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Supertight: An exploration of high-density urban living
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Professors of architecture and the brains behind the book Supertight talk about their research on the benefits of high density building typologies and implementing spatial quality in these environments.
Itinerary: Aotearoa New Zealand architecture books, 2022
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In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Julia Gatley lists 16 must-read architecture books published in 2022 by New Zealanders.
New publication: Shifting Foundations
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Several members of the NZIA, along with other city-makers, have published a book documenting architecture in Ōtautahi Christchurch following the 2010–2011 earthquakes.
Book review: The New Queensland House
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Christopher Kelly reviews the large-format book, edited by Cameron Bruhn and Katelin Butler, and finds it offers plenty on which Kiwis can make use of, in our burgeoning cities.
Review: Rooms: Portraits of Remarkable New Zealand Interiors
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Marian Macken finds captivating portraits by Jane Ussher of over 300 interiors, with text from John Walsh providing an intriguing biography about each space.
Review: Medium
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Stuart Niven considers Guy Marriage’s latest book Medium, on medium-density housing in Aotearoa.
Review: Making Space: A history of New Zealand Women in Architecture
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Kathy Waghorn writes on a book that tells the stories of more than 500 women and delivers the message ‘We are here – we exist – we are strong – and you are one of us.
Radical Practice: The Work of Marlon Blackwell Architects
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A review of the new book by Jonathan Boelkins and Peter MacKeith, Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
A love letter to the land and sea
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A new book by artist and designer David Trubridge, The Other Way is a profound meditation on our relationship to the natural world.
Review: Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud
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Mike Austin reviews Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud: Why so many architects pretend to be philosophers and don’t care how buildings look by Branko Mitrović.
Review: Wellington Architecture: A Walking Guide
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John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds’ have published their new walking guide to 120 of Wellington’s most interesting buildings.
Review: Truth and Lies in Architecture
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Chris Barton finds Truth and Lies in Architecture to be “both confronting and inspiring in its scope, capturing perfectly the enormity and terror of the architect’s task”
Review: Making Ways: Alternative Architectural Practice in Aotearoa
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Sean Flanagan says: “Co-edited by Mike Davis (University of Auckland) and Kathy Waghorn (AUT), [this title] is a bright, new publication that seeks to conceptualise architectural work.
Review: Kia Whakanuia te Whenua: People Place Landscape
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Pip Cheshire explores this book, which offers 40 essays that explore the relationship of Māori with land and its critical role in Māori identity.
Review: I Never Met a Straight Line I Didn’t Like
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Abigail Hurst looks at this photographic portrayal of Christchurch modernism by Mary Gaudin and Matthew Arnold.
Review: The Architecture of Peter Rich
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Jeremy Smith reads The Architecture of Peter Rich: Conversations with Africa and finds a conversation we can all learn from.
Review: Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide
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Abigail Hurst reviews this book from John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds and finds a guide “for any wanderer of Christchurch, whether familiar or unfamiliar with the streets.”
Book review: The Vertical Picturesque
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David Turner reviews this delve into mid-century Auckland houses and finds a book that is “uncomplicated in its purpose, content and structure, beautiful to look at, and short”.
Book review: The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future
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Min Hall finds this substantial book on one of the most extensively used building materials in the world an inspiration for architects looking to combat climate change.
Book review: Cohousing for Life
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Abigail Hurst finds Robin Allison’s thought-provoking account of her life and the design and construction of the Earthsong eco-neighbourhood a frank and informative read.