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Going for growth
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Karamia Müller considers the current coalition government’s strategy for addressing the housing supply crisis and questions why we can’t treat housing as a basic human right.
Invercargill renaissance
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Megan Rule explores the layers of history and heritage behind the ambitious redevelopment of Invercargill Central by Buchan.
Observation to Action: from photography to urbanism
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Architecture Centre Inc. is hosting an public lecture by Patrick Reynolds, urbanist and architectural photographer, 12 June, 6 pm at Victoria University of Wellington.
Re-imagining urban communities
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Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.
The art of changing everything without changing anything
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Iván Santamarina, founder of Urbanhub Aotearoa, reflects on the influence of leading urbanist Salvador Rueda and what change his ‘Superblock’ model could have locally.
Editorial: Anatomy of a sinkhole
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A 100-year old broken pipe leading to catastrophic waste-water contamination in the Waitematā raises concerns for how Watercare will manage our biggest city’s aging drains.
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.
Joining the dots on urbanism
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Stephen Olsen reviews the Urbanism New Zealand conference, which took place in Wellington on 14 and 15 May.
Green Square: town of the future?
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Nick Sargent writes on a new high-density development taking shape in Sydney, and some implications for Auckland.
Baugruppen in Australia
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Two projects in Western Australia could see the German Baugruppen model of cooperative housing introduced in the state.
Manufactured urbanism: Dubai Marina
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A former resident of Dubai returns to the city to find it changed beyond recognition, but not redemption.