Tag: Urban planning | Architecture Now

Sustainable City showcase

News | Auckland’s Waterfront will host a temporary sustainable city between 22 and 24 November, 2012.

Urban Design Awards 2012

News | A new awards programme has been established to acknowledge urban design projects across New Zealand.

Jasmax fills in some of the gaps around its Eden Park project with Populous

Jasmax on its Eden Park project

Review | Matthew Glubb, Mike Thomas and Joseph Muir sit down and answer some questions about the redevelopment process.

The challenge of Christchurch

Review | Ian Athfield chronicles the journey taken since being appointed Architectural Ambassador for post-earthquake Christchurch.

The humanitarian architect

People | Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity is busy engaging students with the new possibilities for earthquake recovery.

Christchurch architectural notes

Review | Plans for the rebuilding of Christchurch are starting to emerge. Jessica Halliday considers the responses so far.

Creating uncertainty

Review | Landscape Architecture NZ talks with Ludo Campbell-Reid and Nazla Carmine about Auckland’s shared spaces.

Earth, Straw and More in the 21st Century

Calendar | Conference, Auckland, 27 Sep 2011
A conference hosted by Min Hall, as part of Future Proof 2011, about the performance and potential for natural and alternative building materials.

Barefoot in our city

Review | David Irwin’s reflections on Wynyard Quarter on opening morning.

Draft Auckland Waterfront Master Plan

News | Extending the heritage tramway, a new island and a ‘blue highway’ are some of the proposals put forward for public consultation.

Clean Energy Expo

Calendar | Exhibition, Taupo, 13 Oct 2011 to 16 Oct 2011
A showcase of New Zealand’s clean energy technologies will be open to the public.

Transforming Auckland’s waterfront

Review | Works at Wynyard Quarter have been racing ahead to be finished for Rugby World Cup, transforming Auckland’s waterfront.

Future of the Waterfront

Blog | A recent lecture on the future of Auckland got us thinking about proposed plans for the Waterfront.

Dulux factory upgrade

Projects | In a cooperative contract between Hawkins and Dulux/Orica, paint manufacturing continued throughout moving all its production.

Britomart’s brand new car park

Projects | A new 1230 space car park has just been built by Hawkins. It was the biggest use of post-tension concrete in New Zealand.