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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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On closer examination

Creating space

PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT SET TO GROW

FAÇADE ART ENHANCES NEW CONVENTION CENTRE

KAIKŌRERO: DINING AND DISCOURSE • Pō mārie. We booked a table for four, thanks… Anthony Hōete, Mikaere Thomson and Aunty Matilda Phillips share kai and kōrero with the Perehitini (President) of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects, Huia Reriti (Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāi Tahu).

RE-IMAGINING THE GORDON WILSON FLATS

REMEMBERING ROSSANO FAN • Professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland, Michelle Wang, pays homage to an influential yet largely unrecognised Asian architect, and develops a platform to celebrate Asian Kiwi excellence in architecture.

GO FIGURE! • Jeremy Smith talks alphabets, fish heads and authenticity with visiting American International Architect in Residence Marlon Blackwell.

DYNAMIC DIRECTION: ABDALLAH ALAYAN • When looking to explore the infinite possibilities of its new Designer Jet technology, GH Commercial approached a young Tāmaki Makaurau-based architect who has a reputation for unlimited exploration of craft and creativity.

Binding traditions • Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) discusses her part in the ground-breaking, Indigenous, historical research that is Toi Te Mana – how art and architecture, both always considered integral in Māori creative practice, have, since the late 1930s, become decoupled and seen as separate disciplines. The book brings them together again by illuminating the contribution of Māori visual artists to contemporary architecture and the work of Māori architectural designers in contemporary art.

LET THERE BE LAUGHTER • Auckland-based interior design studio Material Creative stepped up to the plate in delivering this fun, new waterfront eatery within a tight time frame. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look.

Work

A polyphonic assemblage • Dorita Hannah tours Toi Manawa Kīngi Kāreti, King’s College’s new performing arts centre, and enjoys the dynamic tension inherent in Patterson Associates’ contemporary design.

Farm implements • Andrew Barrie contemplates the place of the prosaic and the messy in architecture as he navigates the confluence of old and new comprising Waimea Nurseries’ staff and administration facilities, designed by Irving Smith Architects.

The craft of layering narrative • Trudie Bradbourne explores the layers of cultural history embodied in Te Whare Hononga, in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, by Tennent Brown Architects.

ALAN McCORKINDALE • A senior interior designer at Jasmax in Wellington, Alan McCorkindale is passionate about human-centred workplaces that create a positive impact on people’s daily lives.

2024 New Zealand Architecture Awards • This year’s New Zealand Architecture Awards jury was headed by Caro Robertson, principal of Spacecraft Architects. Robertson was joined by Ari Stevens of Athfield Architects, Julie Stout of Mitchell Stout Dodd and guest international juror Patrick Kennedy of Kennedy Nolan in Melbourne, Australia. The jury visited 48 short-listed projects across 12 categories during late August and early September.

DELOITTE CENTRE – TE KAHA

DELOITTE CENTRE – TE KAHA

TUHIRAKI – AGRESEARCH LINCOLN FACILITY

KĀ URI

DUNEDIN RAILWAY STATION RESTORATION

WHARE MĪMĪRŪ

THE PĀ

THE PĀ

PĀ REO CAMPUS

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND B201 BUILDING

CATHEDRAL NAVE | HOLY...