This page features the NZIA, NZRAB and a visual history of New Zealand architecture 1821 to 2022
The New Zealand Institute of Architects was established in 1905 to represent architects and promote architecture in New Zealand. The NZIA website features a variety of information that celebrates the best of New Zealand architecture.
NZIA, Odile Decq advice to students;
"Be curious, be courageous, be creative, be determined"
The NZIA Student Design Awards brings together the top students from each of New Zealand’s four schools of architecture: University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, Auckland University of Technology and Unitec Institute of Technology nzia.co.nz/student-design-awards
The New Zealand Registered Architects Board is the organisation that is responsible for registering students to become registered architects once they have completed an architecture degree, have several years of work experience and passed the registration procedure.
The NZRAB website features information about how to get registered, architects code of ethics, professional development activities, certification of registration every five years and other information relating to architectural practice.
This is the pathway to becoming a registered architect in New Zealand.
A brief visual history of New Zealand architecture 1821 to 2022
A selection of New Zealand architecture from 1821 to 1900
New Zealand architecture
1821
1888 (2011)
New Zealand architecture
1. 1821 Kemp House, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands
2. 1833 Treaty House, Waitangi by James Busby
3. 1836 Stone Store, Kerikeri by John Hobbs
4. 1939 Maori Whare, Pipitea, Wellington
5. 1842 Pompallier House, Russell by Donald Stafford
6. 1850 Wairau Valley house, Nelson
7. 1860s Chinese Settlement, Arrowtown, Otago
8. 1862 Highwic House, Newmarket, Auckland
9. 1864 Ewelme Cottage, Auckland Vicesimus Lush
10. 1864-1904 Christchurch Cathedral by Mountfort & Scott
11. 1870s Buckingham Street, Arrowtown, Otago
12. 1871 Larnach Castle, Dunedin by Robert Lawson
13. 1871 Ettrick Cottage, Mt Victoria, Wellington
14. 1872 Alberton House, Auckland by Allan Kerr Taylor
15. 1870-1900s Victorian villas
16. 1870-1900s double bay Victorian villas
17. 1874 Whitby Lodge, Parnell, Auckland
18. 1880 Mitchells Cottage, Otago by Andrew Mitchell
19. 1885 King Tawhiao Whare, Te Kuiti, King Country
20. 1888 (2011) Auckland Art Gallery by Grainger & D'Ebro
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 1900 to 1930
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21. 1900 Kauta, Parihaka, Taranaki
22. 1905 Leys Institute, Auckland by Robert Watt
23. 1905 St Mary Basilica, Invercargill by Francis Petre
24. 1905 Antrum House, Wellington by William Turnbull
25. 1906 Dunedin Railway Station by George Troup
26. 1911 Auckland Town Hall by John Clark
27. 1912 Auckland Ferry Terminal by Alex Wiseman
30. 1914 William Booth college, Wellington by Stanley Fearn
32. 1927 Dilworth Building, Auckland by Gummer & Ford
33. 1924 St Kevins Arcade, Auckland City
34. 1928 Remuera Library, Auckland by Gummer & Ford
35. 1929 Civic Theatre, Auckland by William Leighton
36. 1929 War Memorial Museum, Auckland by Grierson, Aimer & Draffin
37. 1929 Chateau Tongariro, Mt Ruapehu by Herbert Hall
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 1930 to 1950
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1950s
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38. 1931 Auckland Railway Station by Gummer & Ford
39. 1933 St Michael Catholic Church, Auckland by Tole & Massey
40. 1933 National Tobacco building, Napier by Louis Hay
41. 1934 St David Memorial Church, Canterbury by Herbert W Hall
42. 1935 Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo
45. 1936 Marino Gardens, Auckland by K W Aimer
46. 1937 Cintra Flats, Auckland by H L Massey
49. 1930s State houses drawing
51. 1940 Wellington Centennial Memorial by H L Massey
52. 1947 Dixon Street Flats, Wellington by G F Wilson
53. 1947 Donner House, Auckland by Tibor Donner
54. 1947 Browne house, Auckland by Watkin & Stemson
55. 1947 State housing subdivisions
56. 1947 State housing, Porirua, Wellington
57. 1950s Star Block state apartments by Frederick Newman
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 1950 to 1970
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1955
1960s
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59. 1954 Church of St James, Wellington by Structon Group
60. 1955 Latter Day Saints Temple, Hamilton by Edward Anderson
61. 1956 Nees House, Dunedin by Edward John McCoy
62. 1957 Parnell Baths, Auckland by T K Donner
63. 1960 Christchurch Airport by Paul Pascoe
64. 1961 War Memorial Centre, Wanganui by Newman, Smith & Greenhough
65. 1936 MacKay House, Wellington by Toomath & Wilson
66. 1965 Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by Prof. Richard Toy
67. 1946-1968 Group Architects Bill Wilson, Et al.
68. 1964 Memorial Gardens Crematorium, Christchurch Warren & Mahoney
69. 1964 St James Church, Hastings by Len Hoogenburg
70. 1965 Wong House, Auckland by Claude Megson
71. 1966 Civic Administration Building, Auckland byTibor Karl
72. 1968 Futuna Chapel, Wellington by Hoogerbrug & Scott
73. 1960s Brick and tile houses
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 1970 to 1990
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1971
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1970s
75. 1970s James Hardies fibrolite low cost housing
76. 1971 House at Khandallah, Wellington by Ian Athfield
77. 1972 West plaza building 1972 by Adams Dodd
78. 1973 Christchurch Town Hall by Warren & Mahoney
79. 1975 Crocker Townhouses, Auckland by Claude Megson
80. 1976 Brake House, Auckland by Rong Sang
81. 1977 Beehive, Wellington by Sir Basil Spence
82. 1977 Brittain house, Wellington by Roger Walker
83. 1984 Gibbs House, Auckland by David Mitchel
84. 1987 Karekare house, Auckland by Andrew Patterson
85. 1989 Gibbs house, Auckland by Noel Lane
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 1990 to 2010
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86 - 1990 Mitchell Stout house, Auckland by Mitchell Stout
87. 1991 Knight Klisser house, Auckland by Patterson Associates
88. 1992 Summer Street house, Ponsonby, Auckland by Patterson Associates
89. 1992 Axis, Parnell by Patterson Associates
90. 1993 Congreve house, Auckland by Cheshire Architects
91. 1997 Clifford Forsyth house, Auckland by Architectus
92. 1997 Island Complex, Bay of Islands by Bossley Architects
93. 1998 Te Papa Museum, Wellington by Ivan Mercep
94. 1998 Skytower, Auckland by Craig Craig Moller
95. 1999 Metropolis, Auckland by Peddle Thorp Architects
96. 2000 Rawhiti House, Bay of Islands by Fearon Hay
97. 2002 St Peters College Technology building, Newmarket by Architectus
98. 2003 Cumulus, Auckland by Patterson Associates
99. 2004 Ponatahi house, Wairarapa by Stuart Gardyne
100. 2004 Coromandel bach by Crosson, Clark, Carnachan
101. 2005 Cremorne house, Auckland by Stevens Lawson
102. 2006 AUT Business School, Auckland by Jasmax
103. 2006 Beach Retreat by Pete Bossley Architects
104. 2006 Auckland Museum Dome by Noel Lane, Salmond Reed, Peddle Thorp
105. 2007 Sargent House (1973) - Dunn House 2005, Auckland by Fearon Hay Architects
106. 2007 Mai Mai House, Auckland by Patterson Associates
107. 2008 The Hills Clubhouse, Queenstown by Patterson Associates
108. 2009 Wilson School, Auckland by Haughey & Fox
A selection of of New Zealand architecture from 2010 to 2022
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2011
2022
2010
109. 2010 Ironbank, K Road, Auckland by RTA Studio
110. 2011 Island Retreat, Waiheke by Fearon Hay
111. 2012 Anvil, Auckland by Patterson Associates
112. 2013 Imperial Buildings, Auckland by Fearon Hay
113. 2014 Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch by Shigeru Ban
114. 2014 Marsden Cross, Bay of Islands by Pip Cheshire