Jerome Partington, one of the people behind New Zealand’s most revolutionary building hopes the design will be a greenprint for more of the same countrywide, writes Alan Perrott.

Dionne Christian gets a fascinating insight into our city's history.

On Friday night Nat Cheshire won two gold pins in the spatial discipline of the Best Design Awards.

Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson experiences the jewel in the crown of a luxury Azamara Club Cruise through the Greek Isles and Turkish Coast, in the ruins of Ephesus.

Auckland's Jessop Architects has developed plans for passive houses with extremely low energy consumption.

Ben Crawford goes back to the building site to see what's in store this year.

The creative juices must have been flowing when a fruit drink magnate's celebrated new house was on the drawing board.

A giraffe house, art gallery, Grey Lynn shops and apartment building are in the running for a top international architectural award.

New houses built in seaside areas north of Auckland scooped two architectural awards last night.

There's a tantalising connection between Jazz Age performance legend Josephine Baker and the Old Folks Ass.

The woman behind a controversial $100 million waterfront hotel bid in Dunedin says she will compromise to secure a deal with the Dunedin City Council.

Paterson parlayed a childhood passion into a successful career, and the awards just keep on coming.

It's a $15 million renovation, an award-winning heritage vision and a blueprint for urban renewal in downtown Auckland. And judging from the all-day crowds, it's still the place to be seen drinking coffee.

Controversial plans for a $100 million 27-level Dunedin hotel have been knocked back.

A spiritual home is slowly taking shape on a Northland coastal block in the hands of a Maori sculptor and his wife.

A firm of Auckland architects behind a building restoration which revitalised part of Queen St scooped the country's premier architectural award last night.

Beautifully designed architechture from the 2013 New Zealand Architecture Awards.

The Auckland Triennial, which opens next month, brings together a host of local and international artists responding to what it is like to live here.

If you work for ASB and you are in Takapuna's Sovereign House, Albany's C:Drive or are about to move into ASB North Wharf at Wynyard Quarter, then lucky you.

A student architecture competition includes a plan for Christchurch Cathedral to be "reconstructed"and its roof line again made visible.

Auckland's Jessop Architects has developed plans for passive houses with extremely low energy consumption.

Giving building owners 10 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings would amount to an "execution order" for many heritage buildings, says the Auckland Council.

Rumblings about the possible demolition of the Auckland Civic Administration structure at 1 Greys Ave have led me to investigate this interesting building, writes David Tsow.