Tag: Urban Design | Architecture Now

Ponsonby Park: have your say

News | Vote for your favourite design for the proposed park at 254 Ponsonby Road, a fully community-led urban design project.

News | Architect David Mitchell writes on the resource consent for the proposed Ryman retirement village development in Devonport.

Review | Kim Dovey and Elek Pafka discuss the critical factors all great cities have in common, or a city’s “urban DMA”.

Review | What happens to the sharing economy when online platforms such as Airbnb start experimenting with the city’s hardware?

News | Commentary from built environment professionals on the Panel’s recommendations on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

Review | Camille Khouri attended the CoreNet Symposium 2016 on 16 June and heard all about urban regeneration and the future of work.

Review | The Dulux Study Tour team finds Copenhagen is grappling with complex challenges in the development of new urban precincts.

Projects | Enveloped by suburban sprawl, this long-neglected creek bed in Albany has been restored and stitched into its surroundings.

Practice | We need more cooperation between local stakeholders, community and business involvement when making place shaping decisions.

Review | In the ten years since construction began, The High Line has become an exemplar for landscape architects worldwide.

Projects | In Dunedin’s long-forgotten heritage precinct, some locals are rejuvenating the city – from the inside out.

Projects | Two urban rejuvenation projects have injected new life into the city: one in the CBD; the other a blue-collar neighbourhood.

News | On 3 December, the much-anticipated Nelson Street cycleway, Te Ara I Whiti (the lightpath), opened to much fanfare.

People | Guy Perry, AECOM’s executive director of buildings and places, was recently in NZ for the NZCID Building Nations Symposium.

Review | Social media is reconfiguring our experience of the city and tapping into our appetite for authentic urban experience.

Review | Matthew Bradbury reviews Living in Paradox: A History of Urban Design across Kainga, Towns and Cities in New Zealand.

News | Victoria architecture students are creating redevelopment proposals for an upgrade of the inner-city heritage precinct.

Practice | Given the region’s dependence on it, water-sensitive design (WSD) has a dedicated hub on the Auckland Design Manual (ADM).

Projects | Isthmus’ design concept is thought to be the world’s largest such coastal reclamation project for recreational purposes.

Practice | A new online resource is a much-needed tool to spread best practice, says Simon Harrison from Auckland Design Manual.