Three Waikato houses stand out in national House of the Year Awards
A Cooks Beach home featuring local stone is one of three winning Waikato properties.
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'Like wraparound westie sunglasses': Tower scoops national architecture award
It's robust and low-maintenance, built to withstand the very severe coastal environment.
Te Pae: Piha surf lifeguard tower a winner
This unusual-looking west coast tower has won a national architecture award. Video / Crosson Architects
Property Insider: Waiwera tower went with whimper; wholesale fund repayments looming
Demolition more of a labour of love, slowly unpicking the structure from the top down.
Taupō Quay building takes home top heritage prize
Since 2020, the building has undergone earthquake strengthening and a full restoration.
Architectural designer wins top national award for Hastings school building
Heretaunga Intermediate's technology block and its landscape evoke the Heretaunga Plains.
$14 million assigned for redevelopment of Taihape Town Hall
The building has been closed since 2021 after it was identified as earthquake-prone.
Māori navigational centre wins supreme design award
TOA Architects wins purple pin for Auckland marae design.
Top Kiwi architect Marshall Cook dies
'There’s not enough time to say all that needs to be said about Marsh.'
End of an era for iconic flats once saved but now to be demolished
The boarded up Almond Court flats have been an iconic landmark in Whangārei for years.
New book pays tribute to Māori architect
The book focuses on designs, concepts and visions that encompass Māori beliefs.
Chateau Tongariro’s tangled web of cost traps taxpayers
What, we must ask ourselves, is the grande dame worth?
Historic Hawke’s Bay: Napier War Memorial Centre stoush - lest we forget
When Kirsten Wise became mayor in 2019, the Napier Conference Centre sign came down.
Elon Musk to fight Mark Zuckerberg in ‘ancient Roman setting’
Musk wrote that 'everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy.'
NZ's wealthiest school planning 191 rented apartments in Epsom
Dated motel and vacant site at 76 to 80 Great South Rd to be new residential community.
Awards to recognise region's heritage excellence
'Our aim is to become the heritage city of New Zealand.'
Watch: Mock-up City Rail Link station built in Māngere warehouse
Now, all we need is a train.
Architecture award winners include Chateau Tongariro and Whanganui museum exhibition
The Chateau embodied a timeless elegance and was rooted deeply in New Zealand’s heritage.
BOP and Waikato's best new architecture projects celebrated
21 projects were winners on the night.
New Point Chevalier marae building takes top architectural award
All up, 57 buildings and projects won Auckland region prizes including 29 homes.
New Zealand cities suffering crisis of identity, says Māori architect
Rau Hoskins notes that some still have 90 per cent of the original colonial architecture.
Indigenous aesthetic which considers tikanga and mātauranga Māori shaping spaces
Wāhine toa incorporating indigenous aesthetic considering tikanga and mātauranga Māori.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 7
Tere Insley, Elisapeta Heta & Raukura Turei, wahine toa incorporating an indigenous aesthetic which considers tikanga and mātauranga Māori shaping spaces through a Māori lens. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Te Rau Karamu Marae - a masterpiece of interwoven philosophies
The marae is the cultural heart of Massey University’s Wellington campus.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 6
Derek visits Te Rau Karamu marae a masterpiece of interwoven philosophies, artwork and technology which has won multiple awards and received massive recognition in the design world. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Will the rise of timber save our cities?
Bright ideas to make cities better: high-rise timber buildings.
TOA Architects back on awards shortlist after winning last year
Architecture firm has been shortlisted for the 2023 NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards.
Christchurch - has the quintessentially English city embraced Ōtautahi’s rich Māori heritage?
Has the Christchurch rebuild meant the city's now embraced its rich Māori heritage?
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 5
Derek visits post-quake Christchurch to see if the rebuild of Aotearoa's most quintessentially English city has shaken off its colonial past and embraced Ōtautahi's rich Māori heritage. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
It serves as a student home, a library and lecture space
Te Ara a Tāwhaki at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and the process of collaboration.
The Drawing Board: Taking in some of the awesome architecture at the Remarkables
The Drawing Board takes in the beautiful scenery of Ngāi Tahu
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Derek visits Te Ara a Tāwhaki at Te Wānanga o Raukawa and explores the process of collaboration between Pākeha architects Tennent Brown and Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.
Developers ‘put a hit out’ on Greek archaeologist
Antiquities expert suspects property developers ordering an attack on his life.
Watch: The Drawing Board episode 3
Derek travels to a small papakainga development in Rapaki with Perry Royal and Ngāti Whatua unveil plans to expand their ground-breaking multi-level papakainga development in Tamaki Makaurau. Video / Faultline Films. Made with funding from NZ on Air and Te Mangai Paho.