Architecture
Jaron Lubin: architect aiming high
American architect Jaron Lubin has been involved with some of the most impressive new design projects around the world. He's on the team that has designed a vertical suburb in Singapore, the SKY… Audio, Gallery
Protecting our heritage buildings
Efforts to save our heritage buildings over the years - successful and unsuccessful - are being researched by the winner of one of the biggest non-fiction prizes for New Zealand writers. Wellington… Audio
Festival of Architecture to get underway
The inaugural Festival of Architecture gets underway tomorrow. It's on until September 17 and involves a number of events mainly around the country. Audio
Sky-high cardboard building to rise and fall in Christchurch
Using just cardboard boxes and tape, the people of Christchurch are helping to create something magical in their city – a sky-high building that will be erected then demolished at the Arts Centre this… Video, Audio
Biodesigning our homes
New Zealand's inaugural Festival of Architecture kicks off around the country next week. Architect Joanna Aitken is presenting an exhibition called "How Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence can… Audio
Rebecca Rudolph - Design, Bitches
Rebecca Rudolph is a principal at Los Angeles firm Design, Bitches, an architectural design practise seeking to expand the definition of architecture. Rudolph and business partner Catherine Johnson… Audio, Gallery
Empty 'brutalist' flats saved from demolition
A decrepit, condemned building in Wellington that was in line to be demolished has been saved after an appeal in the Environment Court was upheld.
Objectspace
The country's only gallery committed to craft, design and architecture has a new home, an Auckland warehouse redesigned and kitted out in a 630-thousand dollar makeover. All will be revealed later… Audio, Gallery
Hundertwasser gets the green light after nearly 25 years
Funding is finally in place to turn revered Austrian artist Hundertwasser's design to transform an old building in Whangarei into a reality. Audio
Can you re-Māorify a city?
An urban design competition is calling on New Zealanders to imagine what a decolonised city might be like. Audio, Gallery
Finding New Zealand's Home of the Year
A Cambridge house built on a property that backs onto a service lane of the local supermarket has been named as New Zealand’s Home of the Year. Audio, Gallery
Virtual reality set to get more real
A team of computer scientists at Victoria University think they may be a step closer to making virtual reality more like... reality. Audio
Ply in the sky: wooden buildings on the rise
High rise wooden buildings are economic to build, environmentally friendly and much more earthquake resilient than traditional building systems based on concrete and steel, an industry player says. Audio, Gallery
Elisapeta Heta - Maori and architecture
Elisapeta Heta is an architectural graduate who recently joined the board of the New Zealand Institute of Architects as a representative of Nga Aho - Aotearoa's national network of Maori design… Audio
Michael Parekowhai's The Lighthouse
Michael Parekowhai's controversial Lighthouse is a lifesize sculpture resembling a 1950s statehouse on Auckland's Queens Wharf, beaming light over the Waitemata Harbour from neon constellations… Audio
Barbara Bestor - Strange beauty
Barbara Bestor is the founder and head of Bestor Architecture in Los Angeles. She has been listed among the six women who changed the face of LA architecture. Her work is dedicated to the idea that… Audio
Sir David Adjaye: a world of influence in architecture
Ghanaian-British architect Sir David Adjaye was knighted this year for “being one of the leading architects of his generation and a global cultural ambassador for the UK". Audio, Gallery
Curves of nature - The architecture of Fred van Brandenburg
Queenstown architect Fred van Brandenburg switched from classical design to the Gaudi-inspired curves of the natural world, after a trip to Barcelona in 2005. Audio, Gallery
Modernist treasures in the Hutt
Lower Hutt, Wellington's neighbour, is home to a treasure trove of post-World War II modernist buildings. Audio, Gallery
Art with Mary Kisler: art travel serendipity
Kim Hill talks to Mary Kisler, Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She discusses the role of serendipity when travelling, discussing a… Audio