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Technology meets craft
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Sarosh Mulla delves into the tension between technology and craftsmanship in residential architecture to uncover parallels in these seemingly disparate modes of design.
The bots are here
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Karamia Müller considers artificial intelligence, its relationship to creativity, and the ethics surrounding its application in the course of architectural study and/or practice.
Six design apps that are making waves
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We review the best apps for quick 3D mock-ups, layered multimedia sketching, real-time rendering, immersive visualisation and more…
Homes are set to get smarter
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The introduction of Smart Homes will lower household energy bills and support New Zealand’s transition to renewables says the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.
Context Architects on the construction crisis
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Context Architects’ Katrina Hall discusses how the firm is weathering the perfect storm in the construction sector.
Australian startup uses AI to shake up town planning
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A Gold Coast startup is using AI to streamline and simplify development applications to allow planning consultants to focus on town planning rather than report writing.
Future of Design: Making AI work for you
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What does the AEC industry’s new normal look like? Maria Mingallon brings us direct applications of artificial intelligence that could revolutionise our work lives.
Conducting architecture in a digital web
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Context Architects explore new technologies to communicate design and reflect on today’s changing client expectations and the need to be transparent and collaborate in real-time.
Future of Design: Keep calm, stay home and 3D print
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The fourth in our series brings us a spark of light in the fight against COVID-19 using desktop 3D printers and asks what decentralised manufacturing could mean for our collective future.
Video: Toyota and BIG create a “town of the future”
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Bjarke Ingels Group has designed the Toyota Woven City – a 70 hectare “smart city” that will be a testing ground for emerging technologies.
Blockchain and the building sector
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What does blockchain mean for the construction sector? Federico Monsalve speaks to a team of researchers in pursuit of answers.
Black mirrors: part two
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Camille Khouri interviews some firms around the country which are using Cross Reality in their everyday work.
Black mirrors: part one
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Federico Monsalve explores the potentially disruptive ideas behind Cross Reality.
Smart cities with a human face
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Beca’s David Batchelor discusses how smart cities need to find a human narrative to be accepted within our communities.
Art of ‘The Frame’
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Partner content: Samsung’s new television, The Frame, has been designed to blend in with its surroundings, whether on or off.
Humanity and the machine
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Camille Khouri reports from this year’s CoreNet Symposium, which focused on the future of work and technology.
Print your own house
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Amelia Melbourne-Hayward chats with the co-founders of WikiHouse New Zealand to find out more about the open source project.
Colour goes 360
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Partner content: The Resene ColourVision experience lets you change the colours on a virtual reality house.
The act of making
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Amelia Melbourne-Hayward speaks with the Wellington-based team behind Makers of Architecture and Makers Fabrication.
UoA student awarded internship with MX3D
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Casey Hemingway from UoA’s School of Architecture & Planning has been awarded a paid internship to join MX3D in Amsterdam.