Talk:Andrew Patterson (architect)

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Andrew Patterson (born 12 June 1960) is a New Zealand Architect and director of Patterson Associates, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Born in the Waikato region, Patterson completed a Bachelor of Architecture degree at The University of Auckland in 1984 and started his own practice at age 26.

The Geyser building, in Auckland is the recipient of New Zealand’s only 6 Green Star (rating). Other notable building projects include The Lodge at Kinloch Club awarded the Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture and the National Hospitality and Retail Award by the New Zealand Institute of Architects the Michael Hill Golf Clubhouse in Queenstown the Mai Mai House the New Zealand pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Len Lye centre in New Plymouth which was opened in 2015. In 1988 Patterson represented New Zealand at the New Breed Architectural Exhibition in Sydney and received his first National Award for Architecture. He is Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (FNZIA).

In 2017 Patterson was awarded New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal, presented to a single architect each year who makes an outstanding contribution to the practice of architecture, which is demonstrated through a consistently high-quality body of work over a period of time. The citation notes that his practice’s portfolio is replete with distinctive projects. Patterson buildings do not just assert their difference against the designs of the architect’s peers; they are also highly differentiated from each other. Also, that unusually for a New Zealand architect, Andrew is not reticent about proclaiming his ambition and ability, or sharing his metaphorical excursions. Andrew Barrie, Professor of Design at the School of Architecture and Planning University of Auckland says that Patterson's not needing to fit on or conform gives him a freedom expressed in his eye for materiality, space and light which drives his ability to produce buildings which connect internationally. Patterson is the youngest architect to receive this award.

Architectural philosophy
Patterson says his architectural philosophy is an extension of the surrounding physical ecology, that is underpinned by the Māori belief that people are a natural off spring of the land and sky. This philosophy rejects traditional western distinctions between natural and man made environments. Patterson has been vocal in pushing for greater use of indigenous New Zealand stories and symbols in the design of public buildings. The Geyser building is an example in which Patterson uses a pattern derived from the tassles of the korowai or traditional Māori cloak on the façade. His interest in Māori culture is also evident in the Anvil building which used "cloud forms as conceptual drivers" relating to the Māori creation myth of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. In referencing Māori structures; Patterson’s buildings are often regarded as ‘identities,’ incorporating Māori history and mythology, and especially Pacific pattern language, to express their relationship with local culture and with the land in particular. Often, the buildings burrow in, as is the case with two Queenstown projects, AJ Hackett Bungy (2002) and The Michael Hill Golf Clubhouse (2008). Digging in, Patterson notes, is not a foreign concept in this country; Māori were sculpting the earth in Aotearoa for centuries before the Europeans turned up.

Len Lye Centre
The Len Lye Centre, an extension of the Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, New Zealand was opened on 25 July 2015. Len Lye (5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980), was a Christchurch born, New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. This is the first gallery in New Zealand to be dedicated to a single artist. Patterson Associates developed the design using patterns in the ecology of the project’s environments to drive design elements. The folded surface reflects and refracts its surroundings which draws parallels with the work of the late artist who is also well known for his kinetic sculptures, many of which move or bend with tiny variations in air flow. The building is clad with locally sourced stainless steel. Stainless steel was Len Lye’s preferred sculptural material. The buildings most obvious ‘feature’ its reflective stainless steel colonnade which has been generated as an extruded Polynesia koru pattern (linked to Māori design) that encircles the whole centre. Gaps between the folds in the facade allow a controlled amount of light through. The building’s facade has become the backdrop for many of the regions selfie photographs. The glossiness of the material noted to confuse modern cameras auto focusing mechanisms. The constraints of the architecture have been criticised as only four Len Lye sculptures can be shown at one time.

Notable projects

 * Paoneone House 2017
 * The Lodge at Kinloch Club (2017)
 * Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth (2015)
 * Christchurch Botanic Garden Centre, Christchurch (2014)
 * Scrubby Bay House, Banks Peninsula (2014)
 * Geyser, Auckland (2012)
 * Frankfurt Book Fair Pavilion, Frankfurt (2012)
 * Seascape Retreat, Banks Peninsula (2011)
 * Anvil Building, Auckland (2011)
 * Local Rock House, Waiheke Island, Auckland (2011)
 * Parihoa House, Auckland (2009)
 * The Michael Hill Clubhouse, Arrowtown (2008)
 * Mai Mai House, Auckland (2008)
 * Cumulus, Auckland (2003)
 * D72, Auckland (1996)
 * Knight-Klisser House, Auckland (1992)
 * Axis Building, Auckland (1991)

Awards

 * NZIA Gold Medal 2017;
 * NZIA Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture (The Lodge at Kinloch Club) 2017;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture Hospitality and Retail (The Lodge at Kinloch Club) 2017;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (Paoneone House) 2017;
 * World Architecture Awards finalist (Len Lye centre) 2016;
 * Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Auckland 2013;
 * Supreme Award, NZ Interior Awards (NZ pavilion Frankfurt Book Fair) 2013;
 * 21 for 21 Award, World Architecture News, 2011;
 * NZIA Architecture Award (Local Rock House), 2011;
 * World Architecture Festival Shortlist (Sports & Leisure) 2008 and World Architecture Festival Shortlist (Houses) 2008;
 * NZIA National and Supreme award for architecture (Hills Golf Clubhouse), 2008;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (Mai Mai House), 2008;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (AJ Hackett Bungy Visitor Centre), 2008;
 * NZIA Award for Architecture (Stratus), 2005;
 * NZIA Supreme Award for Architecture (Cumulus), 2003;
 * NZIA Award for Architecture (Site 3), 2002

Architectural philosophy
Patterson says his architectural philosophy is an extension of the surrounding physical ecology, that is underpinned by the Māori belief that people are a natural off spring of the land and sky. This philosophy rejects traditional western distinctions between natural and man made environments.

Patterson says he wants indigenous New Zealand stories and symbols used in the design of public buildings. The Geyser building is an example in which Patterson uses a pattern derived from the tassles of the korowai or traditional Māori cloak on the façade. Māori culture is also evident in the Anvil building which used "cloud forms as conceptual drivers" relating to the Māori creation myth of Ranginui and Papatuanuku.

Len Lye Centre
The Len Lye Centre, Govett Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth, New Zealand was opened on 25 July 2015. Len Lye (5 July 1901 – 15 May 1980), was a Christchurch born, New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. The building is clad with locally sourced stainless steel. Stainless steel was Len Lye’s preferred sculptural material. The buildings most obvious ‘feature’ its reflective stainless steel colonnade which has been generated as an extruded Polynesia koru pattern (linked to Māori design) that encircles the whole centre. The building’s facade has become the backdrop for many of the regions selfie photographs. The glossiness of the material noted to confuse modern cameras auto focusing mechanisms. The constraints of the architecture have been criticised as only four Len Lye sculptures can be shown at one time.

Notable projects

 * Paoneone House (2017)
 * The Lodge at Kinloch Club (2017)
 * Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth (2015)
 * Christchurch Botanic Garden Centre, Christchurch (2014)
 * Scrubby Bay House, Banks Peninsula (2014)
 * Geyser, Auckland (2012)
 * Frankfurt Book Fair Pavilion, Frankfurt (2012)
 * Seascape Retreat, Banks Peninsula (2011)
 * Anvil Building, Auckland (2011)
 * Local Rock House, Waiheke Island, Auckland (2011)
 * Parihoa House, Auckland (2009)
 * The Michael Hill Clubhouse, Arrowtown (2008)
 * Mai Mai House, Auckland (2008)
 * Cumulus, Auckland (2003)
 * Axis Building, Auckland (1991)

Significant Awards

 * NZIA Gold Medal 2017;
 * NZIA Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture (The Lodge at Kinloch Club) 2017;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (Paoneone House) 2017;
 * World Architecture Awards finalist (Len Lye centre) 2016;
 * Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Auckland 2013;
 * Supreme Award, NZ Interior Awards (NZ pavilion Frankfurt Book Fair) 2013;
 * 21 for 21 Award, World Architecture News, 2011;
 * World Architecture Festival Shortlist (Sports & Leisure) 2008 and World Architecture Festival Shortlist (Houses) 2008;
 * NZIA National and Supreme award for architecture (Hills Golf Clubhouse), 2008;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (Mai Mai House), 2008;
 * NZIA National Award for Architecture (AJ Hackett Bungy Visitor Centre), 2008;
 * NZIA Supreme Award for Architecture (Cumulus), 2003;

EditorforGS (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Is this a joke? You're just copy-pasting the same thing over and over again, aren't you? I am asking for an explanation of the changes you want made, not for you to mindlessly repeat the same edit over and over again. Grayfell (talk) 03:08, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

No this is not a joke and no I am not just copying the same information, this is a quite a trimmed down version of the original. I really do find your tone on this quite difficult and I am struggling to understand what you require. Before you edited my wording the only comment was about spamming, and there being major problems but no pointers to which of it you considered spam and the problem mentioned was promotional language and the NZIA reference (I have added the Radio NZ reference to back this up) I also commented above that I have kept Architecture Now references as they are the web version of Architecture NZ the only substantial Architecture periodical in NZ. My explanation for this copy is that is now non-emotive or promotional, factual and of a shorter length and breadth than most other architect pages on wikipedia who have sub-areas e.g Philosophy. Would you prefer I added this content around your cut down version? Or as line by line additions, with explanations? EditorforGS (talk) 03:53, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh and if 'Notable' is a problem perhaps just "Projects" for that title? EditorforGS (talk) 04:09, 23 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I have no way of knowing at a glance what changes you are actually proposing. Edits like this are frustrating for both of us, because it's a lot of work for you, and it either forces me to do just as much work to figure out what you're actually suggesting, or it fails to even address any of my concerns, or both.
 * Here are some (but not all) problems I've had with the article, which it appears also covers your most recent proposal.
 * One of the reasons this article read like spam was because of the copious amount of minor details. Details about someone's career need to be contextualized by reliable, independent sources, otherwise they are a form of puffery.
 * This is a biography of a living person, which means that it is held to a higher standard than other articles. (see WP:BLP). In BLPs, primary sources (see WP:PRIMARY) are only usable for non-controversial details. This typically means things like precise dates and similar. The NZIA is a primary source for awards given by the NZIA, and so it cannot be used unless the detail is totally non-controversial. If this award was so significant that it's meaning is automatically understood (such as with the Nobel Prize) this would be non-controversial, and a primary source would be acceptable, but only as a convenience for editors (since there will certainly be reliable, secondary sources for such information). I'm sorry, but the NZIA's many lesser awards are not, inherently, notable without such sources. NZIA's Gold Medal may be significant enough to mention, but any details would need to be contextualized by independent, reliable sources. This isn't necessarily the right place to do that, either, since the NZIA has their own article.
 * I've just looked at the sources you included supporting Patterson's philosophy, and they completely failed to support the attached statements. Who wrote this? Was it Patterson himself? If so... where is this explained? Who published this? Do you see the problem? It never even mentions Patterson as a person, and only mentions his firm as part of the listing for the building being described. This link appears to be from New Zealand's travel and tourism organization? Is that right? The link doesn't mention Patterson at all in any way. Is the link dead? This is an unreliable source being used to fill-in details that you, as an editor, think should be included. It's not up to you or me to pick-and-choose what we think belongs, it's up to reliable sources. This isn't a reliable source, and it doesn't even support that statement it was attached to.
 * Do you see why this is a problem? I encourage you to ask specific questions and make suggestions for specific, incremental changes. This will save us both a lot of frustration. Grayfell (talk) 04:19, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I would like to add this to the Biography information as it isn't presently mentioned and is an important achievement:

In 2017 Patterson was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal for lifetime achievement, presented to a single architect each year.

I would like to include these 4 additions to the ==Project== information as either having won a named national award (The Kinloch Club and the ChCH Botanic Visitors Centre) or having international Reknown (Golfclub) being of special significance due to early adoption of Maori patterning and being a finalist in the World Architecture Festival (Mai Mai House).

The Lodge at Kinloch Club awarded the Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture by the New Zealand Institute of Architects

The Michael Hills Clubhouse in Queenstown

The Christchurch Botanic Gardens Visitor Center awarded the 2015 John Scott award for Public Architecture by the New Zealand Institute of Architects

The Mai Mai House a finalist in the World Architecture Festival 2009.

I would like to add the heading ==Philosophy== and move the statement below currently on the page to this area;

Patterson has advocated for greater use of indigenous New Zealand stories and symbols in the design of public buildings.

I would like to add this to the Philosophy area (these details are useful to those interested in Maori influence on NZ Architecture);

Examples of Maori based symbolism in Pattersons building include a pattern derived from the tassles of the korowai or traditional Māori cloak on the façade. and cloud forms relating to the Māori creation myth of Ranginui and Papatuanuku. EditorforGS (talk) 00:22, 24 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I'm at a loss for how else to say that I'm looking for explanations of why this information should be added instead of instructions. Grayfell (talk) 00:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Regarding awards:
 * The Gold medal is already mentioned.
 * As I've already explained multiple times, being a "named" award is not relevant. This needs to be covered by reliable, independent sources with context, which you have not provided. The Architecture Now article for the Kinloch Club says absolutely nothing at all about the award, nor does it establish why it is encyclopedically significant. It is wholly quoted from the jury or the awards-granting body. This is not an independent source, it's churnalism at best. The NZ Radio source is an extremely trivial passing mention which again says nothing at all about the award, other than that it exists and was given at the same time as many other awards to many other people.
 * Yet again, the Archdaily source for Michael Hill (entrepreneur)'s personal golf course is provided by the architect. It's a primary listing which provides no context, at all, and is essentially promotional content for the architect. Wikipedia isn't a platform for promotion or advertising.
 * Metalocus is provided by Patterson, and is not otherwise a reliable source, as above.
 * National Business Review is, at least, a real source. Naming the award without explaining what it means is not acceptable. The goal isn't promotion, it's to provide information. How is having won this award, by itself, informative to the reader?
 * Being a finalist is not, generally speaking, noteworthy by itself. It would not, for example, be enough to establish that the MaiMai House was noteworthy enough for an article of its own. A neutral summary of this would read like this: Patterson Associates's MaiMai House was one of 16 finalists in the "private homes" category of the 2nd annual World Architecture Festival in 2009. When phrased in simple terms like this, is it worth bothering with?
 * So what is the benefit to Wikipedia? There will, sadly, never be a lack of business puffery out there. This isn't a comment on Patterson's merits as a person, this is a comment on the abysmal quality of business journalism. If we include every hammered-out puff piece derived from a press release, we are not providing useful information to readers of this encyclopedia. If we tell readers that one of Patterson's buildings won the John Scott award for Public Architecture from the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 2015... how, exactly, are they supposed to know what that means? There is no reliable, neutral trail for them to follow to understand this. It looks impressive, but this is absolutely not Wikipedia's goal.
 * As for philosophy:
 * Patterson's advocacy of indigenous symbolism is already mentioned, and I don't see any compelling reason to create a new section for this sentence.
 * The Geyser source doesn't mention Korowai or Maori, making this WP:OR.
 * The Anvil source does mention this, a bit, but only as half of a single paragraph. Patterson's comments shouldn't be presented as having encyclopedic significance without much better sources. If this is a defining trait of his work, it should be supported by a reliable, independent source which explicitly says that it's a defining trait of his work. A handful of examples don't cut it, and if that's all this is, then, I'm going to be honest, it smacks of plastic shamanism to me. My opinion doesn't matter, of course, but without reliable sources, neither does yours.
 * I've added a couple of these changes, but again the article should be informative based on reliable, independent sources. Any further discussion should keep that in mind. Grayfell (talk) 00:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

thank you for your help Now the issues have been resolved, will the maintenance template be removed? EditorforGS (talk) 23:33, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

assessment of article
I have read through the talk page after editing the article. I feel the article it is neutral and encyclopedic and am going to remove the maintenance tag. Pakoire (talk) 07:09, 21 January 2021 (UTC)