Mastering the slow art of architecture
Alumnus James Wallace shares what he loves about a meaningful career designing projects that positively benefit local communities and makes the case for helping mentor the next generation of architects.
News
Keep up to date with the latest news from the Wellington School of Architecture.
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Furniture design goes digital: new exhibition launched
Earlier this year students on the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation’s Furniture Design course were tasked with creating a prototype memorial bench to commemorate the life of NZ architect Sir Ian Athfield, in collaboration with Athfield Architects. The original plan was to build and exhibit their proposed benches, but unfortunately lockdown had other ideas.
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Award-winning research communicates the impact of community gardens
Bliss Graetz, a 4th year Master of Landscape Architecture student at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, used her Summer Research scholarship to research the impacts of community gardens.
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Summer research success for architecture illustrator
Lauren Hayes, a 5th year Master of Architecture (professional) student at Victoria University of Wellington won Best Visual at this year’s Summer Gold Awards.
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Award-winning research into architectural design of mental health wards
Tim Donaldson, a 5th year Master of Architecture student, won a Summer Gold Award for his project studying acute mental health ward design in New Zealand.