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Book review: Urban Aotearoa: The Future of Our Cities
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Karamia Müller sees Urban Aotearoa: The Future for Our Cities by David Batchelor and Bill McKay, as a thought-provoking exploration of New Zealand’s urban landscapes.
Building Change: World Green Infrastructure Congress 2024
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Leading sustainability strategist Rebecca Mills provides key takeaways from the WGIC held in Auckland on September 3–4 and attended by over 600 delegates.
A new authority for urban designers announced
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The establishment of the Urban Designers Institute Aotearoa (UDIA) has been announced this week, introducing accreditation to qualified urban design practitioners.
Unconventional Disruptors: CoreNet Symposium 2024
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Taking place Thursday 15 August, this year’s conference promises to deliver the unconventional, with international and local speakers discussing disruptive futures.
The Firth NZILA Wānanga
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An epic cross-section of experts spoke on the challenges and regenerative power of landscape architecture both locally and internationally. Stephen Olsen writes.
Cities of self-interest
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Architect Pip Cheshire believes a respectful acknowledgment of the underlying values of the whenua can yield a city of beauty and humanity.
Have your say on one of Auckland’s future attractions
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Te Ara Tukutuku, now out for public consultation, will see the northern area of Auckland’s Wynyard Point transformed. Have your say on the design of development today.
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.
Construction process for Te Hā Noa begins 11 April
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The green light has been given for construction of the eastern section of Te Hā Noa, Auckland’s new linear park — from Elliott Street to Kitchener Street — to begin.
UDINZ on the Auckland Unitary Plan’s NPS-UD
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Opinion piece: Lisa Hinton from UDINZ on the NPS-UD and Enabling Housing Supply legislation’s impacts on Auckland city.
Whānau Ātea opening a game changer
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The Tūpuna Maunga Authority opened its new (family recreation space) in Māngere, comprising Māori recreational elements, a basketball court and a hangi pit.
Meticulously crafted 1915 WW1 beacon reinstated
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The WW1 Memorial Beacon, recently returned to Quay Street, Auckland, is the earliest known built monument to the Great War to be erected in New Zealand.
Post-pandemic design: UDINZ reimagines urban centres
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The newly-established Urban Development Institute of New Zealand (UDINZ) outlines forces in a post-COVID New Zealand that they believe will fundamentally change our urban centres.
Action man: Ludo Campbell-Reid
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As Auckland’s first-ever Design Champion departs for a new position in Melbourne, he speaks about about the highs and lows of his legacy in the City of Sails.
Auckland masterplan approved by Planning Committee
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Aucklanders are being invited to have their say on what the city centre will look like in 20 years, with the release of a masterplan by the council.
Wins and losses: Natalie Allen
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Ashley Cusick speaks to the founder of The Urban Advisory about urban innovation, forging your own path and more.
Money and architecture: Oliver Wainwright
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This prominent architecture and design critic talks about the link between financial markets and the shape of our cities.