Tag: Housing | Architecture Now

House prices & land hazard risks

News | A recent study on Christchurch found it takes a highly destructive event for disaster risk to be accounted for in house prices.

Review | A compilation of book reviews from Houses Australia magazine in 2016 that hone in on alternative housing forms.

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

Practice | As urban house prices in New Zealand soar, are we in danger of building socially stratified, exclusive cities of privilege?

Review | ArchitectureNow looks at the housing crisis situation and potential solutions in Auckland, London and New York.

News | A group of primary school children have set out to turn a loaf of bread into a house for a needy family.

Projects | A $35 million apartment and retail complex in Auckland’s central business district is stage one of a three-stage development.

Review | Graeme Birkhead of Arrow International says solving Auckland’s housing crisis will require an overhaul of the status quo.

Practice | As the pressure to house Auckland’s growing population increases, we look at some of the developments currently underway.

Practice | Progressive Building magazine looks at ways to ensure housing densification in Auckland is well designed.

Projects | Isthmus and Studio Pacific combine forces on an upgrade to Wellington’s single-biggest social housing complex.

News | Housing minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland mayor Len Brown announce release of 6000 sections across Auckland.

Review | Dutch housing typologies – could they work here? Simon Bush-King ponders our housing shortage and affordability issues.

Review | Leading architects meet with developers, government officials and community advocates at a one-off national workshop.

News | Pelorus Architecture and McKenzie Higham Architecture have been singled out in a publication by the Wellington Housing Trust.

News | A New Zealand-based property investment firm is sending four volunteers to Nepal to help build 40 new homes.

News | Home Innovation Village is on course for a grand opening on the weekend of 21-22 April.

News | Productivity Commission releases 229 page draft report on housing affordability.