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Te Ao Mārama: Ripe and bursting at the seams
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Albert Refiti discusses the vitality of naming, the cross-cultural myth-histories and the moana architecture of this makeover by Jasmax, FJMT and designTRIBE at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

New surf life saving club at Taylors Mistake
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Wilson and Hill Architects’ new surf life saving club at Taylors Mistake blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings.

First look: Auckland War Memorial Museum South Atrium
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Take a look inside Te Ao Mārama, the South Atrium of the Auckland museum, which has been closed for 18 months and prepares to open its doors to the public on 3 December.

Going beyond the brief
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Athfield Architects’ Waitohi Johnsonville Library and Community Hub proves to prioritise placemaking and connections to the urban context.

Church in the village
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Ian Lochhead explores the multi-purpose cycle of living, work, worship and service to the community in Christchurch’s Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.

Unnecessarily beautiful
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A series of multinational, not-for-profit, children’s tutoring centres has put interior design high on its priority list.

Cool store collection
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Engage with Irving Smith Architects’ freezer-panel-encased refurbishment of the Whakatāne District Museum and Research Centre, Te Whare Taonga ō Taketake

Final barracks: Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall
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Ian Lochhead reflects on what the reinstatement of this building means to the local community and its sense of connectedness to place.

Distinguished, with X-ray clarity sound
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Ian Lochhead celebrates the extraordinary engineering gymnastics employed to renew the Christchurch Town Hall.

Cinderella: Lower Hutt Civic Precinct
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Justine Harvey gives a brief history of the ‘Cinderella City’ and Julia Gatley explores its recent rejuvenation.

The third place: Tūranga
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Christchurch’s new central library welcomes all and inspires the pursuit of knowledge.

Best of 2018: Top commercial projects
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A look back at our most popular commercial projects in New Zealand of 2018.

Streamline Swim Academy
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This new swimming complex belies a modest budget with its shed-like structure that is elegant and characterful.

2017’s top 5 civic spaces
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From a small surf lifesaving club to a multi-layered station, these are the top 5 most viewed civic projects of 2017.

Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana
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Lake Waikaremoana’s new visitor centre by Tennent Brown Architects returns local iwi to its ancestral home beside the lake.

A blanket of sweet frangipani
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Michael O’ Sullivan has designed a lofty auditorium for the Māngere branch of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Auckland.

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

Wellington Intl Airport: South Extension
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Wellington Airport’s latest addition by WaM features a ‘net’ of angled cross-frames that stretch between existing buildings.

Sense of place: Ōtāhuhu Train Station
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Ōtāhuhu’s new train station delivers a rich, multi-layered experience, as well as a sense of our place in the South Pacific.

Dynamic geometry: Chapel Street Centre
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Dalman Architecture’s community-minded Chapel Street Centre is a dramatic piece of place-making, executed with modest means.