Tag: Climate change
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Slow learners
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Editor of Architecture NZ, Chris Barton considers New Zealand’s current climate adaptation legislation framework inefficient.
After the rain: Chipping at the foundations
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In Part two of this six-part series, Andrew Barrie considers the problems involved in disposing of concrete slabs at a building’s end-of-life.
Green Property Summit 2025 – Hosted by NZGBC
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Anthony Vile attended the annual Green Property Summit, which focused on the challenges, opportunities and positive outcomes generated on both sides of the Tasman.
After the rain
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In part one of six parts, Andrew Barrie looks at the ground-breaking methods being developed to dispose of 1200 disaster-compromised houses across Auckland.
Innovative urban resilience in Moananui Oceania
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AUT researcher Maibritt Pedersen-Zari summarises the key initiatives and research behind NUWAO’s new, free-to-access Nature-based Solutions Design Guide.
Stripped to its bones for the planet
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In Building 201’s extensive makeover by Jasmax for Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, Bill McKay finds the future of architecture is not about prioritising appearance, it is about taking climate change seriously.
Green homes celebrated with Superhome Awards
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The Superhome Of The Year Awards sponsored by GIB, celebrated climate-positive homes in New Zealand including a significant milestone in passive housing.
In pursuit of rapid, effective adaptation to climate change
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Professor Maibritt Pedersen Zari at Auckland’s AUT, discusses her Design for Climate Adaptation: Knowledge to Action research.
Impervious vs absorbent
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Chris Barton looks at the need for ‘sponge city’ and water-sensitive urban design to make our cities safe.
World Green Building Week 2023
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The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has announced the 14th annual World Green Building Week, taking place 11–15 September 2023.
Auckland Climate Festival kicks off
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Over one hundred activations, events, pop-ups, offerings and gatherings will be taking place across Auckland, drawing attention to and educating on how to accelerate climate action.
Guy Marriage on building for climate change
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The houses that survived the Esk floods this time also survived the Esk floods last time, for the same reasons — siting the house on a rise, not on the valley floor, Guy Marriage writes.
Possibilities for the future of the city
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Mark Southcombe, Hannah Hopewell and Isaac Velasco present an edited discussion on the process and findings of two multi-scaled, urban architecture and landscape design research studios.
After the floods
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Editor Chris Barton writes on the expected frequency of extreme weather in New Zealand and outlines why the profession needs to make climate change its focus.
Landmark climate crisis plans acknowledged
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The first-ever town plan for the Cook Islands capital Avarua has been recognised for its response to the climate crisis.
David Trubridge on colonialism, capitalism and how to think like a tree
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World-renowned designer David Trubridge believes we must decolonise our mindset and indigenise architecture, learning to think more like trees and design like nature.
Auckland Climate Festival goes big
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Auckland Climate Festival 2022 has released its complete programme of 125+ innovative and engaging climate focussed events.
Housing Summit 2022
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Join hundreds of people who want our homes to be better, healthier, low carbon places in which New Zealanders thrive at the Housing Summit 2022.
Atmospheric submersion
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Chris Barton considers the awesome forces of nature and looks for our plans to adapt in the latest editorial from Architecture NZ magazine.
Must do better
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Chris Barton speaks on the subject of climate change and kindly unpacks what architects need to know in order to do better. And we must do better.