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Interiors · Tara BirdThe many moods of Faradays

Residential Architecture · Tara BirdDesigning with the landscape, not against it

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonO’Neil Shirley: where big-picture thinking meets the finer details

Interiors · Alice ThompsonColour moves from theory to practice at Pac Studio

Building & Renovating · Alice ThompsonNew building reforms could change how risk is shared

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonThe future of home design is holistic

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonWhat homeowners should know before committing to a high-performance build

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonBuilding on a hill? Here's what you need to know before you begin

Ideas & Perspectives · ArchiPro Editorial TeamThe architecture of golf: Designing homes that belong to the landscape

People & Practice · Jessica AgostonSeeing between the lines: making pictures, making meaning

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DKO’s New Zealand branch brings a distinctly unique architecture to the Asia-Pacific practice

Led by architect Phillip Matz, the seventh DKO studio is bringing a uniquely Aotearoa lens to the global firm.

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Ideas & Perspectives · ArchiPro Editorial TeamHow to be sure you’re getting genuine Colorsteel

Ideas & Perspectives · Alice ThompsonInside NZIA’s Aotearoa Festival Of Architecture

People & Practice · Alice ThompsonRichard Naish’s NZIA Gold Medal recognises a career without a fixed formula

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonToo hot to handle: Designing overheating out of the modern home

Commercial Architecture · Cassie McKenzieThe overlooked layer: Why planting deserves a place in every design

Interiors · Joanna SetonFive ways to bring hospitality design into your home

People & Practice · Joanna SetonCreating architecture that's unexpected yet inevitable

Commercial Architecture · Joanna SetonThe architecture of craft beer: designing boutique breweries

Residential Architecture · Tara BirdCape to Bluff Vol. 2 continues a journey through Aotearoa’s architecture, landscapes and lives

Ideas & Perspectives · Joanna SetonLong-term energy savings: how good design pays your power bill

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How architects design for how you actually live

A well-designed home is not only shaped by how it looks, but by how it quietly supports the life unfolding inside it. Before a home becomes a floor plan, a palette or a set of construction drawings, it begins as something far more human: a way of living.

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Ideas & Perspectives · Tara BirdPatterson Associates on why cost control starts before design begins

Building & Renovating · Tara BirdBefore you build, understand what building actually involves

People & Practice · Tara BirdAt Home Design Evening, the future of the home became a trans-Tasman conversation

People & Practice · Deborah BrownTwo architects. Two provocations. One room.

People & Practice · Tara BirdDesigning by Instinct: Why Smith Architects starts with what a site is already saying

Materials & Craft · Tara BirdAn ArchiPro x Forté evening exploring what makes a material last

People & Practice · Joanna SetonInside the architectural practice designing from first principles

People & Practice · Joanna SetonThe architecture studio rethinking design & environmental responsibility

Ideas & Perspectives · Casey ArdenReframing solar as an architectural asset

People & Practice · Tara BirdA nationwide snapshot: Inside the 2026 NZIA shortlists

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Team Green Architects: Designing out the cold

When Siân Taylor arrived in New Zealand from the UK, she was struck not by the landscape but by the homes that failed to respond to it. Together with Mark Read, she co-founded Team Green Architects to challenge the status quo, pairing building science with refined architecture.

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Building & Renovating · Casey ArdenDesigning for the next generation of hot water in commercial design

Residential Architecture · Joanna SetonDesigning within character areas: how architecture negotiates historic suburbs

Building & Renovating · Deborah BrownThe condensation problem no one talks about in new builds

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