Tag: Culture
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Priceless taonga set to come home
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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.
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Grand design down under
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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.
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Interior Awards 2022, Supreme and Civic Award Winner
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The 2022 Interior Awards Supreme Award winner is Te Rau Karamu Marae, Massey University by Te Kāhui Toi and Athfield Architects.
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Jasmax appoints Robert Jahnke as cultural advisor
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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.
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Granular reinvention
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A historic grain silo becomes the physical symbol of the metaphoric rise of Cape Town’s design scene.
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Finely tuned
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Take a look at 10 of the most interesting concert halls from across the globe that have recently come across our desk.
![Old and new: Tanatana Marae's wharemate](https://cdn.architecturenow.co.nz/site_media/media/cache/3c/95/3c95a7262efd2a0c743977971b73b81d.jpg)
Old and new: Tanatana Marae’s wharemate
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At Waimana on the northern edge of Te Uruwera, a modest wharemate absorbs the creation myth of Rangi and Papa in its form.
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Te Wharehou o Waikaremoana
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Lake Waikaremoana’s new visitor centre by Tennent Brown Architects returns local iwi to its ancestral home beside the lake.
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For the people, by the people
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We take a look at 20 diverse vernacular buildings from across the globe, and ask if this form is relevant in today’s world.
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Mahuki: connected museums
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Melissa Firth discusses Mahuki – the world’s first culture sector acceleration programme, based at Wellington’s Te Papa.
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Creating a new collective identity
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Architectural graduate Te Ari Prendergast discusses “Te Noho Kotahi: identity and reconciliation in post-quake Canterbury”.
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Te Kōngahu / Museum of Waitangi
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Harris Butt Architecture’s museum is a subtle addition to a cluster of important buildings that discuss New Zealand’s history.
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One part of the whole: Rore Kāhu
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Cheshire Architects’ Rore Kāhu, in the Bay of Islands, is a portal that propels its visitors out to distant historic sites.
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New crucible
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The ASB Waterfront Theatre will be Auckland’s new, state-of-the-art performing arts facility and will open in late September.
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Open conversation: Waitangi Museum
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Exhibition design and architecture driven by lofty ideals of biculturalism and dialogue.
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Artistic license
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More than a pure receptacle for creativity, art museum architecture is often as much food for thought as the artworks inside.
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Planning for cultural resilience
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Thousands of Totara tree seeds will be planted for future generations to use, thanks to the Totara Legacy Project.
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Kore rawa e rawaka te reo kotahi
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A conversation around the meanings and implications of the recent Making the Culturally Shared Landscape marae-based wānangas.
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Māori architecture: past, present, future
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Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe reflects on the progress of Māori architecture over the past 20 years.
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Inside the Len Lye
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Is it possible to create a space that captures, frames and celebrates the constant movement of Len Lye’s work?