News
Interior Awards 2024 - Entries extended
Good news! We’ve listened to your requests and have extended the entry deadline until 6:00 pm, Friday 3 May. Hurry, get your entries in today.
Alien Architecture: The Architecture of AI
British architect, curator, and author Neil Leach will be sharing his theory on AI’s architectural evolution at a free lecture at Auckland University, on 30 April.
Anthony Hōete made a Fellow by the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Professor Anthony Hōete has been made a Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellow for his advancement of New Zealand and Māori architecture worldwide.
Build to Rent housing surges forward
A dedicated Build to Rent (BTR) tracker, designed to benchmark and measure the new housing model, provides insight into BTR’s climbing numbers in Aotearoa.
Projects
A Long Bay farewell
Partner content: A stunning entertainer’s home in Auckland’s Long Bay was the last hurrah for a boutique design and build company prior to seeking new adventures in the South Island.
Houses revisited: Coastal house
This house’s cladding has timber battens deliberately spaced to read as the homeowners’ favourite piece of music by Bach. First published in 2016.
Houses revisited: Stewart Island house
A three-storeyed tower pokes out above the native treetops on the edge of New Zealand’s southernmost town of Oban. First published in 2016.
Review
Book Review: Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition
Patrick Sherwood discusses how authors Ong Ker-Shing and Joshua Comaroff analyse the “agonising presence of horror” underlying not only the built environment but our very society.
Fair Play
Emma Harvey-Gibbs, Procurement Manager at CTRL Space, shares her experiences of travelling to furniture fairs across the world in 2023.
Dan Sullivan’s top picks: Open Chch 2024
With so much on choice over its three days (May 3rd–5th), Dan Sullivan provides his picks from this year’s festival offering open access to 50 notable Ōtautahi buildings.
Practice
Culture and collegiality
John Walsh visits Te Rangihīroa, the University of Otago’s new hall of residence designed by Jasmax.
Te taura whakairo: the continuing tradition
This year’s Te Kāhui Whaihanga Gold Medallist, Deidre Brown, discusses her journey through architecture as she follows the evolution of Māori and Pacific design.
Assessing risks: New Zealand architecture industry in 2024
A group of leading architects has cautioned that rising costs, builder insolvency and regulatory compliance challenges are the primary hurdles studios will face in 2024.
Awards
Winners: Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards 2024
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects has announced the winners of this year’s Waikato and Bay of Plenty Architecture Awards.
Meet Laminex: Sponsor of the Interior Awards 2024
This year marks Laminex’s third year of partnership with the Interior Awards, having come on board from 2022.
People
Building Change: The carbon measurement ‘glow up’
In the first of our ‘Building Change’ series, Rebecca Mills, founder of The Lever Room, summarises the present state of carbon accounting and finds it on the cusp of a transformation.
Auckland upzoning under the microscope
Chief Economist at Auckland Council Gary Blick discusses the results of recent ‘upzoning’ across Auckland and its link to improving housing and rental affordability.
Fresh talent at AGM with new appointment
AGM welcomes Anya Jeanes in dual role as Digital Assistant at ArchitectureNow and Event Coordinator for the 2024 Interior Awards.
The (carbon) elephant in the room
Heritage architect Joanna Theodore writes about the negative repercussions of removing the iconic Gordon Wilson Flats from the Heritage Schedule.