Apartments | Architecture Now

2024 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing winner: Hills Residences

Awards | The 2024 Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing went to Hills Residences by Edwards White Architects.

Iwi-led build-to-rent

Projects | Te Whānau o Waipareira has embarked on a high-density, build-to-rent kaumātua housing project in Auckland’s Ōtāhuhu, designed and master-planned by Isthmus.

First look at ultra-luxury Pacifica Penthouse

Projects | Plus Architecture has delivered four premium penthouses located atop New Zealand’s tallest residential tower offering world-class amenities with a focus on high-end design.

Re-imagining urban communities

Projects | Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.

Culture and collegiality

Practice | John Walsh visits Te Rangihīroa, the University of Otago’s new hall of residence designed by Jasmax.

Ockham Lecture: Towards an Auckland aesthetic with Tania Wong

News | Ockham’s Head of Architecture, Tania Wong will discuss the design and creation of The Greenhouse apartments in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

The resilience of the diagram

Projects | Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.

Manaaki te whare, Manaaki te whenua, Manaaki te iwi

Projects | The result of a fruitful Marutūāhu-Ockham Iwi partnership, Manaaki is the largest apartment complex to have ever been built outside of Auckland’s CBD.

Fluidity in form

Projects | The bold, fluid form of Buchan’s Sonata Apartments in Auckland’s St Heliers deals with the demanding building envelope setbacks in a creative way.

Northbrook: A new ultra-luxury offering for later living

News | Designed in collaboration with Woods Bagot, Northbrook is a ‘later living’ development set to offer a level of luxury that developer Winton claims New Zealand has never seen before.

Waterside living

Projects | Construction has begun on Catalina Bay Apartments, the new $150m development being the largest of its kind to commence construction this year.

Grandstand living

Projects | Chris Barton visits Alexandra Park, by RTA Studio and DJRD Architects, and explores the art of apartment dwelling beside a racecourse.

First look: 30 Madden

News | The latest in a series of Wynyard Quarter developments, this one designed by Studio Pacific Architecture, is poised for tenants just in time for the America’s Cup. Take a peek inside.

What the Spanish Club can teach us about urban living

Projects | Warren and Mahoney’s Mat Brown and Nick Deans chat about a new multi-residential project for the firm in Melbourne and what it can teach us about apartment living here in Aotearoa.

Maximalist empire

Projects | New York’s Apparatus studio’s co-founders, Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, give us a tour of their maximalist and highly detailed loft apartment.

Living with art

Projects | In this apartment, proportions and flow are just as important as are surfaces and detail. Art, however, reigns supreme and in complete unison.

Happy Days domain

Projects | Chris Barton explores DKO Architecture’s mix of terraced and apartment living at a former quarry site in Auckland’s Mount Wellington.

Houses Revisited: High society

Projects | From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.

A neighbourly narrative: North Fitzroy by Milieu

Projects | This modern take on the classic walk-up apartment is arranged around a verdant central courtyard, designed to foster community.

Mystique to suit: Whitlam Place

Projects | Set within a brazen, nonconformist building of 11 bespoke apartments, this abode fittingly offers an edge to Melbourne’s bohemian suburb.