Tag: housing affordability | Architecture Now

Affordable house impresses global judges

Awards | Amongst this year’s World Architecture Festival short list was an unexpected find in the Future Projects - House category — a flat-pack home, designed by RTA Studio.

Re-imagining urban communities

Projects | Lynda Simmons examines the vital ingredients of urban design — shared space and families — as she explores The Greenhouse by Ockham Residential in Ponsonby, Auckland.

‘Oh Vienna’ Where do we live tomorrow?

Practice | Architecture Workshop’s Christopher Kelly examines Vienna’s ‘affordability of everyday life’ and recommends an amalgam of solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis.

Housing Summit 2024

News | The New Zealand Green Building Council Housing Summit will take place on Wednesday 22 May at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.

What water?

People | Karamia Müller considers the politics of the built realm and uses a clever analogy asking “How’s the water?” to address the impact of social conditioning on how we view the housing crisis.

The Superhome Movement: Q&A with Bob Burnett

Practice | Editor of ArchitectureNow Jacinda Rogers, talks to Bob Burnett about his passion for better housing in New Zealand and how this led him to the Superhome Movement.

Fifteen cigarettes a day

People | Karamia Müller ponders New Zealand’s housing crisis and its connection with a decreased lifespan, and after discussion with former tutor Graeme Burgess, arrives at a possible solution.

CoHo Hui 3: Collective housing models conference

CoHo Hui 3: Tickets available now

News | Aotearoa’s collective housing conference CoHo Hui is back for 2023! Hosted by The Housing Innovation Society and the AUT School of Future Environments.

An obvious and sound investment

People | Pip Cheshire believes dry, secure and affordable housing should be part of our national infrastructure, and that the crux of the housing issue lies in inherited social constructs.