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Andrea Stevens: Who Architecture Is For

Andrea Stevens: Who Architecture Is For

In Cape to Bluff Vol. 2, a $350k house sits beside a $6m house, each given the same care and attention. Both earned their place through the thinking behind them: how they respond to the land, and what they make possible for the people who live there. That was an editorial decision, and it widens the conversation about what architecture can do and who it can be for. A former architect with four books and hundreds of magazine articles behind her, Andrea talks about what earns a project its place in print, and why a book still carries weight in an age of digital feeds and AI summaries.

Speakers

Andrea Stevens
Andrea Stevens
A former architect, Andrea has spent 20 years writing about architecture, construction, design and culture, revealing in plain English the ideas that drive the built environment. She runs Folio, a specialist communications agency in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, and received an NZIA President's Award in 2025. Her books with Simon Devitt have earned a PANZ People's Choice Award and finalist placings in the Best Awards and the New Zealand Book Awards.
Cover of Cape to Bluff Volume 2
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Architecture Branding & Graphic
Monday 8 March 2027
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Shed 10, Queen’s Wharf, 89 Quay Street, Auckland

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