Page Text: Itinerary: Mason & Wales Dunedin
24 Mar 2022, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
With its origins in the practice formed by William Mason (1810–1897) in Dunedin in 1862, Mason & Wales is New Zealand’s oldest architectural practice.
Review: Truth and Lies in Architecture
18 Mar 2022, Chris Barton
Chris Barton finds Truth and Lies in Architecture to be “both confronting and inspiring in its scope, capturing perfectly the enormity and terror of the architect’s task”
Architectural Drawings of Christ’s College
23 Feb 2022, Pip Cheshire
Pip Cheshire finds Sir Miles Warren and Alec Bruce’s collection of architectural drawings, accompanied by “erudite commentary and fine observations”, also tells a story of the evolution of drawing.
Itinerary: House Museums
4 Feb 2022, Sebastian Clarke
In this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Sebastian Clarke visits New Zealand’s house museums: those places committed to the memory and presentation of bygone New Zealand spaces for living.
The Architect and the Artists: Hackshaw McCahon Dibble The collaborative projects 1965–1979
23 Nov 2021, Lynda Simmons
Lynda Simmons finds a successful reframing of the works of already well-published artists Colin McCahon and Paul Dibble and architect Jim Hackshaw.
Itinerary: Office buildings
11 Nov 2021, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
In this month’s Itinerary, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley chronicle tall towers and workspaces that populate our most populous cities.
Bolthole by the lake
2 Nov 2021, Isaac Sweetapple
Kengo Kuma and local surrogates Rough and Milne mastermind “hummocky” design for Peter Thiel’s proposed luxury lodge on the shores of Lake Wānaka.
Review: SANNZ 24 Hour Design Competition
11 Oct 2021, Kyle Martin
Kyle Martin discusses this annual student competition, where 12 teams from across the country gathered with one day to design for a mystery brief.
Itinerary: Tairāwhiti Gisborne city guide
7 Oct 2021, Julia Gatley
Julia Gatley takes us around locations of architectural significance and interest in the region she grew up in – the country’s eastern port – for this month’s Itinerary.
Review: Slow Boil
23 Sep 2021, Lana Lopesi
Lana Lopesi looks at this exhibition, which ran at Artspace Aotearoa from 29 May – 07 August 2021, and “explores kai rituals, notions of space, sovereignty and mapping, and New Zealand’s role in Indigenous dispossession of others.”
Itinerary: University buildings
9 Sep 2021, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
For your Itinerary this month, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley look at educational buildings across the country from Dunedin to Hamilton and Auckland.
Review: Making Ways: Alternative Architectural Practice in Aotearoa
19 Aug 2021, Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan says: “Co-edited by Mike Davis (University of Auckland) and Kathy Waghorn (AUT), [this title] is a bright, new publication that seeks to conceptualise architectural work.
Itinerary: Queenstown city guide
12 Aug 2021, Andrew Barrie, Victoria Gancheva
We travel to Otago to compile this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux: a region rich with projects taking architectural risks and leaning on the landscape for inspiration.
Review: Pouwātū: Active Presence
27 Jul 2021, Paul Simei-Barton
Paul Simei-Barton looks at this collaboration from photographer John Miller and architectural designer Elisapeta Heta, which ran at Objectspace from 9 March to 30 May 2021.
Growing up, not out: A review of Open Christchurch
13 Jul 2021, Fritha Powell
Fritha Powell took to her bike to visit as many architectural projects as she could when the city of Christchurch opened its doors to the public in mid-May.
Itinerary: Tauranga city guide
8 Jul 2021, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
In this month’s Itinerary, we visit places of architectural intrigue in this rapidly growing North Island beach town. Works from big-city firms and local talent alike feature on our list of stops.
Review: Vennell House site visit
22 Jun 2021, Gina Hochstein
This was an afternoon organised by a group of architects that has met regularly since 1991 as a celebration of one of Group Architects’ founder Bill Wilson’s innovative houses, the Vennell House.
Itinerary: Libraries and community centres
10 Jun 2021, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
For this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley take us to one of New Zealand’s first types of essential public buildings: libraries and community centres around the country.
Review: Kia Whakanuia te Whenua: People Place Landscape
27 May 2021, Pip Cheshire
Pip Cheshire explores this book, which offers 40 essays that explore the relationship of Māori with land and its critical role in Māori identity.
Itinerary: Recent museums and galleries
13 May 2021, Andrew Barrie, Julia Gatley
In our Itinerary series, supported by Dulux, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley plan trips full of architectural discovery. This month: A nation-wide tour of architecture to house art.
4 May 2021, Abigail Hurst
Abigail Hurst looks at this photographic portrayal of Christchurch modernism by Mary Gaudin and Matthew Arnold.
Review: The Architecture of Peter Rich
22 Apr 2021, Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith reads The Architecture of Peter Rich: Conversations with Africa and finds a conversation we can all learn from.
Master of motion: 40 years of Len Lye
20 Apr 2021, Paul Brobbel
Len Lye curator at the Govett-Brewster, Paul Brobbel, looks at the acclaimed artist’s ongoing influence more than four decades after his death.
Review: Christchurch Architecture: A Walking Guide
15 Apr 2021, Abigail Hurst
Abigail Hurst reviews this book from John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds and finds a guide “for any wanderer of Christchurch, whether familiar or unfamiliar with the streets.”
Review: The Ground is Talking to Us
25 Feb 2021, Marian Macken
Marian Macken recounts her experience of this exhibition from South Pacific Architecture’s Megan Rule and Julie Wilson, which ran at Objectspace from 31 October – 5 November 2020.
Review: Drawing Room
18 Feb 2021, Simon Twose
Simon Twose visits this exhibition that explores the oft-fraught relationship of drawing to practice, which runs at Toi Moroki (CoCA) in Christchurch until 20 February 2021.
Review: Urban Art Village
11 Feb 2021, Gina Hochstein
Gina Hochstein discusses this architectural urban activation, which took place on Auckland’s O’Connell Street on 13 October 2020.
Book review: The Vertical Picturesque
19 Nov 2020, David Turner
David Turner reviews this delve into mid-century Auckland houses and finds a book that is “uncomplicated in its purpose, content and structure, beautiful to look at, and short”.
Book review: The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future
10 Nov 2020, Min Hall
Min Hall finds this substantial book on one of the most extensively used building materials in the world an inspiration for architects looking to combat climate change.
Review: Forty Years Drawn: Pete Bossley
3 Nov 2020, Marian Macken
Marian Macken visits the Chartwell Gallery at Objectspace and finds an exhibition in appreciation of the physical artefact.
Book review: Cohousing for Life
27 Oct 2020, Abigail Hurst
Abigail Hurst finds Robin Allison’s thought-provoking account of her life and the design and construction of the Earthsong eco-neighbourhood a frank and informative read.
Review: Violent Legalities
20 Oct 2020, Rebecca Kiddle
Rebecca Kiddle visits Violent Legalities at Wellington’s Te Pātaka Toi/Adam Art Gallery and finds a controversial exhibition that is part art, part research.
COVID consciousness: Anti-social social space
27 Aug 2020, Maito Akiyama
Maito Akiyama explores the ‘new normal’ – how COVID-19 has disrupted daily rituals and activities, vastly changing spatial experience.
COVID consciousness: Keeping it clean
20 Aug 2020, Sarah Bookman
The pandemic has raised a collective anxiety about how to share public spaces – an anxiety heightened in the most intimate of settings: the public toilet. Sarah Bookman examines some solutions.
Review: Tall: The design and construction of high-rise architecture
18 Aug 2020, Maria Mingallon
Mott MacDonald’s Advanced Computational Design Lead, Maria Mingallon, reviews Guy Marriage’s book on the design and construction of tall buildings.
COVID consciousness: Against the bunker
14 Aug 2020, Isaac Sweetapple
One bizarre scheme promoted during this pandemic was to attract high-net-worthers to invest at least $50 million in NZ. Isaac Sweetapple resists this classist retreat.
Review: Rottenomics: The Story of New Zealand’s Leaky Buildings Disaster
21 Jul 2020, John Sutherland
John Sutherland considers Peter Dyer’s comprehensive investigation into one of the country’s most costly human-made disasters – New Zealand’s leaky building syndrome.
Behind the Object: Wairua
17 Jul 2020, ArchitectureNow Editorial Desk
Lighting designer James Russ lets us in on the process behind a recent large-scale commission that explores “New Zealand’s place in the world”.
In focus: International bathrooms
16 Jul 2020, Leanne Amodeo
Leanne Amodeo takes a look at beautiful bathrooms from around the world as she brings us the latest in design thinking for this very important space.
In focus: International kitchens
13 Jul 2020, Leanne Amodeo
Leanne Amodeo looks abroad to see how kitchen design continues to change the way we live, discovering a series of stunning spaces, from Milan to Melbourne.