Architecture NZ

Architecture New Zealand is the journal for New Zealand’s architects. For over fifty years it has been at the centre of the profession – keeping architects informed, inspired and engaged with reviews of the latest projects, insightful commentary on key issues and critical discussion of practice matters.

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Brutal reckonings

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On death and the sublime

The politics of the architect’s narrative

TOWARDS A CULTURAL REVIVAL

HOUSING SUMMIT 2025

FAST FORWARD LECTURE SERIES 2025

THE DRAWING BOARD RETURNS

EXPLORE ŌTAUTAHI THROUGH ARCHITECTURE

CHALLENGING GENDER NORMS IN ARCHITECTURE

ESSAY FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA • Jeremy Smith reports from South Africa, where he and architect Peter Rich buckled up and set off together in search of rainbows.

MATERIAL FOCUS: HARROWS EXPERIENCE CENTRE

Joining forces for good • The 2024 Gold Medal recipients Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown reflect on the 22 years of their collaborative architectural practice, steeped in kaupapa Māori and regenerative sustainability.

LORRAINE O’ROURKE • Specialising in high-end residential and commercial projects, Lorraine O’Rourke Interiors enriches its work with storytelling, art and honest materiality.

Work

Dancing around the dolines • Matthew Webby visits the spectacular Punangairi, the new visitor centre in Paparoa National Park on the northern West Coast of the South Island by Sheppard & Rout.

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A crack in the façade • Mark Southcombe finds the addition by Warren and Mahoney to the already epic Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui creates a beautiful space of dialogue, reflecting a stunning coming together of old and new.

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Living in the laboratory • Carolyn Hill visits the Hills Residences on the banks of the Waikato River and finds both beauty and tenacity in the Edwards White Architects adaptive reuse project, which won last year’s Sir Ian Athfield Housing Award.

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Grappling with the grid • Chris Barton visits the Catalina Bay Apartments in Hobsonville Point by Architectus and finds meticulous planning, embracing and disrupting the grid.

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City Guide: Levin

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The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education

Building an archive of Indigenous architecture: Joar Nango and collaborators

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