A reality check and a call to arms
Anthony Vile attended the New Zealand Green Building Council’s annual Housing Summit, where industry leaders were challenged to align and take action.
Finalists revealed – 2025 Interior Awards
See the thirty-one projects and three young influential designers that have been selected as finalists across 11 categories in the 2025 Interior Awards.
Welcome to the happy house
Two award-winning compact homes reimagine the double garage footprint, proving good design can create affordable, attainable and joyful spaces for living.
Meet Blum - Sponsor of the Interior Awards 2025
Blum has partnered with the Interior Awards programme for the past five years, first coming on board in 2020.
Yellow Post
This year’s winning Brick Bay Folly, Yellow Post, was unveiled last weekend at the Brick Bay Sculpture Park.
News
Sharing Hundertwasser’s legacy
Annabelle Smith enjoyed an early tour of Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s Kaurinui Valley home, soon to be opened to the public.
Architects, not Architecture debuts in New Zealand
Raphaela Rose attended the inaugural Architects, not Architecture event on Wednesday 2 April at Te Ao Mārama, Auckland War Memorial Museum, finding it to be a timely call to action for architects.
Yellow Post
This year’s winning Brick Bay Folly, Yellow Post, was unveiled last weekend at the Brick Bay Sculpture Park.
Paererewā: The 1,000-year bench project
Paererewā: The 1,000-year bench project was launched at the Aotearoa Art Fair Art Fair in Auckland.
Projects
Student body building
Anthony Hōete investigates the skilled stacking of Hiwa, the University of Auckland’s new Recreation and Wellness Centre by Warren and Mahoney and MJMA Toronto.
Houses revisited: Mt Maunganui house
Rogan Nash Architects designed this beachside holiday home to be considerate of its space in nature and surrounding neighbours. First published in 2015.
Welcome to the happy house
Two award-winning compact homes reimagine the double garage footprint, proving good design can create affordable, attainable and joyful spaces for living.
Review
Exhibition: Building an archive of Indigenous architecture: Joar Nango and collaborators
Elisapeta Heta reviews Building an archive of Indigenous architecture: Joar Nango and collaborators, a powerful reclamation of space.
Book review: The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education
Lynda Simmons reviews The Organizer’s Guide to Architecture Education, a book aimed at students, educators and practitioners insistent on change.
Itinerary City Guide: Levin
In this Itinerary, supported by Dulux Colours of New Zealand, Andrew Barrie tours 14 resilient buildings in Levin.
Practice
A reality check and a call to arms
Anthony Vile attended the New Zealand Green Building Council’s annual Housing Summit, where industry leaders were challenged to align and take action.
Joining forces for good
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, the 2024 Gold Medal recipients Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown reflect on the their collaborative architectural practice.
Radical responsibility
In the latest of our Practice in Profile series supported by Resene, ahha, a socially responsible architecture practice, discusses its aims and aspirations.
Awards
Winners revealed: Canterbury Architecture Awards 2025
Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects has announced the winners of this year’s Canterbury Architecture Awards.
Meet Blum - Sponsor of the Interior Awards 2025
Blum has partnered with the Interior Awards programme for the past five years, first coming on board in 2020.
People
Some kind of miracle
Chris Barton wonders whether or not architecture can perform miracles and what it takes for an architect to become a saint.
Cartoon - Malcolm Walker ‘Upcoming seminars…’
Cartoonist and architect Malcolm Walker gives us his thoughts on the issues that matter.
Challenging gender norms in architecture
Josh Sanoria, winner of the 2024 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Resene Student Design Awards, explains his escapist, explorative thesis, Queeriosities of Space.
On death and the sublime
Pip Cheshire considers the challenges associated with judging a building, including assessing its ‘smell’.