China's growth is slowing, but its cities still battle over tall towers and speed records.

Helping restore a piece of Kiwi history - Sir Edmund Hillary's original hut at Scott Base in Antarctica - has proven a dream job for a young Auckland architecture student.

ASB chief architect James Bergin has been named this year's Deloitte Top 200 Young Executive of the Year.

WATCH: Meet the finalists of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Young Executive of the Year Award.

CLOSED: The Rotorua Museum remains closed after new earthquake damage was found last week. PHOTO/FILE A_23115sp1.JPG Engineers are

A French memorial will be added to the War Memorial Park in Wellington after a winning design was chosen from 43 entries.

The chance to get your hands Tirau's giant animal couple has now gone - with the corrugated sheep and ram sold to a buyer this week.

What makes a city tick? As debate continues about Auckland's future design, Kim Dovey and Elek Pafka look at some key qualities for a great city.

Proponents of eminent Maori architect John Scott have made a last-ditch effort to save one of his revered works on the shores of Lake

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.

A sunken Central Park bordered by mirrors has taken out the top prize in a prestigious architecture competition.

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.

If Auckland has an architectural boy wonder, it's Nat Cheshire, who is the delineator behind two rural cabins that won the 2014 Home of the Year.

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.