Tag: housing affordability | Architecture Now

Affordable house impresses global judges

Awards | Amongst this year’s World Architecture Festival short list was an unexpected find in the Future Projects - House category — a flat-pack home, designed by RTA Studio.

Re-imagining urban communities

Projects | Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.

‘Oh Vienna’ Where do we live tomorrow?

Practice | Architecture Workshop’s Christopher Kelly examines Vienna’s ‘affordability of everyday life’ and recommends an amalgam of solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis.

Housing Summit 2024

News | The New Zealand Green Building Council Housing Summit will take place on Wednesday 22 May at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.

What water?

People | Karamia Müller considers the politics of the built realm and uses a clever analogy asking “How’s the water?” to address the impact of social conditioning on how we view the housing crisis.

The Superhome Movement: Q&A with Bob Burnett

Practice | Editor of ArchitectureNow Jacinda Rogers, talks to Bob Burnett about his passion for better housing in New Zealand and how this led him to the Superhome Movement.

Fifteen cigarettes a day

People | Karamia Müller ponders New Zealand’s housing crisis and its connection with a decreased lifespan, and after discussion with former tutor Graeme Burgess, arrives at a possible solution.

CoHo Hui 3: Collective housing models conference

CoHo Hui 3: Tickets available now

News | Aotearoa’s collective housing conference CoHo Hui is back for 2023! Hosted by The Housing Innovation Society and the AUT School of Future Environments.

An obvious and sound investment

People | Pip Cheshire believes dry, secure and affordable housing should be part of our national infrastructure, and that the crux of the housing issue lies in inherited social constructs.

Co-what?: Alternative housing models

Practice | Co-housing, co-living, cooperative housing. Abigail Hurst examines these hot words that need to be taken seriously.

How money shapes architecture: Oliver Wainwright

Money and architecture: Oliver Wainwright

People | This prominent architecture and design critic talks about the link between financial markets and the shape of our cities.

German cooperative housing model takes root in WA

Baugruppen in Australia

News | Two projects in Western Australia could see the German Baugruppen model of cooperative housing introduced in the state.