Tag: medium density | Architecture Now

Going for growth

People | 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.

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.

Auckland upzoning under the microscope

People | Chief Economist at Auckland Council Gary Blick discusses the results of recent ‘upzoning’ across Auckland and its link to improving housing and rental affordability.

Build to Rent housing surges forward

News | A dedicated Build to Rent (BTR) tracker, designed to benchmark and measure the new housing model, provides insight into BTR’s climbing numbers in Aotearoa.

The resilience of the diagram

Projects | Nick Roberts explores the design evolution of Monk Mackenzie’s Edition apartments in Parnell — from the promise of the building’s early renderings to its interiors by Bureaux.

Warm walls and good manners

Projects | Bill McKay visits Te Mātāwai, Kāinga Ora’s new mixed-tenure, high-density social housing development in Auckland’s Greys Avenue by Mode Design.

Supertight: Models for Living and Making Culture in Dense Urban Environments.

Supertight: New insights into high density living

Review | A new book by Graham Crist and John Doyle challenges Australasian views of high density living through their research in high-density environments in Asia.

Supertight: An exploration of high-density urban living

Watch | Professors of architecture and the brains behind the book Supertight talk about their research on the benefits of high density building typologies and implementing spatial quality in these environments.

The Shape of mid-density to come

Practice | Han Chen, director of Shape Architects shares his learnings from wearing both an architect’s, and a developer’s hat, and how he and his team work to reconcile the two.

Design critical to NZ housing intensification

News | Buchan Auckland principal architect Rob Guild says New Zealand should be looking afield to well-designed cities, such as Melbourne, as housing intensification risks poor design and urban amenity.

Shifting sands: New Zealand’s medium-density identity

Practice | Architect James Solari chats with ArchitectureNow editor Ashley Cusick about New Zealand’s changing housing landscape and how the industry can embrace higher-density living.

Eclectic precinct: Vinegar Lane

Practice | In the heart of Ponsonby, an exciting new project offers a unique proposition in terms of mixed-use, medium-density housing.