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Black mirrors: part two

Black mirrors: part two

20 Apr 2018, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri interviews some firms around the country which are using Cross Reality in their everyday work.

Black mirrors: part one

Black mirrors: part one

19 Apr 2018, Federico Monsalve

Federico Monsalve explores the potentially disruptive ideas behind Cross Reality.

2018 kitchen focus: international trends

2018 kitchen focus: international trends

11 Apr 2018, Justine Harvey, Colin Martin

Are seamless, monolithic kitchens, whose designs suppress evidence of family life or personal taste, becoming passé?

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

10 Apr 2018, Natalie Bradburn

Natalie Bradburn writes about the design of public spaces for private performances and why we need more public loos.

Diversity & Inclusion: a panel

Diversity & Inclusion: a panel

30 Mar 2018, Lynda Simmons

Lynda Simmons writes on the Architecture+Women•NZ panel on Diversity & Inclusion, held at Warren and Mahoney on 22 March.

Domestic ritual: The Green House

Domestic ritual: The Green House

27 Mar 2018, Lynda Simmons

Lynda Simmons reflects on the work of Claude Megson and reviews Rafik Patel’s restoration of one of his 1970s’ designs.

Assembled architecture

Assembled architecture

16 Mar 2018, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

ArchitectureNow looks at 12 outstanding modern prefabricated homes situated across the globe, from Denmark to Uruguay.

Critical thinking: Agency 2017

Critical thinking: Agency 2017

8 Mar 2018, William Hope

William Hope of SANNZ discusses his experiences at Agency, the 2017 Australasian Student Architecture Congress in Sydney.

Opinion: My first Zaha

Opinion: My first Zaha

2 Mar 2018, Sharon Lam

Architectural graduate Sharon Lam writes of her experience with Zaha Hadid’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza in central Seoul.

Tauranga's waterfront renaissance

Tauranga’s waterfront renaissance

1 Mar 2018, Landscape Architecture Aotearoa

Locals and visitors to Tauranga are making the most of the city’s first summer with a new waterfront feature – the tidal steps.

The final push: SGA and A+W•NZ Motu Kaikoura workshop

The final push: Motu Kaikoura workshop

23 Feb 2018, Maria Hosking

Maria Hosking from SGA reports on the installation and finishing of the SGA and A+W•NZ Motu Kaikoura Building Workshop.

Books: Phantom Architecture

Books: Phantom Architecture

20 Feb 2018, Guy Marriage

Guy Marriage reviews Phantom Architecture by Philip Wilkinson.

Home-ing from work

Home-ing from work

15 Feb 2018, Simon Bush-King

Airbnb opens the doors to its Parisian headquarters and shows how residential a workplace can really be.

The Living House: February edition

The Living House: February edition

12 Feb 2018, Rochelle Ade

Rochelle Payne writes the fourth update on the progress of The Living House, their rammed earth family home in Beachlands.

World Architecture Festival 2017

World Architecture Festival 2017

6 Feb 2018, Justine Harvey

Justine Harvey speaks with a few of the Kiwis who attended the World Architecture Festival in Berlin late last year.

On a high: the Everest circuit

On a high: the Everest circuit

2 Feb 2018, Virginia Waller

Architect Virginia Waller reflects on the relationship between Nepal’s alpine architecture and its stunning natural setting.

Bookshelf: January edition

Bookshelf: January edition

31 Jan 2018, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

A selection of some of the architecture and design books that we’re digging this summer.

Finely tuned

Finely tuned

26 Jan 2018, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

Take a look at 10 of the most interesting concert halls from across the globe that have recently come across our desk.

The value of design

The value of design

24 Jan 2018, Colin Martin

The 15th London Design Festival, held in September 2017, explored exciting design ideas within an expansive feast of events.

A smart future

A smart future

23 Jan 2018, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Altus looks at Smartfit®, an easy-to-install, ready-to-fit cassette window system.

Rhythm and vines

Rhythm and vines

21 Dec 2017, Camille Khouri

Designer Dror Benshetrit’s sculptural installation Under/standing was recently unveiled at Brancott Estate in Blenheim.

Buildings for the better: Green Star Performance launch

Buildings for the better

19 Dec 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

The NZGBC released an exciting new Green Star rating tool for the existing building market at an event in late November.

Art of 'The Frame'

Art of ‘The Frame’

13 Dec 2017, Urbis Editorial Desk

Partner content: Samsung’s new television, The Frame, has been designed to blend in with its surroundings, whether on or off.

Just what is it that makes yesterday’s architecture so different, so appealing?

Yesterday’s architecture

12 Dec 2017, Colin Martin

Pseudo-Georgian buildings are the topic for two new exhibitions in London, discussed here by Colin Martin.

Dancing at your desk

Dancing at your desk

8 Dec 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

ArchitectureNow editor Amelia Melbourne-Hayward reviews Varidesk’s sit-stand desk, the ProPlus 36.

A decade of transformative architecture 2008–2017

A decade of transformative architecture

6 Dec 2017, Justine Harvey, Camille Khouri

The NZIA editorial board have picked their top 10 ‘transformative’ projects of the last decade. What is yours?

Urban living: bookshelf

Urban living: bookshelf

5 Dec 2017, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

We’ve handpicked a selection of books on designing for urban living, as well as small house living.

Book review: The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning

Book review: The Auckland School

28 Nov 2017, Guy Marriage

Guy Marriage reviews The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning by Julia Gatley and Lucy Treep.

Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

Good fences make good neighbours

24 Nov 2017, Linda Cheng

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s latest project draws attention to borders, xenophobia and the plight of refugees.

The Living House: November edition

The Living House: November edition

22 Nov 2017, Rochelle Ade

Rochelle Payne writes the third update on the progress of The Living House, their rammed earth family home in Beachlands.

Festival of Architecture: AKL report

Festival of Architecture: AKL report

21 Nov 2017, Joanna Hurst

Joanna Hurst reports on Auckland’s happenings as part of the Festival of Architecture, with photography by Joe Hockley.

Partner content: Formica AR Touch

Futuristic form

16 Nov 2017

Partner content: Dave Sweatman, associate at Space Studio, reviews the Formica AR Touch.

Urban living

Urban living

15 Nov 2017, Justine Harvey

Justine Harvey talks to a range of New Zealand architects about how they design for smaller inner city homes.

Update: Motu Kaikora Building Workshop

Update: Motu Kaikora Building Workshop

10 Nov 2017, Lynda Simmons

A+W•NZ chair Lynda Simmons reports on the progress of the SGA and A+W•NZ Motu Kaikoura Building Workshop.

Books on our shelf: November edition

Books on our shelf: November edition

7 Nov 2017, Colin Martin

We review two recent architecture books: Alexander Rodchenko and The Glass of the Architects.

In the zone

In the zone

27 Oct 2017, Camille Khouri

Houses talks to kitchen designer Davinia Sutton about her use of Fisher & Paykel appliances in an award-winning kitchen.

Come rain or shine

Come rain or shine

10 Oct 2017, Colin Martin

Colin Martin visited this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London, designed by Burkina Faso architect Diébédo Francis Kéré.

Inside hotels

Inside hotels

5 Oct 2017, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

We take a look at some of the best hotel interiors shortlisted in the Inside festival, running 15–17 November in Berlin.

Unifying art and science: Exhibition Road Quarter

Unifying art and science

12 Sep 2017, Colin Martin

Colin Martin visited Amanda Levete’s new Exhibition Road Quarter project at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

Unseen New Zealand

Unseen New Zealand

31 Aug 2017, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk

Photographer Andy Spain has been touring New Zealand capturing the largely unseen interiors of quirky, historical spaces.

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