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Through a glass lightly

Through a glass lightly

29 Aug 2017, Colin Martin

Colin Martin reports on one of his favourite installations at this year’s La Biennale di Venezia: José Pedro Croft’s sculptures.

Picturing Los Angeles

Picturing Los Angeles

22 Aug 2017, Colin Martin

A retrospective exhibition on British artist David Hockney’s work, celebrating his 80th birthday, is currently showing in Paris.

Homegrown

Homegrown

16 Aug 2017, Justine Harvey, Camille Khouri

We look at some New Zealand companies that are creating innovative and exciting products and why being local is so important.

The Living House: August edition

The Living House: August edition

14 Aug 2017, Rochelle Ade

Rochelle Payne writes the second blog update on the progress of The Living House, which has thus far proved rather arduous.

Shifting courts

Shifting courts

10 Aug 2017, Federico Monsalve

Federico Monsalve speaks to designers from Architectus about some of the basic interior requirements of legal spaces.

The Sky Tower: revisited

The Sky Tower: revisited

9 Aug 2017, Hamish Keith

On the 20th anniversary of Auckland’s Sky Tower we revisit a 1997 review by Hamish Keith on the Moller-designed structure.

Bookshelf: August edition

Bookshelf: August edition

3 Aug 2017, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri reviews three new interesting architecture and design books that have recently hit the shelves.

For the people, by the people

For the people, by the people

28 Jul 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

We take a look at 20 diverse vernacular buildings from across the globe, and ask if this form is relevant in today’s world.

Legal matters

Legal matters

27 Jul 2017, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri looks at several memorable, recent legal or law-related workplaces from across New Zealand.

Salone del Mobile 2017

Salone del Mobile 2017

19 Jul 2017, Justine Harvey

A selection of Houses’ favourite pieces and installations at this year’s Salone del Mobile furniture design fair in Milan.

Humanity and the machine

Humanity and the machine

13 Jul 2017, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri reports from this year’s CoreNet Symposium, which focused on the future of work and technology.

Efficient beauty: The Japanese House

Efficient beauty: The Japanese House

7 Jul 2017, Colin Martin

Colin Martin visited an exciting new touring exhibition that examines 70 years of house design in Japan since World War 2.

Bohemian and nationalist narratives: The passageways of Prague

The passageways of Prague

6 Jul 2017, Katelin Butler

The 2017 Dulux Study Tour group discovers how Prague’s tumultuous history has been recorded in its architecture.

Welcome to the Living House

Welcome to the Living House

30 Jun 2017, Rochelle Ade

Rochelle Payne introduces the Living House, a rammed earth home that is targeting three sustainability rating tools at once.

Not really of this world: Moriyama House

Not really of this world

29 Jun 2017

Architects Andrew Barrie, Jeremy Smith and Woo Min Lee report their impressions of visiting the Moriyama House in Tokyo.

Raw essentials: RCR Architects' LAB·A workshop

Raw essentials: RCR Architects’ workshop

23 Jun 2017, Sacha Milojevic

Sacha Milojevic writes on his time at 2017 Pritzker Prize laureates RCR Arquitectes’ annual summer workshop in Catalonia.

Finding the human scale in high-rise London

Finding the human scale in London

22 Jun 2017, Katelin Butler

In the second leg of the 2017 Dulux Study Tour, the group searches for “authentic moments of connection” in high-rise London.

Why do architects want to be artists?

Why do architects want to be artists?

19 Jun 2017, Donald Richardson

Artist, theorist and art educator Donald Richardson asks why many prominent architects want their work to be understood as art.

What is criticism?

What is criticism?

16 Jun 2017

In response to architectural critic Christopher Hawthorne’s in:situ lecture, architectural zine ELIZA asks ‘what is criticism’?

The patterns of Barcelona

The patterns of Barcelona

15 Jun 2017, Katelin Butler

The 2017 Dulux Study Tour group explores how a 19th century city plan has influenced Barcelona’s contemporary architecture.

Book review: Claude Megson: Counter Constructions

Book review: Claude Megson

13 Jun 2017, Andrew Barrie

Dr. Andrew Barrie reviews Claude Megson: Counter Constructions by Giles Reid, with photography by Jackie Miering.

‘Power of the aesthetic’: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Floating Piers

‘Power of the aesthetic’: Floating Piers

7 Jun 2017, Mauro Baracco, Louise Wright

A visit to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work that stretched across Italy’s picturesque Lake Iseo for two weeks in June 2016.

It takes a (vertical) village

It takes a (vertical) village

2 Jun 2017, Vanessa Coxhead

Vanessa Coxhead chats with Kiwi-born, Paris-based architect Brendan MacFarlane about how apartments can foster communities.

Dark and mysterious QT

Dark and mysterious QT

1 Jun 2017, Aaron Paterson

Australian boutique hotels QT are making inroads into New Zealand. Aaron Paterson investigated the brand’s ethos and future.

Autumn architecture reading

Autumn architecture reading

31 May 2017, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri reviews three recent architecture books, including In Search of Bawa and Simon Devitt’s Rannoch.

The Kiwi kitchen

The Kiwi kitchen

24 May 2017, Justine Harvey

We asked a few Kiwi architects and designers for some sage advice around the one of the most complex rooms in the house.

Book review: The Big Smoke

Book review: The Big Smoke

9 May 2017, Guy Marriage

Guy Marriage reviews Ben Schrader’s The Big Smoke: New Zealand Cities 1840–1920, published by BWB.

The 2017 kitchen

The 2017 kitchen

3 May 2017, Colin Martin

In this age of blurred boundaries, kitchens can be more than functional food-prep spaces. We explore the latest kitchen trends.

Futuristic and ‘funtastico’: Top installations in Milan

Top installations in Milan

28 Apr 2017, Linda Cheng

Some of the most noteworthy installations of the 2017 Milan Furniture Fair, ranging from the futuristic to the “funtastico.”

Bathroom focus: international trends

Bathroom focus: international trends

19 Apr 2017, Colin Martin

Colin Martin investigates the latest international bathroom trends, that range from industrial chic to efficient modernism.

Zaha Hadid: "...No end to experimentation"

“…No end to experimentation”

18 Apr 2017, Colin Martin

The life’s work of Zaha Hadid has been celebrated in two exhibitions in London, reviewed here by Colin Martin.

Australasian highlights from the Milan International Furniture Fair 2017

Milan International Furniture Fair 2017

13 Apr 2017, Patrick Hunn

New Zealand and Australian designers were well represented across the world’s most important design fair.

Milan report part 2: Resident

Milan report part 2: Resident

10 Apr 2017

Simon James and Scott Bridgens from Resident report from behind the scenes at the Milan International Furniture Fair 2017.

The future of green building

The future of green building

10 Apr 2017, Camille Khouri

Camille Khouri reviews the NZGBC and Property Council’s Green Property Summit 2017, held in late March in Auckland.

Milan report part 1: Resident

Milan report part 1: Resident

4 Apr 2017

Simon James and Scott Bridgens from Resident report from behind the scenes at the Milan Furniture Fair.

New ways of building: PrefabNZ CoLab 2017

New ways of building: CoLab 2017

3 Apr 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

This year’s PrefabNZ CoLab conference emphasised the importance of partnerships and collaboration across the industry.

Transitional architecture

Transitional architecture

30 Mar 2017, Barnaby Bennett

Barnaby Bennett reviews the fourth Festival of Transitional Architecture, held late last year in Christchurch.

Architecture, influence and altruism: 2017 Asia Pacific Architecture Forum

Architecture, influence and altruism

29 Mar 2017, Peter Edwards

The first week of the 2017 Asia Pacific Architecture Forum highlighted the diversity of work by architects across the region.

Editor's choice: plastic

Editor’s choice: plastic

15 Mar 2017, Amelia Melbourne-Hayward

We feature 10 projects that show how this versatile, malleable material can be successfully utilised in a wide range of typologies.

Architecture on stage

Architecture on stage

14 Mar 2017, Natalie Bradburn

Natalie Bradburn attended the recent in:situ conference to listen to leading architects from around the world.

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