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Everyone’s a critic
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Chris Barton reports on the World Architecture Festival 2023 and some inspirational projects transforming people’s lives.
Colour Collab: Greg Young
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In this series brought to you by Resene, Greg Young discusses his unorthodox entrance into the world of architecture and his practice’s award-winning use of colour.
Columns
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Risk management…’
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Cartoonist and Architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Cities of self-interest
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Architect Pip Cheshire believes a respectful acknowledgment of the underlying values of the whenua can yield a city of beauty and humanity.
Freedom for the hollow lands
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Karamia Müller considers the ‘architecture’ of land occupation and the ideological differences that reveal the politics of sovereignty.
Across the Board
Ravenscar House museum wins WAF Culture Award
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We wrap up the World Architecture Festival winners for 2023 (WAF & INSIDE), amongst them Ravenscar House Museum in Christchurch, by architects RTA Studio.
2023 Resene Student Design Awards
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Eleven students from Aotearoa’s four schools of architecture were finalists in the 2023 Resene Student Design Awards, held at St Matthew-in-the-City in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Fifty years of façades
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Façade solutions provider Thermosash celebrates 50 years with the opening of its new 17,000m² facility in Auckland’s Henderson, at the end of November.
Community Impact Award: Call for entries
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Following the positive reception of its introduction last year — celebrating the design and lasting impact of fundraised community projects — this year sees its return.
Dulux Colour Awards judges announced
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Dulux has announced this year’s Colour Awards jury which includes colour aficionado and director of Pac Studio, Sarosh Mulla, among the line-up.
A+W NZ Tātuhi Drawing Archive
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Jonathan Qian Jiang’s Scroll Park Drawing Through Three Ages has been selected for the Architecture+Women.NZ Tātuhi Drawing Architecture: Sarah Treadwell Archive for 2024.
Addressing emerging realities
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Melanie McDaid caught up with Kai-Uwe Bergmann of Bjarke Ingels Group ahead of his visit to New Zealand in February for the NZIA in:situ conference.
Awards
Interior Awards 2024: Meet the jury
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This year’s Interior Awards jury brings together a group of talented designers whose wide range of experience covers projects both in Aotearoa and further afield.
Practice
Simple and pure
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HMOA’s founding directors consider the evolution of the practice over the past 26 years and the importance of relationships, resilience and respect.
Bringing the change
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Ewan Brown discusses the Living Pā at Victoria University of Wellington, the latest in a list of Tennent Brown projects implementing the Living Building Challenge.
Projects
He pari kārohirohi, he whakapapa pounamu
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Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Saul Roberts have prepared a pātere to be viewed before reading their review of Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa.
Work
Ka hoki ki te whare huri ai e!
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Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe and Saul Roberts take a uniquely Māori view in their exploration of RCG’s Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa in Rotorua.
Resonating to different frequencies
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Guy Marriage considers the Herculean task undertaken by Architecture + in the design and restoration of five buildings on Wellington’s busiest intersection at 8 Willis Street.
The resilience of the diagram
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Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.
Energy at the cellar door
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Amanda Harkness visits The Runholder on the outskirts of Martinborough, where Nott Architects has created a new home for Te Kairanga and two of its sister brands.
Crit
Itinerary_ City Guide: Taupō
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In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie and Terry Cheng highlight fourteen historic sites across Taupō.
Artificial Islands
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John Walsh reviews Artificial Islands by Owen Hatherley — a writer who found our capital to be “small and dull” and Auckland’s architecture to be “baffling”.
Book: Server Manifesto: Data Center Architecture and the Future of Democracy
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This little book sets out to consider the ways in which our public places could use open-sourced data positively and discusses how cities must reconsider what makes them smart.
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