Block Guides
Block: The Broadsheet of the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects was launched in the mid-2000s by Pip Cheshire and other youngsters (including Andrew) then on the staff at Cheshire Architects. Initially an addendum to the NZIA Auckland Branch newsletter, it was intended as a venue for commentary and research on the local architecture scene. Ambitions were modest – we simply sought to slow the newsletter’s journey to the recycle bin – but within a few issues it had replaced the newsletter. Now, nearly 15 years on, Block has survived as one of the longest running publications in the current New Zealand architecture scene.
These maps and guides to specific aspects of New Zealand architecture were originally published in conjunction with Block. They were produced in collaboration with many of New Zealand’s best writers on architecture, including Julia Gatley, Bill McKay, Pip Cheshire, Sean Flanagan, Linda Tyler, Robin Skinner, and Michael Dudding.
Click on the links below to view the full collection of documents.
Architecture Guides
Itinerary 1 - Megson in Auckland
Itinerary 2 - Churches in Auckland
Itinerary 3 - Mitchell & Stout in Auckland
Itinerary 4 - James Hackshaw’s Public Buildings
Itinerary 5 - Auckland’s Inner City Apartments
Itinerary 6 - Richard Toy’s Schools and Churches
Itinerary 7 - Gummer & Ford 1: Public Buildings
Itinerary 8 - Vernon Brown in Auckland
Itinerary 9 - Andrew Patterson in Auckland
Itinerary 10 - Tibor Donner 1: Public Buildings
Itinerary 11 - JASMaD in Auckland
Itinerary 12 - Out-of-Print 1: Histories & Anthologies
Itinerary 13 - Modern Houses in the West
Itinerary 14 - Malcolm Walker Architects
Itinerary 15 - Warren & Mahoney in Christchurch 1
Itinerary 16 - Bill Alington: Civic & Institutional
Itinerary 17 - Out-of-print 2: Monographs
Itinerary 18 - Long Live the Modern
Itinerary 19 - KRTA in Auckland
Itinerary 20 - Rewi Thompson in Auckland
Itinerary 21 - Out-of-Print 3: Journals
Itinerary 22 - SGA: Sustainable Housing
Itinerary 23 - John Scott 1: Hawkes Bay Public Bldgs
Itinerary 24 - Peter Beaven 1: The 60s & 70s
Itinerary 25 - Len Hoogerbrug in Hawkes Bay
Itinerary 26 - McCoy & Wixon: Public Bldgs
Itinerary 27 - Kenneth Albert in Auckland
Itinerary 28 - Roy Lippincott in Auckland
Itinerary 29 - Recent Auckland Architecture
Itinerary 30 - Warren & Mahoney in Auckland
Itinerary 31 - Marshall Cook in Auckland
Itinerary 32 - State Housing in Auckland
Itinerary 33 - City Guide: Rotorua
Itinerary 34 - The Group: Public & Commercial
Itinerary 35 - RTA Studio
Itinerary 36 - Auckland City in the 1980s
Itinerary 37 - Auckland City in the 1990s
Itinerary 38 - Auckland City in the 2000s
Itinerary 39 - Auckland City in the 1970s
Itinerary 40 - Pete Bossley
Itinerary 41 - Auckland in the 1960s
Itinerary 42 - Adams & Dodd: 1960-1970
Itinerary 43 - Athfield Architects 1: Housing in Wellington
Itinerary 44 - Roger Walker 1: Civic & Commercial
Itinerary 45 - Adams & Dodd: Price & Paterson
Itinerary 46 - Pakeha Settlement in Northland
Itinerary 47 - Deconstruction in New Zealand
Itinerary 48 - Paris Magdalinos Architects
Itinerary 49 - Architecture by Women 2003-2013
Itinerary 50 - University of Waikato 1964-2014
Itinerary 51 - Rod Smith, Architect
Itinerary 52 - City Guide New Plymouth
Itinerary 53 - Waterfront Regeneration
Itinerary 54 - Recent Museums and Galleries
Itinerary 55 - Tauranga
Itinerary 56 - University Buildings
Itinerary 57 - Libraries
Itinerary 58 - Queenstown
Itinerary 59 - Tairawhiti Gisbourne
Itinerary 60 - Office Buildings
Itinerary 61 - House Museums
Itinerary 62 - Mason & Wales
Itinerary 63 - Papaioea Palmerston North
Itinerary 64 - Religious Buildings
Itinerary 65 - Whakatu Nelson
Itinerary 66 - Jack McKinney
Itinerary 67 - Whangarei
Itinerary 68 - Recent Books
Itinerary 69 - Structon Group
Itinerary 70 - Waitangi & Paihia
Itinerary 71 - PoMo in New Zealand
Itinerary 72 - Neomodernism in New Zealand
Itinerary 73 - Taupō
Itinerary 74 - Heritage conservation stories
Itinerary 75 - Monica F Barham in Southland
Architecture Maps
Map 1 - Long Live the Modern
Map 2.1 - A Guide to Auckland Architecture
Map 3 - A Guide to Wellington Architecture
Map 4 - A Guide to Hawkes Bay Architecture
Map 5 - A Guide to Waikato Architecture
Map 6 - A Guide to Taranaki Architecture
Map 7 - A Guide to Bay of Plenty Architecture
Map 8 - A Guide to Otago Architecture 1
Map 9 - A Guide to Otago Architecture 2
Map 10 - A Guide to Nelson Architecture
Map 11 - A Guide to Northland Architecture
Map 12 - A Guide to East Coast Architecture
Family Tree
Version 1 - New Zealand Architecture Family Tree
Lectures
Lecture 1 - John Walsh, Architecture Matters
Lecture 2 - David Mitchell, Auckland: The House and the City
Lecture 3 - Patrick Reynolds, This is Not a Building
Lecture 4 - Simon Wilson, The Heart’s Desire