Min Hall

Profile

I am a Registered Architect with 30 years experience designing all manner of buildings and directing two architectural practices, I have received a number of NZIA awards including a Presidents Award for my contribution to environmental issues.

I teach in both the BAS and MArch programmes: Studio, Architectural Technology and Professional Business Management and have a particular interest in low energy architecture.

Research interests include earth building methods, bio-based building materials and the history of low carbon architecture in New Zealand.

Publications

Hall, M., & Francis, K. (2025). Material Acts_Session 4 - Craft Practices_A Dialogue About Crafting New Materials. [Artefact/Object/Craftwork]. Auckland: Objectspace, Auckland.

Hoskins , R., Hall, M., & Francis, K. (2025). Te Āwhina Marae Pātaka Kai. [Artefact/Object/Craftwork]. Motueka, Aotearoa: Te Āwhina Marae, Pā Street, Motueka, Aotearoa.

Hall, M., & Leausa, T. (2025, November). Resource Matters at Te Āwhina Marae 2024 [Paper presentation]. Natural Building Conference, Ōtaki.

Hall, M. (2024). New Zealand Earth Building Standards. Standards New Zealand.

Hall, M., & McClay, S. (2024, November). Comparing carbon footprints [Paper presentation]. EBANZ annual conference, Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Hall, M. (2024, June). Natural Building Materials [Paper presentation]. Future Challenges New Zealand Institute of Building Inspectors, Auckland.

Hall, M. (2023, November). 10 years of teaching and learning about low carbon materials [Paper presentation]. EBANZ annual conference, Waihi.

Hall, M., & Patel, J. (2023, April). Timber and straw as ingredients for healthy and resilient built environments [Paper presentation]. Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism, Auckland.

Hall, M. (2023). Strawlines. [Design Output]. Intbau: online.

Hall, M. (2022). The path to green: making sustainability matter. In Elizabeth Cox (Eds.), Making Space (pp. 326-335). Wellington.

Hall, M., & Garbarczyk, M. (2022, December). Drawing Straws: the power of collaboration [Paper presentation]. Rangahau:Te Mana o te Mahi Kotahitanga, Auckland.

Hall, M. (2022). Developing a prefabricated timber and strawbale wall panel for Aotearoa New Zealand. In Dr Parisa Izadpanahi and Dr Francesca Perugia (Ed.), ASA 2022 ProceedingsArchitectural Science and User Experience: How can Design Enhance the Quality of Life (pp. 97-108).

Hall, M. (2020). The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future, by Jean Dethier. Architecture New Zealand, September/October 2020. pp.118.

Hall, M. (2020, October). Project Pātūtū: pre-fabricated timber and straw panels [Paper presentation]. Unitec Research Symposium 2020, Unitec, Mt Albert Campus, Auckland.

Hall, M. (2020). Exploring frameworks for a history of earth building in Aotearoa New Zealand. In C.Mileto, F.Vegas Lopez-Manzanares. (Ed.), Heritage2020 (3DPast / RISK-Terra , Vol. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives (ISSN: 2194-9034): (pp. 969-976). https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-M-1-2020-969-2020, 2020.

Garbarczyk, M., & Hall, M. (2020). Nodal strategies for a sustainable architectural education. In Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez & Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves (Ed.), PLEA 2020 A Coruna, Planning Post Carbon Cities , Vol. 3 (pp. 1495-1500). https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497497947

Hall, M., Morris, H., & North, G. (2020). Low Carbon Rules: an interdisciplinary approach to writing standards for earth and straw construction in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Ali Ghaffarianhoseini (Ed.), Imaginable Futures: Design Thinking and Scientific Method. 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association 2020 , Vol. 54 (pp. 705-714).

Hall, Min. (2019). Counting straw:the capacity of New Zealand's grain growing sector to supply straw for construction. Avlokita Agrawal and Rajat Gupta, Revisiting the Role of Architecture for Surviving Development, [53rd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA)].

Hall, M. (2019). Back to earth: earth building in Aotearoa New Zealand 1945-65. Andrew Leach and Lee Stickells, SAHANZ - Distance Looks Back [Add precise title] (Vol. 36).

Hall, M. (2017). Less and more in Aotearoa New Zealand: More houses and less CO2 emissions. M. A. Schnabel, Proceedings of the 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA 2017) - Back to the Future: The Next 50 Years.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4294

Hall, M. (2017). More is less: more building, less emissions (title changed for paper to "Less and more in Aotearoa New Zealand: more houses and less CO2 emissions"). ASA 2017, Victoria University of Wellington.

Hall, M. (2017). Mid-century earthen architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand - a new vernacular? C.Mileto, F.Vegas Lopez-Manzanares, L. Garcia-Soriano, V.Cristini, Vernacular and Earthen Architecture: Conservation and Sustainability.

Hall, M. (2015). Guidelines for Strawbale Construction in New Zealand. BOINZ Senior Building Control Officers' Forum, Hamilton.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3290

Forsyth, B., Hall, M., & Johnston, S. (2014). "Is there a place for natural building in New Zealand's conventional housing market?" A prefabricated straw bale case study. Building a Better New Zealand Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/4145

Hall, M. (2012). Straw bale in Aotearoa, New Zealand. International Straw Builders' Conference (ISBC 2012), Colorado, USA.