Davor Popadich Architects recipients of Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects and New Zealand Institute of Designers Awards.
Practice based in Aotearoa, New Zealand working on local and international projects.
Publications:
ArchDaily - ArchDaily's Best Architectural Projects of 2025 - https://www.archdaily.com/1036342/archdailys-best-architectural-projects-of-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_source=AD%20EN&kth=0&mc_cid=f3ee182ffd&mc_eid=412b71b676
Architecture NZ - 2025 New Zealand Architecture Awards, November/December 2025
The Local Project - feature video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtRHjxlvFQ
Farrell-Green, Simon - Here Magazine, Issue 21, Here Awards 2023 - Best New House
Hansen, Jeremy - Home June/July 2011, NZ
Hansen, Jeremy - Dwell March 12, USA
Stevens, Andrea - Habitus issue 14, AUS
Stock, Nicole - Urbis issue 67, NZ
Stock, Nicole - Architecture NZ 1.2008
Exquisite Apart - 100 Years of Architecture in New Zealand, edited by Charles Walker
Telecom Prospect 2007 New Art New Zealand Catalogue and Web www.telecomprospect2007.org.nz – Te Whare Toi City Gallery (Wellington)
Awards:
Sir Ian Athfield Award for Housing - Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects
New Zealand Architecture Award - Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects
Waikato & Bay of Plenty Architecture Award - Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects
Here Awards - New House - Here Magazine
Collections:
Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tamaki Makaurau - Public Art, Auckland (Transit Cloud, 2015)
Te Papa Tongarewa, The Museum of New Zealand, Wellington (Aipotu: Love Will Tear Us Apart, 2004)
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland (Hauturu: The Night Shift, 2003)
Exhibitions:
Transit Cloud, 2015 - White Night, Auckland Arts Festival (Auckland).
Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side, 2005 – Telecom Prospect 2007 New Art New Zealand – Te Whare Toi City Gallery (Wellington) NZIA / Objectspace Provocative Materials, Objectspace (Auckland) & St Paul St Gallery (Auckland).
Try Hard, 2005 – St Paul St Gallery (Auckland).
Aipotu: Love Will Tear Us Apart, 2004 - Sue Crockford Gallery (Auckland), Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand (Wellington), Künstlerhaus Wien (Vienna), ARTPLAY Design Center (Moscow), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (Auckland), Hocken Gallery (Dunedin), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (New Plymouth).
Hauturu: The Night Shift, 2003 – Sue Crockford Gallery (Auckland), Chelsea Art Museum (New York), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (Auckland).
Tauranga Guggenheim, 2002 - Artspace Gallery (Auckland), Govett Brewster Gallery (New Plymouth).
Bio:
Davor is a Registered Architect, with Batchelor of Architecture (1st Hons) from The University of Auckland School of Architecture.
In 2013 Davor was presented a Fellow Award from Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects.
Inaugural member of the Board of Studies at The University of Auckland, School of Architecture.