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Meeting on the future of Wellington Central Library

Monday, 8 July 2019, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

A public meeting will be held next week to discuss the fate of Wellington Central Library, which is closed while the city council considers what to do with the seismically vulnerable building. More >>

Annual architectural writing competition open for entries

Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:24 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

There are two entry categories, Open and Secondary School students, the winners of which receive prizes of $2,000 and $1,000, respectively. Several highly commended awards, each of $500, will also be made. The deadline for entries is 22 September ... More >>

CITY TALKS: Te Aro Pa Greta Point//10 June//Free

Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 7:36 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Te Aro Pā descendants have finally built homes on their ancestral land 140 years after the original settlement was lost. The process to find a new site required a lengthy land swap ne-gotiation with Wellington City Council, then followed a complicated ... More >>

City Talks: Looking at Care another way

Monday, 4 March 2019, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Data driven design and patient centred aged care practices from the Netherlands and New Zealand. Marian and Jan Westrate use the principles of Omdenken (flip-thinking) to illustrate the Dutch way of designing for and caring for their elderly. Omdenken ... More >>

Architects conference attracts top global talent

Monday, 10 December 2018, 10:06 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Eleven leading international architects will address the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ biennial conference in Auckland next February. The Institute’s President, Auckland architect Tim Melville, said the lineup of speakers will be one of the strongest ... More >>

Architectural promise revealed in 2018 Student Design Awards

Monday, 3 December 2018, 11:04 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Victoria University of Wellington’s Emily Newmarch has won the top prize in the annual competition for final year students at New Zealand’s three Schools of Architecture. The Student Design Awards programme, which is staged by the New Zealand Institute ... More >>

Architecture profession mourns passing of Maurice Mahoney

Thursday, 1 November 2018, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Maurice Mahoney, one of New Zealand’s most distinguished post-war architects, has died in Christchurch aged 89. Mahoney, who passed away on 31 October, formed with Sir Miles Warren one of the country’s most successful and prolific architectural ... More >>

Winners of 2018 architecture writing competition announced

Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 9:04 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

A Whangārei architecture graduate and a South Korean high school student have won the top awards in New Zealand’s annual architectural writing competition. More >>

‘Future Islands’, to be shown at Ara Institute of Canterbury

Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

From 6 September 2018 ‘Future Islands’, New Zealand’s second Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition, will go on show at Ara Institute of Canterbury’s Kahukura Building. More >>

Government must fix its broken procurement process

Friday, 17 August 2018, 9:50 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

The inefficient, inconsistent and ineffective ways in which the Government is procuring public buildings could be costing New Zealand many millions of dollars a year, according to a report commissioned by the New Zealand Institute of Architects. More >>

Call for entries for 2018 architecture essay competition

Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 9:11 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Entries are invited into this year’s Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing. The annual writing competition, organised by the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) with the support of the Warren Trust, has two entry categories: open and secondary ... More >>

City Talks - Bridges & Pathways: Small Practice and the City

Wednesday, 30 May 2018, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Bridges & Pathways: Small Practice and the City City Gallery Wellington, Civic Square Monday 18 June, 6pm Free entry More >>

Tim Melville announced as President of NZIA

Thursday, 24 May 2018, 9:51 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Auckland architect Tim Melville has taken up the role of President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and will serve a two-year term of office until May 2020. More >>

Andrew Patterson Gold Medal Lecture tour

Thursday, 3 May 2018, 9:31 am | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Andrew Patterson, the latest recipient of New Zealand architecture’s premier award, the Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal for career achievement, this week embarks on a nationwide series of lectures about his work. More >>

NZ architecture mourns the passing of David Mitchell

Friday, 27 April 2018, 8:27 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

David Mitchell, one of the most accomplished, respected and fondly regarded figures in New Zealand architecture, died in Auckland on 26 April, at the age of 77. More >>

2018 Festival of Architecture curator announced

Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

The New Zealand Institute of Architects has announced that Jeremy Hansen, former editor of Paperboy and Home New Zealand, will curate the public programme of the 2018 Festival of Architecture. The nationwide Festival, which will include presentations, ... More >>

Winner announced in top architecture students award

Friday, 1 December 2017, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Lucy Vete of the University of Auckland has won the annual design competition for final year students from the country’s schools of architecture. More >>

Architectural writing awards announced

Thursday, 2 November 2017, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

UK-based writer Anna Kate Blair and Auckland student Piper Whitehead have won the top prizes in New Zealand’s annual architectural writing competition. More >>

‘Architecture Matters’ in Nelson

Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

At 7.30, Monday 11 September, Nelson’s Suter Gallery hosts Architecture Matters – a free event that will provide an opportunity for the public to learn about how important new Nelson buildings are being designed, how a Nelson based architect is ... More >>

Politicians offer remedies for the homesick blues

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Institute of Architects

Seeking to refocus the attentions of voters on one of the main issues confronting the country, the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) is holding a pre-election housing debate in Auckland next Wednesday (6 September). More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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