Shigeru Ban completes Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch
News: the Cardboard Cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban opens to the public today in Christchurch, New Zealand. More
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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 "bizarre" and "architecturally illiterate". More
CTV building flaws known 20 years before deadly New Zealand quake, admits designer
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 completed, and two decades before the deadly 2011 earthquake, reports the New Zealand Herald. More
Kumutoto Toilets by Studio Pacific
New Zealand architects Studio Pacific have created public toilets shaped like headless dinosaurs in Wellington (+ slideshow). More
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). More
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). More
Knoll Ridge Cafe by Harris Butt Architecture
This cafe by Harris Butt Architecture is perched on the edge of an active volcano in New Zealand's oldest national park (+ slideshow). More
Stairway Cinema by OH.NO.SUMO
Architectural collective OH.NO.SUMO have tucked a miniature cinema into the steps of a building on a busy street in Auckland, New Zealand. More
Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific
In this interview taken from our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Nick Barratt-Boyes of Studio Pacific and Ralph Roberts of Warren & Mahoney about their design for a new terminal at Wellington International Airport, where copper-clad structures connect three existing buildings. More
Inside award winner: Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific
Inside 2011:Â The Rock, the newest terminal at Wellington International Airport by Warren & Mahoney and Studio Pacific has just been announced as the winner of the transport category at the inaugural Inside awards in Barcelona. More
New Zealand pop-up container mall accused of copying
Dezeen Wire: a pop-up shopping mall in earthquake-hit Christchurch, New Zealand, made from renovated shipping containers is being threatened with legal action by a British developer for copyright infringement - Stuff.co.nzThe owners of Boxpark, a development in London that will be open over the Christmas period and claims to be "the world's 1st pop-up mall," have accused Christchurch's City Mall of copying their container pop-up format but City Mall have responded by saying that the ideas do not look alike and that their project, which reopened on Saturday, was completed first.
Silo Stay Little River by F3 Design
A group of disused grain silos near Christchurch in New Zealand are being fitted out as motel rooms. More
Cocoro by Gascoigne Associates
New Zealand architects Gascoigne Associates have completed this Japanese restaurant lined with wooden slats in Auckland, New Zealand. More
Te Wero Bridge by Denton Corker Marshall
Architects Denton Corker Marshall have won a competition to design the Te Wero Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand. More