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The compelling case for green roofs and walls
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David Frew, Exterior Technical Adviser at Outside In looks beyond the aesthetics of green exteriors to find a strong case for greening our urban environment.
The art of changing everything without changing anything
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Iván Santamarina, founder of Urbanhub Aotearoa, reflects on the influence of leading urbanist Salvador Rueda and what change his ‘Superblock’ model could have locally.
Lost & Found: First glimpse of hefty public art work
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Eight large boulders, hand carved with precision by artist Joe Sheehan have been placed along Federal Street in Auckland ahead of the art exhibit’s completion in April.
The state of our cities discussed at SOAC
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Held in New Zealand for the first time, this State of Australasian Cities Conference (SOAC) was its biggest in 20 years, delivering 250 research papers over three days.
Voicing a vision for Uptown
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Bill McKay visits the Uptown Futures Festival on Auckland’s city fringe, where student-developed designs look to drive the evolution of the precinct.
Shifting Foundations: Post-quake architecture of Ōtautahi Christchurch
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Pip Cheshire reviews Shifting Foundations a book that documents the experiences of residents in rebuilding Ōtautahi Christchurch, 12 years after the earthquakes.
Shaping our urban legacy
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Haley Hooper, design writer and Principal Urban Designer at WSP, shares some insights and ideas from the recent Urbanism NZ conference.
Leading practice expands urban and landscape architecture service
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Warren and Mahoney has formed a new Urban Design and Landscape Architecture service offer which brings together leading experts in New Zealand and Australia.
After the floods
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Editor Chris Barton writes on the expected frequency of extreme weather in New Zealand and outlines why the profession needs to make climate change its focus.
Waihorotiu Path coming to Queen St
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By mid-November 2022 when an upgraded Queen Street opens, Aucklanders will discover the city centre’s new mixed-use Waihorotiu path.
A new harbourside park for Auckland
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In the next decade, the northern end of Wynyard Quarter will look vastly different to what it does today through a series of design interventions.
Design critical to NZ housing intensification
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Buchan Auckland principal architect Rob Guild says New Zealand should be looking afield to well-designed cities, such as Melbourne, as housing intensification risks poor design and urban amenity.
Auckland’s sustainability scorecard reveals holes
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A recent study by Auckland University of Technology shows that Auckland is behind the curve in health and sustainability.
A car-less housing development planned for South Auckland
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Studio Pacific Architecture has released masterplans for Sunfield, a 5000-home development proposed for Papakura, designed around the 15 minute neighbourhood principle.
In the land of cars: Housing many vs parking few
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Timothy Welch, a senior lecturer in Urban Planning at the University of Auckland, writes “in a country where the cost of land is so exorbitantly high and the supply of housing so scarce, how could so many surface car parks exist”?
Six storey love song
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Matthew Paetz grapples with new density controls in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020, perhaps the most significant government policy for cities in Aotearoa New Zealand of the past 30 years.
Anti-social distancing
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Dr. David Turner revisits Auckland’s Unitary Plan and explores how the housing density changes implemented by it have affected urban development since 2016.
Panuku to develop 21-storey mixed-use building for Auckland’s CBD
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The Council has sold a $40 million former carpark to property developers Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad to deliver retail, offices and housing above the forthcoming CRL hub Aotea Station.
Outbreaks like coronavirus start in and spread from the edges of cities
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The ongoing coronavirus is an example of the close relationships between urban development and new or re-emerging infectious diseases.
PhD student reimagines urban life playfully
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Auckland University doctoral candidate and newly-elected Waitematā Local Board member seeks a more playful city.