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Scrap it or save it… again
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Also worth considering is the cost to Council of its current commercial leases for three temporary CBD library pop-ups plus a new Johnsonville library collection and distribution centre, likely costing ...
“Exciting and optimistic” apartment wins at 2020 Resene Total Colour Awards
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It is a feast for the eyes.” / Resene Total Colour Commercial Interior + Public Space Colour Maestro Award
/ Waitohi Johnsonville Library and Community Hub by John Hardwick-Smith, Chris Winwood, Nick ...
Balancing creativity and practicality
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It’s hard to come up with my favourite but I think the Fortuna chapel by John Scott is a great building – the light and form is just beautiful. AMH: What would be a dream commission for you if you could...
Architect profile: Dominic Glamuzina
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In New Zealand, Claude Megson's houses are spatial madness, and I’ve always liked how John Scott dealt with roof forms. The Kiwi architects that I admire the most have a really broad practice. They don’...
On the Rise: Geordie Shaw
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In New Zealand, John Scott is a big influence. Emma and I got married in Futuna Chapel, which was very special for us. AMH: What piece of advice would you give to your student self? / GS: I think it too...
Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana
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Sited about 2km from where this newly-completed visitor centre now stands, the Category 1 Historic Place-listed building (1976), designed by New Zealand’s first registered Māori architect John Scott, ha...
Wellington’s airport terminal gets a new ‘rock’ look
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When the design of the new international terminal at Wellington Airport was revealed in 2009 the people most surprised by the orange rendered forms were the architects. Somewhere deep within the publi...
2017 Auckland Architecture Awards: winners
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Waitangi Visitor Centre by Harris Butt Architecture / This alteration to a nationally important building is cleverly understated, and continues John Scott’s elegant proportional system with seamless tra...
Not a dress rehearsal
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John Goldwater was my first studio teacher, another gentle man, who would talk about how to set the scene for the big acts of habitation – the coming together for the rituals of life, eating and sleepin...
On the Rise: Haley Hooper
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And Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who works and speaks like a godfather. In terms of New Zealand architects, I have a real thing for Neville Price, and John Scott is another big influence. AMH: What overseas u...
Once more, with feeling
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Buildings such as John Outram's Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (1986-88) and Stirling Wilford’s No. 1 Poultry (1992-97) have been listed by Historic England. Postmodernism is sweeping back through the arc...
NZIA Gold Medal winner: Pete Bossley
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David Mitchell, Mike Austin and John Dickson were the main three for me. So, what was it that they imparted? How did they inspire you? I think it was an adventurous and very different approach to doing...