Te ao Māori themes are strong in some of the 17 New Zealand building projects short-listed for the 2024 World Architecture Festival awards. Winning one of the awards is a pinnacle of achievement for an architect, the awards aiming to find and celebrate the best newly completed buildings and landscapes globally. Britain’s The Guardian featured one Waikato building this week.
From Pt Chevalier’s much-praised coloured glass marae building honouring Kupe to plans for Auckland’s downtown stadium and the completed Rotorua hot pools tourist attraction , the rise of buildings which could only be from Aotearoa architects has never been more clearly displayed..
