheshire considers Lyttelton a brave little town, chin first into the blustering southerlies, yet alive with life and energy.

A commitment to fragility

A commitment to fragility

28 Oct 2025, Karamia Müller

Karamia Müller is captivated by the Rendered Futures exhibition at Objectspace, where drawings unfold as a silent, poetic language.

Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity.

Where there is artistic excellence, there is human dignity.

20 Oct 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

The demand for Māori involvement in New Zealand’s built environment has grown significantly in the past decade. He Mana Tangata lays out remuneration guidelines.

Colour Collab: Alison Gwerder

Colour Collab: Alison Gwerder

14 Oct 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

As senior interior designer at Beca in New Plymouth, Alison Gwerder creates environments that promote and foster community, and enhance our society and culture.

Slow learners

Slow learners

13 Oct 2025, Chris Barton

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

Jasmax appoints Tim Melville as Technical Specialist

Jasmax appoints Tim Melville as Technical Specialist

2 Oct 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Jasmax has announced the appointment of Tim Melville as Technical Specialist, who brings over 30 years of architectural experience to the role.

 On the Rise: Ben Tunui

On the Rise: Ben Tunui

1 Oct 2025, Anya Jeanes

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

After the rain: Chipping at the foundations

After the rain: Chipping at the foundations

25 Sep 2025, Andrew Barrie

In Part two of this six-part series, Andrew Barrie considers the problems involved in disposing of concrete slabs at a building’s end-of-life.

Between behemoth and bijoux

Between behemoth and bijoux

16 Sep 2025, Pip Cheshire

Pip Cheshire considers two buildings in a bay.

Ministry expands South Island presence with senior appointment in the Queenstown Lakes Region

Ministry expands South Island presence

28 Aug 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Ministry has announced the appointment of experienced designer Nick Plimmer as Relationships Manager to establish a permanent base in Queenstown.

University days

University days

26 Aug 2025, Pip Cheshire

Pip Cheshire considers the ways in which our universities respond to the evolving expectations of the architecture community.

Reading the raupō

Reading the raupō

14 Aug 2025, Karamia Müller

Karamia Müller considers whether or not raupō architecture, long erased, might not be relics, but rather forks in the road… not artefacts, but provocations.

Colour Collab: Annabel Berry

Colour Collab: Annabel Berry

7 Aug 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

In this series brought to you by Resene, founder and creative director of Annabel Berry Creative Co, Annabel Berry, discusses breaking boundaries, bold ideas and a world of possibility.

Cooked

Cooked

5 Aug 2025, Chris Barton

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

On the Rise: Charlotte Dunning

On the Rise: Charlotte Dunning

30 Jul 2025, Amanda Harkness

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

Reframing Infrastructure: Ant Vile

Reframing Infrastructure: Ant Vile

25 Jul 2025, Anthony Vile

Embedding public good, design quality, and Te Tiriti Commitments.

Plus Architecture promotes Elke Vermeulen to Senior Associate

Plus Architecture promotes Elke Vermeulen to Senior Associate

25 Jul 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Plus Architecture’s New Zealand operations have strengthened the practice’s leadership with the promotion of Elke Vermeulen to Senior Associate.

The centre cannot hold

The centre cannot hold

24 Jul 2025, Karamia Müller

Karamia Müller sees architecture as an ongoing negotiation between form and feeling.

Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort 1825–1898: A bicentennial tribute

Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort 1825–1898: A bicentennial tribute

17 Jul 2025, Ian Lochhead

Ian Lochhead pays tribute to one of the “founding fathers” of New Zealand architecture, 200 years after his birth.

After the rain

After the rain

11 Jul 2025, Andrew Barrie

In part one of six parts, Andrew Barrie looks at the ground-breaking methods being developed to dispose of 1200 disaster-compromised houses across Auckland.

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Artiteture’

Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Artiteture’

30 Jun 2025

Cartoonist and architect Malcolm Walker makes an artistic interpretation of some well-known architects within the industry.

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