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Te Ao Mārama: Exit at the hokohoko
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In the last in our series, Amanda Harkness visits Te Ao Mārama’s retail and hospitality offerings, designed by Ignite in association with Studio Pasifika, and Jack McKinney Architects, and finds evidence of artful adaptation and reuse.
Te Ao Mārama: A new order
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The second in our series: Chris Barton contemplates the new column-fins of Te Ao Mārama’s design and their connection to the nautilus shell spiral and the golden mean.
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.