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Houses revisited: Pauanui holiday house

Houses revisited: Pauanui holiday house

24 Apr 2025, Claire Ellery

This bold holiday home designed by Kamermans & Co Architects features a renovated container as a bedroom. the First published in 2011.

Grappling with the grid

Grappling with the grid

23 Apr 2025, Chris Barton

Chris Barton visits the Catalina Bay Apartments in Hobsonville Point by Architectus and finds meticulous planning, embracing and disrupting the grid.

A crack in the façade

A crack in the façade

16 Apr 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Mark Southcombe finds Warren and Mahoney’s addition to Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganuito be a beautiful space for dialogue, reflecting a stunning combination of old and new.

Interior Spaces: Love thy neighbour

Interior Spaces: Love thy neighbour

15 Apr 2025, Amanda Harkness

Amanda Harkness considers the vision behind Leuschke Group Architects’ landmark apartment building in the affluent suburb of Remuera, in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

BNZ refurbishment project: Elevating spaces with wool carpet tiles

BNZ refurbishment project: Elevating spaces with wool carpet tiles

11 Apr 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Partner content:The BNZ branch refurbishment project is built on New Zealand-grown wool, using renewable fibre to create inviting, high-performing retail spaces.

Living in the laboratory

Living in the laboratory

4 Apr 2025, Carolyn Hill

Carolyn Hill visits the Hills Residences on the banks of the Waikato River and finds both beauty and tenacity in the Edwards White Architects adaptive reuse project.

Towards a cultural revival

Towards a cultural revival

31 Mar 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

The Monk Mackenzie-designed Te Henga Kāinga Whakahirahira marae and papakāinga represents a significant milestone in the cultural revival of iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki.

Dancing around the dolines

Dancing around the dolines

26 Mar 2025, Matthew Webby

Matthew Webby visits the spectacular Punangairi, the new visitor centre in Paparoa National Park on the northern West Coast of the South Island by Sheppard & Rout.

Material Focus: Harrows Experience Centre

Material Focus: Harrows Experience Centre

25 Mar 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Designwell creative director Alexander Wastney describes the careful balancing act of designing a space that is part showroom, part workplace and part hospitality venue.

A new build inspired by an old classic

A new build inspired by an old classic

19 Mar 2025, Amanda Harkness

A contemporary interpretation of a much-loved Lockwood bach honours memories while creating fresh connections to a lakeside setting.

Houses revisited: Point Chevalier house

Houses revisited: Point Chevalier house

14 Mar 2025, Claire Ellery

Carolyn Smith has designed a family house that makes the most of a small, steep site in Point Chevalier, Auckland. First published in 2011.

Under the green roof

Under the green roof

5 Mar 2025, Amanda Harkness

A home away from home for a young family, and at times their friends and extended family, takes on the form of a holiday encampment.

What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

26 Feb 2025, Bill McKay

Bill McKay looks at the transformation of Air New Zealand House on Auckland’s waterfront, into Te Kaha – Deloitte Centre by Warren and Mahoney.

The Māwhera Pā: Connecting culture and design into every step

The Māwhera Pā: Connecting culture and design into every step

25 Feb 2025, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Partner content: The Māwhera Pā, Pounamu Pathway, a groundbreaking project that seamlessly integrates cultural storytelling with modern design and technology.

Learning from Lego and Minecraft

Learning from Lego and Minecraft

19 Feb 2025, Bill McKay

Bill McKay investigates the modular construction used on for the Kāinga Ora project, 1243 Great North Road, in Auckland’s Point Chevalier.

Houses revisited: Moetapu Bay house

Houses revisited: Moetapu Bay house

14 Feb 2025, Justine Harvey

In Pelorus Sounds, one of New Zealand’s most beautiful locations, sits a stunning home that meanders down the hillside. First published in 2017.

Midcentury design sophistication: Paul’s Book Arcade

Midcentury design sophistication: Paul’s Book Arcade

11 Feb 2025, Matthew Grant

Matt Grant recounts the story of the historically significant interior renovation project by Austrian architect Ernst Plischke: Paul’s Book Arcade.

Mixed tenure dwelling in the Westlight

Mixed tenure dwelling in the Westlight

10 Feb 2025, Christoph Schnoor

Financed by the Ted Manson Foundation and designed by mc2 architects, the Westlight Apartments in Glen Eden mixes social housing and ownership and it seems to work reasonably well.

In between worlds

In between worlds

5 Feb 2025, John Walsh

John Walsh explores the thresholds that mediate the formidable aspect and family dynamics of S.K.I. House in Wānaka by Roberts Gray Architects.

Lessons learnt

Lessons learnt

29 Jan 2025, Nick Roberts

Nick Roberts explores notions of lineage, authorship and in-house research at Tukutuku, Jasmax’s latest addition to Auckland University of Technology’s North Campus.

Houses revisited: Brick Lantern house

Houses revisited: Brick Lantern house

17 Jan 2025, Justin Foote

A humble renovation of a brick-and-tile house in Takapuna, now with a new addition that creates a useful internal courtyard. First published in 2016.

The craft of layering narrative

The craft of layering narrative

8 Jan 2025, Trudie Bradbourne

Trudie Bradbourne explores the layers of cultural history embodied in Te Whare Hononga, in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, by Tennent Brown Architects.

Farm implements

Farm implements

18 Dec 2024, Andrew Barrie

Andrew Barrie navigates the confluence of old and new comprising Waimea Nurseries’ staff and administration facilities, designed by Irving Smith Architects.

Houses revisited: One Storey house

Houses revisited: One Storey house

12 Dec 2024, Justine Harvey

This horseshoe-shaped house maximises the ocean views on a steep suburban plot in Nelson. First published in 2017.

Façade art enhances new convention centre

Façade art enhances new convention centre

2 Dec 2024, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Two of the largest pieces of public art ever created in New Zealand — one an encompassing glass artwork, and the other a 32 metre high tiled wall — adorn the NZICC opening 2025.

A polyphonic assemblage

A polyphonic assemblage

27 Nov 2024, Dorita Hannah

Dorita Hannah tours Toi Manawa Kīngi Kāreti, King’s College’s new performing arts centre, and enjoys the dynamic tension in Patterson Associates’ design.

Interior Spaces: Let there be laughter

Interior Spaces: Let there be laughter

26 Nov 2024, Amanda Harkness

Auckland-based interior design studio Material Creative stepped up to the plate in delivering this fun, new waterfront eatery within a tight time frame. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.

Parliamentary precinct set to grow

Parliamentary precinct set to grow

26 Nov 2024, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Studio Pacific Architecture has released its designs for four key projects which will reshape the New Zealand Parliament’s Western Precinct.

Houses revisited: Matai house

Houses revisited: Matai house

15 Nov 2024, Natalie Bradburn

A close architect–client connection aided the transformation of this Wellington villa into an elegant and light-filled home. First published in 2016.

An eye-catching new café becomes a community hub

Tamahere Country Club Café

13 Nov 2024, Jacinda Rogers

The newly completed café in Tamahere by Turner Road Architecture has all the ingredients of a hospitality destination: style, comfort and distinction.

Prefab cabins with a distinctly sustainable flavour

Prefab cabins with a distinctly sustainable flavour

30 Oct 2024, Jacinda Rogers

Bento, a new line of modular, transportable cabins by designers and siblings Tomek and Gosia Piatek, offers eco-friendly, sustainable features and Japanese-inspired aesthetic.

Kanat Studio gets the goal for Netball North Harbour

Kanat Studio gets the goal for Netball North Harbour

23 Oct 2024, Jacinda Rogers

Kanat Studio’s interior design for Netball North Harbour has completely transformed the 70-year-old facility, creating a proud home fit for Auckland’s netball community.

Empathy materialised

Empathy materialised

16 Oct 2024, Jacinda Rogers

Nicholas Auld of OTO Group Architecture, talks us through the process and design solution for a funeral home interior in the industrial suburb of Penrose in Auckland.

Houses revisited: Pāuanui Beach house

Houses revisited: Pāuanui Beach house

11 Oct 2024, Camille Khouri

This subtly designed family beach house peeks out from behind a large pōhutukawa tree on a busy, beachfront site. First published in 2017.

Civic welcome

Civic welcome

3 Oct 2024, Felicity Brenchley

Felicity Brenchley explores the collaborative design process behind Whangārei’s new civic centre, Te Iwitahi, by Team Architects Auckland.

A modern take on a sports club lounge

A modern take on a sports club lounge

1 Oct 2024, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Full Time Sports Bar & Eatery in Auckland is set to be a fan-favourite, with the CTRL Space design incorporating high-tech innovation within its casual, sporting atmosphere.

Science on show

Science on show

27 Sep 2024, Matthew Webby

Matthew Webby explores the carefully curated spaces of Waimarie, Lincoln University’s new agricultural science facility by WAM and Lab-works Architecture.

Viewfinder: Top five with Rose Minnée

Viewfinder: Top five with Rose Minnée

25 Sep 2024, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Having practised as an architect, Rose Minnée’s photography practise combines architectural dedication with a passion for people and places. Here she shares her top five shoots.

Nature’s return to healthcare design

Nature’s return to healthcare design

24 Sep 2024, Ryan McQuerry

Ryan McQuerry of Outside In reflects on the profound health benefits of the Healing Garden, an indoor oasis at Aotearoa’s newest hospital facility, Tōtara Haumaru.

An expression of hauora

An expression of hauora

24 Sep 2024, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Jasmax has partnered with ĀKAU and Australian health design specialists HDR on the design of the new Northland Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre at Whangārei Hospital.

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