Tag: Video | Architecture Now

How insulated glass changed architecture

Watch | In this entertaining short video from Vox, we learn about the ‘Twindow’ and how an Antarctic expedition led to the curtainwall glass we see in almost every city around the world.

Auckland Council says it’s investing $133 million into Midtown

News | Watch: The Council has recently announced projects surrounding the planned CRL Aotea Station including upgrades to Federal Street, High Street and Hobson Street (among others) and refurbishing Aotea Centre.

Watch: Using GIS Technology to gain Resource Consent

News | See how Boffa Miskell used geographic information system (GIS) software to evaluate likely visibility from certain structures to bolster the resource consent application for a client.

Watch: Interior Awards 2021 video

News | Hear from winners, judges and more; plus, peek inside the sold-out event, attended by over 350 guests, at the 2021 Interior Awards.

Objectspace video series explores John Scott pou

News | Watch: A new video in Obejctpace’s The Single Object series looks at New Zealand modernist icon John Scott and his use of the pou – a central column – in bringing Māori architecture into the mainstream.

New video series highlights Māori in architecture

News | Wā Kāinga Māori Real Estate is tackling the underrepresentation of Māori in homeownership and built environment professions, and this video explores the experience of two designers that are part of Jasmax’s Waka Maia.

Watch: Behind the glass at Commercial Bay

News | This Woods Glass video goes behind the scenes at Auckland’s newest tower to discover the design behind the frameless glass canopy in the project’s lobby.

Behind the Object: Te Tatau Kaitiaki

Projects | This Graham Tipene work graces the entrance to the new South Atrium of the Auckland Museum. He tells us more about weaving traditional design with modern techniques.

Video: Can SIPs save New Zealand housing?

News | BRANZ materials scientist Anna Walsh has won the Royal Society Te Apārangi 180 Seconds of Fascination video competition with her research on Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) in Aotearoa.