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This little book sets out to consider the ways in which our public places could use open-sourced data positively and discusses how cities must reconsider what makes them smart.
In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Terry Cheng highlight fourteen historic sites across Taupō.
John Walsh attended the 2023 Futuna Lecture delivered by Hawkes Bay-based designers Jacob Scott and Karl Wixon.
Pre:fab’s 2023 conference ‘[Detecting] The Darchive’ aimed to uncover unconventional modes of architectural practice and thinking across Aotearoa. Joseph McAuley writes.
John Walsh reviews Artificial Islands by Owen Hatherley — a writer who found our capital to be “small and dull” and Auckland’s architecture to be “baffling”.
Hannah Hopewell reviews the exhibit Old House: Drawing Interface by architect Simon Twose at Te Auaha Gallery in Wellington.
In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie takes a tour of 14 Neomodernism buildings in New Zealand.
Held in New Zealand for the first time, this State of Australasian Cities Conference (SOAC) was its biggest in 20 years, delivering 250 research papers over three days.
Data continues to show architects and designers earn less than professionals in other industries - rethinking how we charge for architecture can reverse this trend.
John Walsh reviews Unfinished & Far Far Away: The Architecture of Irving Smith Architects which looks at 10 projects led by Jeremy Smith and Andrew Irving.
Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin publish Withers House.
Sahil Tiku reviews five exhibitions of the Urban Art Village that defy the boundary between art and architecture.
Gestalt Studios was established in 2021, by Ella Lilley-Gasteiger and Nathan Swaney. We talk to them about the process behind the creation of their new Kit Stool.
In this series, we talk to object-makers about their creative process. Here, we talk to Amanda Kemp, a ceramic sculpture artist, about her new collection of light fittings.
Bill McKay visits the Uptown Futures Festival on Auckland’s city fringe, where student-developed designs look to drive the evolution of the precinct.
Deidre Brown reviews Jeremy Hansen and Jade Kake’s latest collaboration Rewi, detailing Rewi Thompson’s contribution to architecture.
Paul Walker reviews Brown vs Brown, produced and directed by Simon Mark-Brown, and believes the film invites discussion of architecture in New Zealand to a non-expert audience.
In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley call attention to 14 Postmodern buildings in New Zealand.
Bill McKay reviews Simon Wilson’s 2022 book HomeGround. The story of a Building that Changes Lives which discusses a new Auckland City landmark.
In this month’s itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Miro Sumich highlight thirteen historic sites across Waitangi and Paihia.
Jasmax’s Madeline Sharpe, Associate Principal, architect, urban designer and masterplanner looks back on CoHoHui and the lessons learned.
Pip Cheshire reviews Shifting Foundations a book that documents the experiences of residents in rebuilding Ōtautahi Christchurch, 12 years after the earthquakes.
Design authorship is sometimes misrepresented or contested among members of a multidisciplinary project. Ricky Ray Ricardo says we need to do better.
Daniel K Brown reviews Bryan Cantley’s latest book Speculative Coolness: Architecture, Media, the Real, and the Virtual, and believes it is a tour de force in speculative architectural representation.
Andrew Barrie and Ross Brown profile thirteen notable buildings produced by Structon Group in the city of Wellington in an effort to document the firm’s undeniable impact.
Kate Glasson of Studio Pacific attends this year’s NZIOB and BIMinNZ conference and finds the industry reframed as an impactful design and construction methodology.
Haley Hooper, design writer and Principal Urban Designer at WSP, shares some insights and ideas from the recent Urbanism NZ conference.
Davina Harper, Colour Specialist at Dulux, attended Milan Design Week last month. Here she provides an exclusive report on the trends to look out for in 2023-24.
Graeme Burgess reviews Henry Kulka, a book by Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin, and believes the book honours Kulka’s contribution to the world of architecture and to architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Anthony Hōete watched Whakaata Māori’s The Drawing Board with Matilda Phillips and, together, they consider its narrative on the rise of Māori architecture.
In this month’s Intinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie highlights some of New Zealand’s most notable religious buildings.
A new book by Graham Crist and John Doyle challenges Australasian views of high density living through their research in high-density environments in Asia.
Karamia Müller considers artificial intelligence, its relationship to creativity, and the ethics surrounding its application in the course of architectural study and/or practice.
Karamia Müller discusses the Mike Austin photography exhibition, designed by Hannah Manning-Scott for Objectspace, curated by Leali’ifano Albert L. Refiti.
In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Julia Gatley lists 16 must-read architecture books published in 2022 by New Zealanders.
Juliana Wilson travels to WAF 2022 and observes how the global competition’s engaging format facilitates a connectedness that offers a universal reward.
Several members of the NZIA, along with other city-makers, have published a book documenting architecture in Ōtautahi Christchurch following the 2010–2011 earthquakes.
Model Citizens returned after a two-year hiatus to drum up some fun, model-making competition. Catch up on what went on and view photos.
Opinion piece: Lisa Hinton from UDINZ on the NPS-UD and Enabling Housing Supply legislation’s impacts on Auckland city.
Christopher Kelly reviews the large-format book, edited by Cameron Bruhn and Katelin Butler, and finds it offers plenty on which Kiwis can make use of, in our burgeoning cities.