Michael Milojevic, Lucy Treep, Andrew Barrie and Julia Gatley (curators), The Auckland School: 100 Years of Architecture and Planning (Auckland: Gus Fisher Gallery, 8 September-4 November 2017), curated on the occasion of the School of Architecture and Planning’s centenary. Photograph by Sam Hartnett.
The History and Theory Hub (HT Hub) in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland brings together academic staff, doctoral students, visitors and collaborators engaged with research in historical and theoretical fields across the disciplines of architecture, urban planning, urban design and heritage conservation. It is a forum for events, collaboration, the sharing of news and the promotion of new work.
Interstices is Turning 25!
Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts has issued a call for abstracts for its 25th issue, “Silver,” celebrating its significant anniversary. Interstices was first published by the University of Auckland’s School of Architecture in 1991. Since 2005,...
Zoom Talk on the Adaptive Reuse of the Old CIT Buildings
DOCOMOMO NZ and the HT Hub present, “The Adaptive Reuse of the CIT Campus, Heretaunga, for the NZ Campus of Innovation and Sport (NZCIS),” a Zoom talk by Geoff Glynan, Architecture HDT – Tuesday 12 August 2025, 12 noon to 1 p.m. NZ time. Renowned for its expressive...
Hub Co-Director Julia Gatley Elected President of SAHANZ
Hub Co-Director Julia Gatley has been elected President of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), for a two-year term from July 2025 to July 2027. SAHANZ was formed in 1984, has a membership approaching 200 and convenes an annual...
Success in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
All congratulations to Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) and Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) for their success in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. They won the BOOKHUB award for illustrated non-fiction, for Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori...
HT Hub Doctoral Symposium
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the HT Hub Doctoral Symposium on 18 June 2025. We enjoyed a broad range of research topics from Aotearoa New Zealand architecture and Māori customary practices to Chinese cities and villages, as well as heritage conservation...
Online panels to celebrate the launch of The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space & Politics, Vol II
Online Book Launch, 6–9 May 2025, comprising four one-hour online panel discussions, hosted by the co-editors of The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space & Politics, Vol I & II, Dr Nikolina Bobic (University of Plymouth, UK) & Dr Farzaneh...
SAHANZ Recognises Julia Gatley as a Life Member
At its annual conference in December 2024, held in Brisbane, the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), recognised Assoc Prof Julia Gatley as a Life Member. Julia is the seventh New Zealander to have been elected as a SAHANZ Life...
History, Theory and Heritage Research Symposium
The HT Hub was pleased to host the inaugural Three Auckland Providers History, Theory and Heritage Research Symposium on 28 November 2024, welcoming our counterparts from AUT University and Unitec Institute of Technology. The event comprised twelve paper presentations...
2024 is Prof Deidre Brown’s Year!
All congratulations to Prof Deidre Brown for being awarded the Gold Medal of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects for 2023 (announced in 2024). In its citation, the NZIA emphasised that Deidre was the first Indigenous woman to head a school of...
Out now: Issue 23 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts
We celebrate the launch of issue 23 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, co-edited by Andrew Douglas, Susan Hedges and Karamia Muller. Interstices 23 takes the theme of ‘Architectures of Love’. It features seven refereed articles on aspects of the...
Panel Discussion: Publishing and Peer-Review for Doctoral Candidates
All doctoral candidates in CAI are invited to join staff from the HT Hub and others to unlock the mysteries behind peer review and publishing. The session will include first-hand accounts from staff who have supervised PhDs with publications, including how a candidate...
Architectural Conservation Pecha Kucha
Join us for a Pecha Kucha night to celebrate the launch of Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice, by John H. Stubbs, William Chapman, Julia Gatley and Ross King, along with another 60...
Prof Kirin Makker to talk about her project, Womb Chair Speaks
This paper examines the theoretical and methodological foundations of the Womb Chair Speaks project, an ongoing collaborative installation artwork which remakes Eero Saarinen’s 1948 Womb Chair and reimagines the womb’s cultural phenomenology (www.wombchairspeaks.net)....
Out now!: Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
We are delighted to announce the launch of this big new book (all 592 pages of it!), Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice, authored by John H. Stubbs, William Chapman, Julia Gatley and Ross...
In Honour of Jeremy Salmond: Let’s Talk about Old Buildings, New Work and Design
The late Jeremy Salmond - heritage architect, NZIA Gold Medallist and University of Auckland Distinguished Alumnus - positioned himself at the design end of architectural heritage conservation work. It is contested ground: what to keep, what to replace, what to...
Out now: Issue 22 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts
We celebrate the launch of issue 22 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, co-edited by Julia Gatley and Elizabeth Aitken Rose. Interstices 22 takes the theme of ‘Urban Historical’. It features five refereed articles developed from Ngā Pūtahitanga /...
Architect Greg Young to talk about his work on the Dorset Street Flats
The HT Hub is partnering with DOCOMOMO NZ to host a Zoom talk by Greg Young, who has led the repair and conservation of Miles Warren's Dorset Street Flats in Christchurch (1956-57), following damage sustained in the Canterbury earthquake sequence (2010-11). Greg will...
Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings: Proceedings out now!
We are very pleased to announce that the proceedings from Ngā Pūtahitanga / Crossings, the 39th annual SAHANZ conference and the 16th conference of the Australasian UHPH Group, held at the University of Auckland in November 2022, have now been published. The volume...
Out now: Issue 21 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts
We celebrate the launch of issue 21 of Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, co-edited by Jeanette Budgett (Unitec), Carl Douglas (AUT) and Simon Twose (VUW). Interstices 21 takes the theme of ‘Fixing’. It comprises an editorial, an impressive ten...
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Barrie who was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Huge congratulations to Prof Andrew Barrie, who was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in March 2022. Andrew is a multi-award winning designer of buildings, exhibitions and installations, as well as an insightful and prolific...