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Winter colour forecast: A warm refuge

News | Dulux’s winter 2022 forecast predicts soothing earth-based hues. To showcase these idyllic hues in the home environment, stylist Bree Leech undertook a multi-room makeover.

Colour Collab: Craig Moller

People | At Moller Architects, Craig Moller, alongside his father Gordon, heads a team of 15. The studio’s work is wide-ranging, from the Sky Tower to chocolate factories, boat-building sheds, houses and hotels.

Laminex: Immersive and calm

Products | Twenty-nine new decors have been added to the Laminex Laminate range, drawing on nature as a central point of reference. The calming and natural textural beauty of marble, terrazzo and timber decors have been designed to sit harmoniously with other materials and finishes.

Colour Collab: Amelia Holmes

People | Interior designer Amelia Holmes is known for her deceptively simple design moves, which exude understated sophistication, comfort and a love of natural fibres.

Refreshed and evolved

News | Laminex presents the latest decors offering immersive colour, calming mineral finishes and nature-inspired woodgrains.

Colour Collab: Henri Sayes

People | In this Colour Collab with Resene, Auckland-based Architect Henri Sayes talks to Architecture NZ about how he uses colour to link and define spaces and amplify a sense of playfulness and fun.

Colour Collab: Thomas Cannings

People | In this Colour Collab with Resene, art director and photographer Thomas Cannings talks about the ongoing influence of art, architecture and interiors, at work and at home.

Material Focus: The Central

Projects | Queenstown’s Central Private Hotel was named as this year’s Grand Prix award-winner at the Dulux Colour Awards. We talk to Undercurrent director Liv Macfarlane about the thinking behind this stand-out design and how the selection of Warwick Fabrics was integral to the final result.

Colour Collab: Pippa Ensor

People | Ensor, an associate at Athfield Architects, has worked on projects across typologies and regions. Here, she takes colour inspiration from birds and their habitats.

Material Focus: Cuba Precinct

Projects | Athfield Architects associate Kim Salt discusses the thinking behind the fit-out of the NZIA-award-winning space for lead tenant Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Itinerary: University buildings

Review | For your Itinerary this month, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley look at educational buildings across the country from Dunedin to Hamilton and Auckland.

Colours for a new era

News | Dulux has released its colour forecast for 2022 with three palettes for a changed and changing world, informed by year-round research and engagement with specialists around the world.

Itinerary: Queenstown city guide

Review | We travel to Otago to compile this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux: a region rich with projects taking architectural risks and leaning on the landscape for inspiration.

Colour Collab: Ermanno Cattaneo

People | Originally trained as an architect, Cattaneo now works for Suzanne Turley Landscapes where he creates bespoke designs for clients throughout New Zealand. In this collab, he draws colour inspiration from his home village in Italy.

Itinerary: Tauranga city guide

Review | In this month’s Itinerary, we visit places of architectural intrigue in this rapidly growing North Island beach town. Works from big-city firms and local talent alike feature on our list of stops.

Sense of place: Michael Leng

People | Michael Leng, associate senior interior designer at Wingate Architects, creates a concept for an office lobby that is “honest, pure and grounded”.

The Brake House

News | Bremworth worked with the current owners of this iconic example of 1970’s Kiwi modernism to revitalise the interiors with natural, sustainable carpets.

A precinct on the rise: New community vision for Uptown

News | The demand for inner city-living and development around the new City Rail Link station is transforming the neighbourhood.

Itinerary: Libraries and community centres

Review | For this month’s Itinerary, supported by Dulux, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley take us to one of New Zealand’s first types of essential public buildings: libraries and community centres around the country.

Colour Collab: Paul Anselmi

People | This architect at Bull O’Sullivan Architecture creates a colourful work that is inspired by earth and art in this Colour Collab with Resene.