Tag: Heritage | Architecture Now

The (carbon) elephant in the room

People | Heritage architect Joanna Theodore writes about the negative repercussions of removing the iconic Gordon Wilson Flats from the Heritage Schedule.

Forever an educator

People | Robin Skinner remembers heritage and contemporary architecture academic and enthusiast Michael Findlay (1959–2019) and his passion for mid-century modernism.

Concealed forever – Tibor Donner’s extraordinary roof

Projects | Tibor Donner’s own house has just turned 75 and will be open to viewing during this year’s Auckland Heritage Festival, on Saturday 30 September and Sunday 1 October.

St James Theatre Auckland: Government pledges $15 million to its restoration

News | After eight years of campaigning, the Government has finally responded to Aucklanders’ pleas to save the iconic arts venue.

Towards meaningful reconciliation: Te Whare Hononga

Projects | Te Whare Hononga opens in New Plymouth.

Projects | 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.

Three buildings in Wellington designated as Category 1 heritage sites

Three Wellington buildings designated as Category 1 heritage sites

News | Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has given its highest ranking to three historic buildings, including the Athfield-designed Central Library, for having exceptional significance.

Houses Revisited: A second life

Projects | The original clients get back a Wellington house designed by the late Chris Brooke-White, one of the great characters of the 1970s, in this project feature from 2008.

Butterfly effect: Antipodes HQ

Projects | A well-known art deco building in Wellington undergoes an internal metamorphosis in order to house this global skincare brand’s headquarters and retail space.

Houses Revisited: Sympathetic intervention

Projects | We revisit a project from the March 2009 issue of Houses where Michael Fisher takes an Auckland art deco house through the rehab process.

Lessons in scale, proportion and materiality: Albert Villa

Projects | This addition to a historic weatherboard cottage captures vistas from new living spaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.

Cultural intangibles: UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Practice | Andrew Irving reports from Penang on these awards, which honoured two New Zealand projects in 2019, and ponders what success means for a heritage project.

A lesson in collaboration: Sly Brothers Semi

Projects | Taking a neighbourly approach to design and construction, this addition to a historic attached cottage preserves a connection to a coast-dwelling past.

Dam fine curve: Symonds Street Flats

Projects | Julia Gatley delights in the dialogue between old and new in RTA Studio’s revitalisation of this Fred Newman building.

Return to splendour: St Mary’s Bay home

Projects | This grand old home exudes a sense of plantation-style luxury: relaxed sunsets and textured, light-filled interiors.

Letting the light in: Hayward Gallery

Projects | London’s famous Brutalist architectural icon, the Hayward Gallery in the Southbank Centre, gets transformed.

Honouring the old: Kauri Timber Building

Projects | One of Auckland’s most important heritage buildings has been remodelled and complemented with a new commercial structure.

Creating new historic places

Practice | David Batchelor, creator of Wellington City Heritage Week 2017, asks if we can purposefully create new historic places.

Transformation at Aotea Square

News | Panuku Development has just announced plans for the Civic Administration Building in Aotea Square and the surrounding area.

Save John Scott’s Aniwaniwa Centre

News | The NZIA are fighting DoC’s recent decision that the Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre in Te Urewera National Park be demolished.