Tag: Urban Design | Architecture Now

Building Change: World Green Infrastructure Congress 2024

Review | 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

News | 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

News | 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

Review | 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

People | 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

News | 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

Review | 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

Review | 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

Review | Haley Hooper, design writer and Principal Urban Designer at WSP, shares some insights and ideas from the recent Urbanism NZ conference.

Warren and Mahoney adds new urban design and landscape architecture service offer

Leading practice expands urban and landscape architecture service

News | 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

Projects | 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.

A win – and, potentially, a loss – for future generations

UDINZ on the Auckland Unitary Plan’s NPS-UD

Review | 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

News | The Tūpuna Maunga Authority opened its new (family recreation space) in Māngere, comprising Māori recreational elements, a basketball court and a hangi pit.

Glorious 1915 orb returns to Quay Street, a beacon for safe journeys home

Meticulously crafted 1915 WW1 beacon reinstated

News | 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

Practice | 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

People | 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

News | 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.