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Tutukaka House by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
Wooden shutters fold, tilt and slide open to let in the sun and keep out the burglars at this weekend cabin in New Zealand by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan (+ slideshow). Located on the northern...
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Hut on Sleds by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
As the tides erode the northern coast of New Zealand, this house on a sled by architects Crosson Clarke Carnachan can be towed off the beach and out of harm's way (+ slideshow). Located within a...
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Kumutoto Toilets by Studio Pacific
New Zealand architects Studio Pacific have created public toilets shaped like headless dinosaurs in Wellington (+ slideshow). Red steel armour plates cover the roofs of the two structures, which each...
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CTV building flaws known 20 years before deadly New Zealand quake, admits...
Dezeen Wire: the man whose company designed the CTV building in New Zealand that collapsed during an earthquake has admitted he was aware of problems with its design just five years after it was...
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Critics reject "clumsy" proposals for earthquake-hit Christchurch cathedral
News: architects and critics have called for the earthquake-damaged Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand to be restored to its original gothic appearance after rejecting two contemporary proposals as...
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Lake Hawea Courtyard House by Glamuzina Paterson Architects
This brick courtyard house by Auckland studio Glamuzina Paterson Architects sits at the foot of a mountain in New Zealand's Otago region (+ slideshow). Photograph by Patrick Reynolds Lake Hawea...
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S House by Glamuzina Paterson Architects
This timber-clad house in Auckland by New Zealand studio Glamuzina Paterson Architects zigzags across its site to outline gardens on both its east and west sides (+ slideshow). Glamuzina Paterson...
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Point Resolution Bridge by Warren & Mahoney
Curving steel columns morph into angular arches around the etched concrete body of this bridge by New Zealand architects Warren and Mahoney over a road, railway and waterway in Auckland (+ slideshow)....
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Auckland Art Gallery wins World Building of the Year 2013
World Architecture Festival 2013: the Auckland Art Gallery by Australian studio Frances-Jones Morehen Thorp has been awarded World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore....
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"We wanted to make a building that is embedded in New Zealand culture"
Movie: in this exclusive interview Australian architect Richard Francis-Jones explains the importance of local materials at Auckland Art Gallery, which was crowned World Building of the Year at World...
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Monk Mackenzie and Glamuzina Patterson create angular giraffe shelter at...
The two intersecting roofs of the Giraffe House at Auckland Zoo in New Zealand were designed to comfortably accommodate both its long-necked inhabitants and their human keepers (+ slideshow). New...
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Waiatarua House by Monk Mackenzie incorporates a wooden lattice
This black-stained timber house in Auckland, New Zealand, by local studio Monk Mackenzie features a gridded plywood screen that allows filtered light to enter the interior (+ slideshow). Waiatarua...
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Down the long driveway: New Zealand homes photographed by Mary Gaudin
Photo essay: Montpellier-based photographer Mary Gaudin has created a series of images documenting mid-century residential architecture in New Zealand, her home country. Following the 2011 Christchurch...
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Belly of the Beast is a hillside folly with a scruffy coat made from old tyres
Scraps of rubber tyres create a shaggy coat around this narrow tower created by architecture students Matt Ritani and Declan Burn on a countryside sculpture trail in New Zealand. Named Belly of the...
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Schmidt Hammer Lassen designs new library for earthquake-damaged Christchurch
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has unveiled its design for a new library in Christchurch, New Zealand, to replace the building left wrecked after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes (+ slideshow). The...
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Auckland art gallery by Mitchell and Stout Architects features an...
Green aluminium panels cover the facade of this contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, where a ceiling shaped like a gramophone horn funnels in light from an opening in the roof (+...
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Pattersons Associates uses stainless steel to create shimmering art museum...
The reflective stainless steel skin of the new Len Lye Museum in New Plymouth, New Zealand pays tribute to the work of the experimental artist known for his kinetic and multimedia pieces (+ slideshow)....
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New Zealand announces 40 potential new flag designs
New Zealanders are to get a chance to vote on a new flag for their country, which could replace its existing graphic featuring the Union Jack. Unity Fern (Red and Blue) by Paul Jackways After reviewing...
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New Zealand shortlists four designs for crowdsourced national flag
New Zealand has narrowed down the options for its potential new flag design to include three fern motifs and a traditional koru emblem (+ slideshow). Announced at a ceremony this morning, the four...
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Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea
This pair of charred timber holiday homes by Cheshire Architects stand on the side of a hill in New Zealand that slopes down to the Tasman Sea (+ slideshow). The twin residences were designed by the...
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