a grand old dame
High on the Symonds Street ridgeline where K Road meets Grafton Bridge sits a grand old dame of a building. A building that...
reinventing fort street
By Nat Cheshire
There are many who believe in the abolition of the motor vehicle from our most precious streets; that High Street ought to be...
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electric city
By Nat Cheshire
Let's make one thing clear: I am unreservedly for the future in architecture. But the extraordinary comes first, and fewer places in the...
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the blackett’s building
By Kirsten Moore and Trish Whillans
The Blackett's Building has proudly stood on the corner of Queen and Shortland Streets for over 100 years. Built in 1879 its original...
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rule britannia
By Kirsten Moore and Trish Whillans
The Old South British Building at 3-13 Shortland Street is a magnificent classic and a fine example of the ‘Chicago’ style of architecture....
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a new city dawns
By Nat Cheshire
A week ago I stood shivering on the foreshore, braced against the wind as Ngati Whatua ushered in another dawn for the city....
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the ferry building
By Kirsten Moore and Trish Whillans
This grand architectural matriarch of Auckland’s waterfront is about to celebrate her 100th birthday. Completed in 1912 for the Auckland Harbour Board the...
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an imperious tone
By Nat Cheshire
It was always the great promise of the Britomart project that it would infect the city. For too long Auckland relied on a...
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golden delicious
By Nat Cheshire
Young photographer Jeremy Toth has been shooting up a storm of late, and I've been following his time-lapse work with particular interest. Take...
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tank farm
By Nat Cheshire
The city, at last, has found momentum. Its trajectory is directed where it ought be: our waterfront. Several critical barriers still stand in...
