Author(s): Jade Kake; Jeremy Hansen

Architecture | Aotearoa New Zealand Non-Fiction | Maori

THE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE TO EXPRESS TE AO MORI AND TRANSFORMA major tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngti Porou, Ngti Raukawa) whose early death robbed Aotearoa New Zealand of one of its greatest thinkers about how our built landscape could best express te ao Maori and be transformative. Written and edited by one of the rising stars of architecture and a well-known commentator on urban issues, this handsome book brings together the wide range of Thompsons projects and interviews with those who worked with him. Beautifully designed by Tyrone Ohia.

‘A fascinating portrait of a creative designer who was deeply sensitive to the human experience’ — Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, principal/owner and founder, Olson Kundig

‘This important study . . . punctures conventional ideas of Indigenous design to reveal a complex, multifaceted thinker, deeply engaged in both expressive and pragmatic architecture’ — Cathleen McGuigan, former editor, Architectural Record

‘This book is as generous and poetic as Rewi was. An exclamation mark to the life of a man missed and remembered with aroha’ — Elisapeta Heta, principal and Māori design leader, Jasmax