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College of Creative Arts Wellington

Projects | There has been a clearing of the decks in this building that is opening new doorways.

Projects | Tommy Honey outlines the major capital works programme at the University and reviews its latest wave of buildings.

Projects | Boffa Miskell ventures under the bridge and works up a public plaza in a tricky position.

Projects | Tennent + Brown Architects have realised the metaphorical essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha.

Projects | A watershed Wellington structure designed by architecture +.

Projects | With vistas across Lake Wanaka to the Southern Alps, Sarah Scott Architects’ elegant church offers a sense of occasion.

Projects | Phil Smith Architects’ child-care centre in Kawakawa is an embodiment of kaitiakitanga or care for the environment.

Review | Artist Gavin Chilcott provides some notes on the process of designing two quite different carpets for Government House.

Projects | Pontoons, a pier, boardwalk and sand-covered beach are just some of the citizen-friendly interventions at Judges Bay.

Awards | An historic chapel within a significant Auckland heritage building has received the top award at the 2012 Interior Awards.

Projects | Stage one of transportation network for the North Shore of Auckland – connecting parks, reserves and backyards.

Projects | Behind a dramatic screen of twisted metal ribbons, AECOM and Warren & Mahoney have created an open space for students.

Projects | The Court Theatre was one of many Christchurch institutions made homeless in the February earthquake.

Projects | A purpose-built town hall in the Wairarapa town of Carterton by Opus Architecture.

Projects | Chow Hill Architects’ $68.9 million project focused the design on the activities with real commercial value.

Projects | Moller Architects’ clinical, machine-like steel structure sits on Auckland’s Halsey Street Wharf extension.

Projects | A technicoloured activity centre and ‘skater pit stop’ for Auckland’s Flat Bush residents.

Projects | Studio Pacific’s hangar-like hall acknowledges the engineered-timber heritage of many of the machines housed within.

Projects | The disused elephant house is repurposed as a new tuckshop and event marquee.

News | The Rock makes the shortlist for Inside – the interior leg of the World Architecture Festival.