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Bringing the community and culture in
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Abigail Hurst talks to Tennent Brown Architects about the difficult site, the cultural narratives and a new take on innovative learning environments in the design of Te Raekura Redcliffs School.
New Dean ushers in a focus on healthy buildings
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Top healthy building expert, Robyn Phipps has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington.
Shaping a richer culture
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Dorita Hannah explores Diocesan School for Girls’ basilica-like Performing Arts Centre by McIldowie Partners in association with Upton Architects and what it highlights about the value of theatre in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau.
Together but apart
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Interior solutions were used in this Christchurch campus to co-locate two, single gender schools and mitigate an age-old battle of the sexes.
Of lollies and eloquent eyebrows
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B405, the Jasmax-designed UoA Faculty of Engineering mothership, is a building of two halves. Chris Barton comes to terms with it: inside and out.
Collaborative campus
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Jasmax’s new Western Springs College and Ngā Puna o Waiōrea Campus compiles spatially exciting buildings at a dramatic scale, but where all the ‘stuff’ has gone?
Cathedrals of learning
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Mary Henry reflects on three recent Jasmax tertiary education designs that respond to the evolution of the tertiary education sector.
Fresh palette: The Rabbit Patch
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Most childcare centres feature a rainbow of clashing colours and zany patterns, with a backdrop of practical necessities. Not in this one.
Old school revival
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Mark Southcombe explores the architectural legacy of Whanganui Collegiate School and its new additions by RTA Studio.
Poipoia te kākano kia puawai
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Guy Marriage explores the ways in which Tennent Brown Architects has helped nurture the Ngā Purapura kākano at Ōtaki to create Te Ara a Tāwhaki.
Teach the children well: Freemans Bay School
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From hospital to office, Dr Andrew Barrie traces the changing face of educational architecture.
Nelson Centre of Musical Arts
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An historic provincial concert hall and new teaching and rehearsal spaces draw talent and visitors from around the world.
Creative capital
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Wellington is seeing a boom in its creative education sector and now its facilities are starting to follow suit.
A learning environment for future needs
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We visited King’s School’s new Centennial Building and found it to be the ideal space for learning and interacting.
Social pathways: UoA Science Centre
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Architectus’ large and complex Science Centre is densely packed into the University of Auckland’s Grafton site.
A journey through spaces
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WSP Opus Architecture’s building at The University of Waikato takes you through a series of solids and voids.
Free online course from Harvard on cities
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Harvard University is offering a free online course on the history of cities and the many aspects of urban development.
2018 RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship
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Entries are now open for the 2018 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship, which New Zealand students can apply for.
Learn architecture online with Harvard
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Students and architecture enthusiasts are being offered the chance to study architecture at Harvard University for free.
Nanette Cameron’s legacy continues
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Nanette Cameron’s legacy continues with the opening of a newly revised course, The Nanette Cameron School of Interior Design.