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Priceless taonga set to come home

Priceless taonga set to come home

Projects | RTA Studio has designed a two-level, 2067m2 home to house approximately 90,000 artefacts for the Hastings and Napier Councils in Hastings’ cultural precinct.
Words: ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk Posted: 28 May 2024
Grand design down under

Grand design down under

Review | Mike Austin considers the long-running TV series franchise and its missing component — the architect — while Amanda Harkness goes to see Kevin McCloud on tour.
Words: Mike Austin and Amanda Harkness Posted: 21 Mar 2024
Interior Awards 2022, Supreme and Civic Award Winner

Interior Awards 2022, Supreme and Civic Award Winner

Awards | The 2022 Interior Awards Supreme Award winner is Te Rau Karamu Marae, Massey University by Te Kāhui Toi and Athfield Architects.
Words: ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk Posted: 15 Jul 2022
Jasmax appoints Robert Jahnke as cultural advisor

Jasmax appoints Robert Jahnke as cultural advisor

News | Jasmax has appointed Professor Robert Jahnke (Ngāi Taharora, Te Whānau a Iritekura, Te Whānau a Rakairoa o Ngāti Porou, Samoan-German-Irish) as te ao Māori Advisor.
Words: ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk Posted: 10 Jun 2022
Granular reinvention

Granular reinvention

Projects | A historic grain silo becomes the physical symbol of the metaphoric rise of Cape Town’s design scene.
Words: Elana Castle Posted: 8 Feb 2018
Finely tuned

Finely tuned

Review | Take a look at 10 of the most interesting concert halls from across the globe that have recently come across our desk.
Words: Amelia Melbourne-Hayward Posted: 26 Jan 2018
Old and new: Tanatana Marae's wharemate

Old and new: Tanatana Marae’s wharemate

Projects | At Waimana on the northern edge of Te Uruwera, a modest wharemate absorbs the creation myth of Rangi and Papa in its form.
Words: Justine Harvey Posted: 25 Oct 2017
Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana

Projects | Lake Waikaremoana’s new visitor centre by Tennent Brown Architects returns local iwi to its ancestral home beside the lake.
Words: Justine Harvey Posted: 26 Sep 2017
For the people, by the people

For the people, by the people

Review | We take a look at 20 diverse vernacular buildings from across the globe, and ask if this form is relevant in today’s world.
Words: Amelia Melbourne-Hayward Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Mahuki: connected museums

Mahuki: connected museums

Review | Melissa Firth discusses Mahuki – the world’s first culture sector acceleration programme, based at Wellington’s Te Papa.
Words: Melissa Firth Posted: 3 Nov 2016
Te Noho Kotahi: Identity and reconciliation in post-quake Canterbury

Creating a new collective identity

Review | Architectural graduate Te Ari Prendergast discusses “Te Noho Kotahi: identity and reconciliation in post-quake Canterbury”.
Words: Te Ari Prendergast Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Te Kōngahu / Museum of Waitangi

Te Kōngahu / Museum of Waitangi

Projects | Harris Butt Architecture’s museum is a subtle addition to a cluster of important buildings that discuss New Zealand’s history.
Words: Bill McKay Posted: 5 Jul 2016
One part of the whole: Rore Kāhu

One part of the whole: Rore Kāhu

Projects | Cheshire Architects’ Rore Kāhu, in the Bay of Islands, is a portal that propels its visitors out to distant historic sites.
Words: Bill McKay Posted: 23 Jun 2016
New crucible

New crucible

News | The ASB Waterfront Theatre will be Auckland’s new, state-of-the-art performing arts facility and will open in late September.
Words: ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk Posted: 13 May 2016
Open conversation: Waitangi Museum

Open conversation: Waitangi Museum

Projects | Exhibition design and architecture driven by lofty ideals of biculturalism and dialogue.
Words: Federico Monsalve Posted: 21 Apr 2016
Artistic license

Artistic license

Review | More than a pure receptacle for creativity, art museum architecture is often as much food for thought as the artworks inside.
Words: Amelia Melbourne-Hayward Posted: 11 Apr 2016
Planning for cultural resilience

Planning for cultural resilience

Practice | Thousands of Totara tree seeds will be planted for future generations to use, thanks to the Totara Legacy Project.
Words: Phil Wihongi Posted: 5 Apr 2016
Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi: "One language is never enough"

Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi

Practice | A conversation around the meanings and implications of the recent Making the Culturally Shared Landscape marae-based wānangas.
Words: Kathleen Kinney Posted: 11 Feb 2016
Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe on…“A Ngā Tamatoa perspective on Māori architecture”

Māori architecture: past, present, future

Practice | Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe reflects on the progress of Māori architecture over the past 20 years.
Words: Rameka Alexander-Tu'inukuafe Posted: 26 Nov 2015
Inside the Len Lye

Inside the Len Lye

Projects | Is it possible to create a space that captures, frames and celebrates the constant movement of Len Lye’s work?
Words: Kathleen Kinney Posted: 9 Nov 2015
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