New Zealand

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Property values: the enclosure of Aotearoa New Zealand

By inscribing the notion of property across Aotearoa New Zealand, settler colonialism continues to violently subsume Indigenous modes of life

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Waimataruru in Waikato, New Zealand by Pac Studio

AR House awards 2022 shortlisted: hugging the landscape’s topography, this home nestles into the vegetation and opens out onto the ocean

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Cardboard Cathedral by Shigeru Ban in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Dmitry Troyanovsky's mobile home in Tasmania
C3 House Wanaka

C3 House, Wanaka, New Zealand
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Hut on Sleds, Whangapoua, New Zealand by Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects
Te Kaitaka by Stephen Lawson Architects, Wanaka, New Zealand

Te Kaitaka by Stevens Lawson Architects, Wanaka, New Zealand
Christchurch contemplates an uncertain future after earthquakes

Christchurch, New Zealand – Christchurch contemplates an uncertain future after earthquakes
Stacked Cor-ten boxes at Ironbank, RTA Studio’s 2008 mixed-use scheme in Auckland

New Zealand – Putting up with bad architecture

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