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Herbst: Architecture In Context
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Sean Flanagan reviews Herbst Architects’ recently published monograph of key works authored by John Walsh and finds it “an elegant record of a highly awarded practice”.
Irving Smith runner-up to I.M. Pei in global book awards
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Nelson-based Irving Smith Architects recognised at Architecture Book of the Year awards in London.
Down the long driveway reissue
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First published in 2014, the book Down the long driveway, you’ll see it by Matthew Arnold and Mary Gaudin has been reissued in a short run of limited copies.
What’s behind your skin?
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A new student-led publication behind the skin shines a light on the thoughts of a generation of architecture students whose collective experiences have been nothing but the norm.
Book: Architectural Exaptation When Function Follows Form
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As New Zealand CBDs evolve post-pandemic, repurposing old or empty spaces should be on the drawing board writes Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, co-author of new book.
The history of three iconic Auckland neighbourhoods
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The Near West, A History of Grey Lynn, Arch Hill and Westmere by Tania Mace, uncovers the history of three of Auckland’s defining central suburbs.
On reading and lucky jobs
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Karamia Müller reflects on framing productivity and concepts of work in the wake of technology’s promise and a post-COVID workforce grappling with rising living costs.
Book Review: Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition
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Patrick Sherwood discusses how authors Ong Ker-Shing and Joshua Comaroff analyse the “agonising presence of horror” underlying not only the built environment but our very society.
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens
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Peter Sergel’s new book, The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens, is the story of how a rubbish dump was transformed into a world-class attraction.
Book: Sheppard & Rout Architects Vol 1 1982–2021
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Jeremy Smith reviews the first volume covering Sheppard & Rout Architects’ first 39-years and contemplates the “a much-ado-about-everything calling” that is writing a book.
Book Review: Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice
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Graeme McConchie reviews the latest book in the Time Honored Architectural Conservation Documentation series.
Rewi Thompson exhibition opens at Sir Miles Warren Gallery
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KOHA: The speculative worlds of architect Rewi Thompson, an exhibition curated by Jade Kake and Jeremy Hansen, launches in Christchurch.
Book: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy
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This little book sets out to consider the ways in which our public places could use open-sourced data positively and discusses how cities must reconsider what makes them smart.
Artificial Islands
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John Walsh reviews Artificial Islands by Owen Hatherley — a writer who found our capital to be “small and dull” and Auckland’s architecture to be “baffling”.
Book review: Unfinished & Far Far Away: The Architecture of Irving Smith Architects
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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
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Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin publish Withers House.
Ornament is not a crime: Contemporary interiors with a postmodern twist
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The new book by Rebecca Gross looks at how the themes underlying Postmodernism and Memphis are making a comeback. We have one copy to giveaway!
Book review: Rewi
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Deidre Brown reviews Jeremy Hansen and Jade Kake’s latest collaboration Rewi, detailing Rewi Thompson’s contribution to architecture.
Book review: HomeGround. The Story of a Building that Changes Lives
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Bill McKay reviews Simon Wilson’s 2022 book HomeGround. The story of a Building that Changes Lives which discusses a new Auckland City landmark.
Book review: Speculative Coolness: Architecture, Media, the Real, and the Virtual
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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.