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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.
Chris Barton wonders when the profession will fully address the urgent imperatives facing the industry.
Andrew Barrie profiles fifteen notable buildings in the city of Whangārei, including a collection of interesting public buildings that presents some key paths forward.
Marian Macken finds captivating portraits by Jane Ussher of over 300 interiors, with text from John Walsh providing an intriguing biography about each space.
Isaac Sweetapple reviews the University of Auckland installations for Urban Art Village 2022 and finds the installations were unabashedly of the present.
Stuart Niven considers Guy Marriage’s latest book Medium, on medium-density housing in Aotearoa.
Isaac Sweetapple attends his first-ever architecture conference.
In this instalment, learn more about one of David Trubridge’s most celebrated lighting designs — the Navicula — and its connection to our largest ecosystem.
Kathy Waghorn writes on a book that tells the stories of more than 500 women and delivers the message ‘We are here – we exist – we are strong – and you are one of us.
Chris Barton considers King Charles III’s influence on architecture to date and finds it’s not all bad.