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Above: Ata Rangi Tasting Room by Makers of Architecture. Photo by Simon Devitt
Read thought-provoking writing about architecture and design
Archi-Text: Architects writing about architecture and issues that impact the industry.
Ready for Reform by Peter Townsend
Bland to Beautiful by William Samuels
Adapting with nature - Part 1: Northcote
Adapting with nature - Part 2: Westport
Let's end obsession with building poor housing as cheaply as possible
Articles: Insightful writing from architectural thinkers and practitioners
The story up to now
Architecture in New Zealand is an island narrative of exploration, arrival and ongoing adaptation, writes Bill McKay.
Oceanic architecture
From the whare to modernism, Dr Mike Austin explores the history, ideas and forms of Pacific architecture.
The government architect's office: 1857-1942
Peter Richardson traces the story of government architecture in New Zealand from the mid-19th colonial era to the brink of 20th-century modernism.
The government architect's office: 1940-1992
Duncan Joiner traces the story of government architecture in New Zealand from WWII to the deregulation and privatisation of the 1980s.
Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing 2024
Of Belonging and Loss by Tessa Forde
This essay was the winner in the Open category of The Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing 2024.
The Grand Ocean by Alara Holland
This essay was a joint winner in the Tamariki category of the 2024 Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing.
A Terminal of Memories by Rudy Keane
This essay was a joint winner in the Tamariki category of the 2024 Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing.
2024 Writing Awards
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Profiles: In-depth examinations of the life and work of some of New Zealand's pre-eminent architects
Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown
Professor Deidre Brown
Nicholas Stevens and Gary Lawson
Julie Stout
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