The acclaimed and well-documented Hawke's Bay bach First Light is on the market. Named after New Zealand being the first country

Artwork in an old Auckland building enlivens the foyer, makes workers feel better and directs visitors to the lifts.

A number of architectural gems, including a bus exchange, garden room and wellness retreat, are on track to win an industry accolade this year.

Auckland's Canada Street Bridge, part of the LightPathAKL pedestrian/cycleway, has won an architecture award.

A pink cycle and walkway and a Mangere warehouse are among projects with a chance of winning the top architecture award.

Difficulty finding a builder has delayed the start of Auckland's $120 million Union Green apartment project but properties will be ready on time for buyers, says the developer

Auckland's most stylish new buildings have been announced and a smart empty mausoleum is the most unusual winner in the big lineup.

Auckland's most stylish new buildings have just been announced and a smart new apparently empty marble mausoleum is the most unusual winner in the big line-up.

Check out just some of the winners of the Auckland Institute of Architect awards.

Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose modernist, futuristic designs included the swooping aquatic center for the 2012 London Olympics, has died at age 65. She leaves a string of bold, often beautiful and sometimes controversial buildings around the world.

The world's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge opens in China this year.

A calmness seems to come across people. There's a different quality about the light, the air, the acoustics that's hard to define.

Airport hotels can often be bland and dreary refurbished beehives with the one distinct advantage of proximity.

Kiwi architects' designs compete among world's best in Singapore.

A new art gallery out west and a Ponsonby block of shops were some of the Auckland buildings judged last night as being New Zealand's best.

The council is planning to redesign Freyberg Place. This is one of our most urban public places but the vision we've seen in the Herald is for a bush walk.

Auckland projects including a Titirangi art gallery and a Manukau campus building have been short-listed for architecture awards.

Auckland is undergoing one of the most rapid transformations in its history, says a leading architect.

A pre-fabricated housing business, which built four new multimillion dollar Auckland houses aims to build new places within only four weeks.

A pocket of professional services that's in a state of change in Australia is the architectural practice, writes Bella Katz.

SkyCity's offer to build a convention centre of international scale in Auckland for no public outlay got off to a bad start when the price turned out to be more pokie machines at its casino.

Mercedes-Benz has teamed with Lufthansa to develop airline interiors for short and medium haul private aircraft.

A strong earthquake centred in Marlborough was felt as far away as Wellington this evening. GeoNet said the magnitude 4.6 quake happened 16km underground.

Some of the biggest buildings of the new-look Christchurch are being put together virtual piece by virtual piece, thanks to remarkable 3D technology.

As Wellington Airport's $58 million airport terminal extension rises out of the ground, more than 15,000 passengers continue to fly in and out each day.