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In house: Space Studio
It’s Friday morning in the upper Parnell Road offices of Space Studio and there’s a friendly hum of activity in the air. The company, which specialises in hotel design, has a good number of projects on...
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Architects in Profile: Dorrington Atcheson Architects
During 10 years at the helm of their own firm, Tim Dorrington and Sam Atcheson, and their team, have specialised in residential design through a highly collaborative methodology, engaging with clients,...
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Innovation driven: Adam Taylor
How did you get drawn towards architectural design as a career?As cheesy as it sounds, it was an idea from when I was as young as 12. I have primary school projects of floor plans drawn to scale – in...
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Practice through scholarship: Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer
Amelia Melbourne-Hayward: Where did you both begin your journey in architecture?Brian Carter: I studied at the Nottingham School of Architecture in England. Before going to graduate school at the...
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Out of the box
The struggle is real for creative types trying to balance work and family life while still finding time for ‘passion projects’. There can be a real sense of isolation toiling at home after hours, as...
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Urban advocate: Julie Stout
Amelia Melbourne-Hayward: Did you always know that you wanted to be an architect?Julie Stout: I grew up in Palmerston North, which is hardly an architectural epicentre. My dad was a deer culler and...
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Laid back approach
Maybe they were bored. Or perhaps they’d had too much sun. And not enough sleep. But when George Wilkins and Will McCallum were asked to come up with an end-of-year project for their University of...
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Dual interests: Natasha Markham
Amelia Melbourne-Hayward: Can you tell me a little about your background?Natasha Markham: I am a trained architect and worked in New Zealand post graduation for around five years before heading to the...
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A people person: Marcel Wanders
Rufus Knight (RK): You’ve said that “nothing ages faster than the new” and that your designs “build off old metaphors”; this increases their longevity because they already feel somewhat familiar. Is...
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Carving a niche: Monk Mackenzie
Both Hamish Monk and Dean Mackenzie of Auckland-based practice Monk Mackenzie Architects (MMA) have a vast wealth of international experience, working in spots such as Hong Kong, New York and London...
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Architects in Profile: Daniel Marshall Architects
Justine Harvey spoke with Daniel Marshall at his studio on K Road in Auckland to find out how he draws on international influences and reinterprets them for the New Zealand environment.Justine Harvey...
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Architects in Profile: Fearon Hay Architects
Fearon Hay’s portfolio of projects eschews definition – at once fearless, luxurious, grounded and dramatic – and that’s just the way the architects like it.Amanda Harkness (AH): Tell us about how you...
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Instagrammable moments
The title of Veldhoen + Company’s project journal for Macquarie Group’s One Shelley Street in Sydney is It’s Not About the Building. The publication details the financial giant’s revelatory move to...
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Shaping our collective Pacific future
Trying to describe 30 years of Studio Pacific Architecture with, say, two sentences per year is rather like describing a large cloth by talking about a couple of its strands. It is with some of the...
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Architects in Profile: Rogan Nash Architects
Kate and Eva of Rogan Nash Architects are like an old married couple – in the habit of finishing each other’s sentences and eagerly debating differences in points of view. They met at Auckland...
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