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Finding peace in the chaos
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Linehouse, co-founded by New Zealand expat Briar Hickling, has transformed the façade and seven floors of CentralWorld in Bangkok.
A fusion of cultural and high-end design
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Te Arikinui Pullman Auckland Airport Hotel — Waikato-Tainui’s $200m project — has officially opened and displays both architectural and cultural significance.
Vernacular adventure
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On the upper reaches of Lake Wakatipu, RTA Studio and Bureaux go high concept with traditional types at The Great Glenorchy Alpine Base Camp.
Timber arch sets record for size
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Air New Zealand’s new Hangar 4 is set to be the largest timber arch in the southern hemisphere.
Polished professionalism
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The design and fit-out of this new-build orthodontist practice was a first for the client and KKID, both embracing an opportunity to break with convention.
Civic good manners
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John Walsh talks to Gary Todd of Gary Todd Architecture about his award-winning Ebb-Dunedin and its underlying narrative to connect the building in place and time.
Cabinet of curiosities
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Amanda Harkness explores the dramatic interior narrative, combining the exotic and eclectic with the comfortable, of Wellington’s Naumi Studio Hotel by Material Creative.
Walking backwards
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Mark Southcombe finds the essential character of Wellington’s Cuba Street in Athfield Architects’ remaking of the Farmers Building and adjoining buildings to be a sensitive bridging of time.
Two sides of Sala
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Alongside this boutique gym’s first space, opened in 2018, a second studio space designed by Mijntje Lepoutre offers both continuity and change for the brand.
Volcanic dome
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Bill McKay is transported to ancient Rome as he explores the curvilinear market place of Foodstuffs’ North Island HQ by Monk Mackenzie.
The technology of the trees
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Chris Barton finds at Scion’s Innovation Hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, in Rotorua – by RTA Studio, in collaboration with Irving Smith Architects – a showcase of radically new methods in multilevel timber construction and a benchmark for achieving net-zero embodied carbon.
A date with the city
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Amanda Harkness explores the interior design of The Hotel Britomart – Cheshire Architects’ latest project in the downtown Auckland precinct – and discovers thoughtful craftmanship at every turn.
iPhone architecture
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Chris Barton explores what The Hotel Britomart’s seamless exterior, laneway labyrinth and deconstructed ethos by Cheshire Architects bring to Auckland’s evolving downtown precinct.
2020 in Review: Top 5 commercial projects
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See our most-viewed commercial projects of the year. What’s trending: heritage refurbs, medium-density housing, activated public spaces and more.
Directional dimensions
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Chris Barton discusses the whys and wherefores of Warren and Mahoney’s design decisions for Auckland’s Commercial Bay office tower and retail precinct.
Airport dreams
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Melanie McDaid explores the new Novotel Christchurch Airport, designed by Warren and Mahoney, which takes its cues from its geographic context.
Meeting under chevron hoods
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Jeremy Smith contemplates the intricate origami planes of the Nelson Airport Terminal and ascends to the Cab of its trapezoid Control Tower.
New Zealand Property Council calls for support for commercial landlords
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Chief Executive Leonie Freeman says the Council will “assist the Government in taking immediate action to support property owners through this period”.
Back to the bone
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John Sutherland explores Cheshire Architects’ reoccupation of a former seaplane hangar at Hobsonville Point, Auckland.
Top five commercial projects of 2019
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A denser take on urban housing and an out-of-this-world office space make up some of the top commercial projects this year.