For its new global headquarters in Penrose, Fisher & Paykel asked for a workplace that feels like home. RTA Studio began the response with mass timber and design clues from the volcanic ground of old Auckland.
For its new global headquarters in Penrose, Fisher & Paykel asked for a workplace that feels like home. RTA Studio began the response with mass timber and design clues from the volcanic ground of old Auckland.
Wedged into a cliffside beside the wild harbour
of Wellington’s Eastern Bays, this year’s Home
of the Year is a masterly object full of sculpture
and craftsmanship, grandeur and human scale.
The interior of this workplace has evolved alongside TRA — its long-term occupants. In this, the third renovation by Jose Gutierrez, the focus is on the comfort of its staff rather than the loudness of its brand.
During the last half century, Webb’s has supplied art and objects that complete New Zealand’s homes and workplaces, often with architecture as the common thread.
Every finish answers to its setting. On a ridgeline in rural Auckland, a farm in North Canterbury and a converted warehouse in Tauranga, three projects show how Dulux and its specialist brands respond to climate, use and material.
At The Research Agency’s Britomart workplace, Resene Double Masala gives the 120-year-old interior a dark, steady footing. The walls do not compete with the building; they ground it.
All the winners in the overall Simpson Strong-Tie People’s Choice Award, as well as the Hybrid Building, Sustainable Development, and Public & Community Building categories.
Architecture Aotearoa is a principal sponsor of Weaving, the 2026 Australasian Student Architecture Congress (ASAC), to be held in Tāmaki Makaurau from 30 November to 5 December
Sally O’Neale, Senior Associate, Design at Unispace, discusses Mosaic, a premium workplace that takes inspiration from world-class hotels and hospitality to create a unique experience in Auckland City.
James Corles discusses his meteoric ascent and the ideas that have defined his architectural career.
Spacecraft Architects’ Caro Robertson and Tim Gittos are the 2026 recipients of the F. Gordon Wilson Fellowship for Affordable Housing, a $20,000 award from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects and the family of the former Government Architect that funds a self-directed design and research project on housing affordability.
Behind the cloak-like unitised aluminium façade of this building is a diagrid structure that pushes boundaries of what mass timber can do. We caught up with Jaimie Whitehead, Associate at Dunning Thornton, who worked closely with RTA Studio on the design of Fisher & Paykel Appliances HQ.
Mycelium, a cracked pecan husk, a cement-works crusher, a picnic and a lancewood: the finalists and winner of the 2027 Brick Bay Folly competition each found a different story for the same pecan grove.
At the Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care Service in Christchurch, designed by Sheppard & Rout Architects, the architecture’s quietest decisions do the most work, making the difficult, intimate business of end-of-life care a little easier for patients, families and nurses.
A first look at the all the winners from the Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects’ national awards for 2026
Other than picnic stops and plaques marking some grandparent’s favourite spot, what do public benches offer a civil society? Paererewā, an impressive group of social and cultural entrepreneurs, has banded together to answer just that.
Born from the loss of Founders Theatre and a tricky riverbank site, Jasmax’s BNZ Theatre in Hamilton avoids the usual compromises of civic architecture, delivering a truly world-class performance space that opens to both the city and Waikato Te Awa
Architecture New Zealand magazine and the contributions of Nathan Inkpen, Amanda Harkness and Chris Barton have been recognised with the NZIA President’s Award at the 2026 Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects National Awards.
While converting a commercial building into a mosque, a group of students and volunteers developed patterns that weave together symbols of journey, place and belonging, all drawn from Muslim, Māori and Pacific traditions.
Ōrua’s Rameka Alexander-Tu’inukuafe talks about the many ways in which te ao Māori and architecture intertwine in his own practice.
A trip to the Mediterranean brings up some questions about timelessness, the pressures of globalisation and rapid expansion, and the inherent dangers of greenwashing architecture.
Rethinking acoustic solutions through sustainable materials, considered design and reduced environmental impact
A sequence of arches traces the evolution of this 1940s brick-and-tile home, leading from its original rooms to a generous, light-filled extension.
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Entries to Home of the Year 2024 are now open.
Home of the Year is an annual programme that celebrates the country’s best new homes, and comes with a $10K prize for the overall winner.
Click here to enter, or to find out more about the 2024 awards programme.
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In the Coromandel, a home with a humble profile and a thoughtful design makes the most of a stunning location.
This sculptural Northland bach is a perfect north arrow on a remote farm high above the sea.
Built with awe-inspiring attention to detail, this Arrowtown home is a fresh interpretation of a familiar Otago rural vernacular.
Part gallery, part sculptural abode, this award-winning home above Takapuna Beach is surprisingly secluded.
A hilltop home in Dunedin becomes a gallery of sorts, its form an object of art itself – one of warmth, playfulness, and urbanity.
With the sun on its bow and the community at its stern, this is a house in which the elements are always front of mind.
A mature and restrained response to an awe-inspiring location. The architect has combined a wide range of influences — from Sri Lankan to,
This Auckland home delightfully reimagines city living, marrying privacy with insightful and intimate layers of connection.
